negro league baseball
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America’s Top Black Sportscasters Through the Years
From Greg Gumbel to Robin Roberts, these Black sportscasters have done an excellent job of sharing and narrating the sports stories fans care about.
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Did This Sportscaster Really Use the N-Word While Referring to the Negro League Baseball Museum?
Oakland A’s play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper said the racist term during a live pregame broadcast.
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Ice Cube Isn’t Happy With the NBA
The creator of the three-on-three basketball league, BIG3, accused the NBA and ESPN of trying to destroy his company.
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LeBron James and Drake Sued for $10 Million Over Movie Rights
The former NBA union head says he owns the rights to the story behind their Black hockey documentary
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After Jackie Delves into the Second Wave of Black Players That Improved Racial Equality Post-Jackie Robinson
The Root spoke to Andre Gaines, the director, and Stanley Nelson, one of the executive producers, about the making of the two-hour documentary.
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Negro League Players Bud Fowler, Buck O’Neil Will Be Inducted Into National Baseball Hall of Fame
Two trailblazing professional athletes will finally receive their long-overdue flowers.
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Major League Baseball Is Spreading the Gospel of Black Sports History With 101 Negro League Facts
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will lead the campaign aimed at educating and informing the public of Black excellence in sports.
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Black Diamonds Gives Negro League Legends Their Long-Overdue Flowers
With Major League Baseball back in effect, now is the perfect time to not only enjoy America’s favorite pastime—besides institutional racism—but to brush up on its history. And to aid you in such an endeavor, I present the podcast Black Diamonds. Backed by SiriusXM and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Black Diamonds, hosted by museum…
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Negro Southern League Museum to Honor Negro Leagues With Virtual 100 Year Anniversary Celebration
In December, Major League Baseball finally committed to something that was bittersweet, yet long overdue: it officially recognized the Negro League for its groundbreaking contributions to professional sports by including its stats and records in MLB’s official database. But instead of holding our breath waiting for Major League Baseball to explain why the Negro Leagues…
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Josh Gibson and Other Negro League Legends You Should Know
With the World Series almost here, we left it would be a perfect time to recognize the Negro League legends of America’s past time.”