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Happy 78th Birthday, Baseball Hall of Famer Henry “Hank” Aaron!
Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed “Hammer,” or “Hammerin’ Hank,” is a retired American baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1954...
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MLB Forms Diversity Committee, Focus on Increasing Number of Black Players
Atlanta Braves’ Justin Upton hits a walkoff home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, April 6, 2013, in Atlanta. Atlanta won 6-5. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) NEW...
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Barry Bonds to Join Giants as Special Instructor to Team’s Hitters
Barry Bonds is making a return to baseball, of sorts. The San Jose Mercury News reports the career home run leader has wanted to take on a more active role in the San Francisco Giants organization and...
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Derek Jeter’s Yankee Stadium Farewell Scores Record-Setting Streams For MLB.TV
Major League Baseball’s online streaming service set a viewing record for a single game last night with the New York Yankees captain’s final game in pinstripes — where, in a moment almost too...
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Little League Pitching Sensation Mo’ne Davis Throws out 1st Pitch at World...
Cameras flashed, the crowd rose for a thunderous ovation and Mo’ne Davis did exactly what she was expected to do — fire a strike right down the middle. From Little League phenom to the star of her own...
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R.I.P. Chicago Cubs Legend Ernie Banks, 1st Black Player in Team History
Baseball’s Chicago Cubs report that Hall of Fame shortstop Ernie Banks has died. “Mr. Cub,” who began his career in the Negro leagues, was the first black player for the team — eighth in the majors...
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Bernie Williams, an Improbable Star in Center Field for the New York Yankees,...
On July 5, 1991, Cal Ripken Jr. drove a pitch from the Yankees’ Tim Leary to the center-field wall at the old Yankee Stadium. Roberto Kelly chased after it, crashed into the fence and sprained his...
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Mathematician Katherine G. Johnson, Slugger Willie Mays and the Late Shirley...
Ninety-seven-year-old Katherine G. Johnson was a pioneer in American space history. A NASA mathematician, Johnson’s computations have influenced every major space program from Mercury through the...
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Ken Griffey Jr. Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame With Highest Voting...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday with the highest voting percentage ever, and Mike Piazza will join him in Cooperstown this summer. A star slugger of...
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Zion Harvey, 9, Throws 1st Pitch at Orioles Game after Double Hand Transplant
article via eurweb.com Remember the Maryland boy who in 2015 became the first child in the world to receive a double hand transplant? Well, he just threw out the first pitch at an Orioles game. Zion...
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Chris Singleton, Son of Charleston Church Shooting Victim Sharonda...
by Paula Rogo via essence.com The son of one of the victim’s of the Charleston church shooting was drafted to a major league baseball team almost two years to the day of the tragedy. The Chicago Cubs...
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Willie Mays Has World Series MVP Award Named After him by Major League Baseball
via espn.com NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has named its World Series Most Valuable Player Award after Willie Mays. The decision was announced Friday, the 63rd anniversary of Mays’ over-the-shoulder...
View ArticleChristina Lewis’ All Star Code Nonprofit Raises Over $1 Million to Expand...
by Selena Hill via blackenterprise.com All Star Code (ASC) will carry out its mission to educate, prepare, and place young…
View ArticleInaugural HBCU World Series Starts May 24th, Aims to Diversify College Baseball
According to Yahoo! Sports, the first of what organizations intend to be an annual event will feature the North Carolina…
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Derek Jeter’s Yankee Stadium Farewell Scores Record-Setting Streams For MLB.TV
Major League Baseball’s online streaming service set a viewing record for a single game last night with the New York Yankees captain’s final game in pinstripes — where, in a moment almost too...
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Little League Pitching Sensation Mo'ne Davis Throws out 1st Pitch at World...
Mo’ne Davis, the first female pitcher in Little League World Series history to pitch a complete-game shutout accompanied by players from the Jackie Robison West Little League team, throws out the...
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R.I.P. Chicago Cubs Legend Ernie Banks, 1st Black Player in Team History
The Chicago Cubs’ Ernie Banks poses in 1970. The Cubs announced Friday night that Banks had died. The team did not provide any further details. Banks was 83 Baseball’s Chicago Cubs report that Hall of...
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Bernie Williams, an Improbable Star in Center Field for the New York Yankees,...
Bernie Williams, who won four World Series titles with the Yankees, with catcher Brian McCann after throwing a ceremonial pitch in the Bronx on May 24. (BILL KOSTROUN / ASSOCIATED PRESS) On July 5,...
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Mathematician Katherine G. Johnson, Slugger Willie Mays and the Late Shirley...
2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom Honorees Shirley Chisholm, Willie Mays and Katherine G. Johnson (photo via GBN) Ninety-seven-year-old Katherine G. Johnson was a pioneer in American space history. A...
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Ken Griffey Jr. Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame With Highest Voting...
Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Ken Griffey Jr. (photo via blackamericaweb.com) NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday with the highest voting percentage...
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