It was a long fight for Black baseball players to be treated with respect. We see the results of that battle for athletic equality today, and Chicago was involved in a turning point more than a ...

It’s a new beginning for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, which is planning to build a new 30,000-square-foot facility ...

The Orioles drafted Jerry Hairston Jr., in 1997, and when he made his big-league debut at Camden Yards against the Angels on Sept. 11, 1998, the Hairstons became the first African-American family to ...

Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that it was elevating seven early 20th century all-Black baseball leagues — known collectively as the "Negro leagues" — to "Major League" status. The move ...

The Southern League will return to Rickwood Field on Wednesday afternoon when the Birmingham Barons and Pensacola Blue Wahoos ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Baseball fans and history buffs are anxiously awaiting Thursday’s major league baseball face-off in Birmingham, Alabama. The game between the Giants and Cardinals will be held at ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A large group of men — 33 ballplayers, six executives and two trainers — stood shoulder to shoulder for an iconic photograph. The moment occurred minutes before one of the most ...

Kim Overton was personally and practically impacted by Major League Baseball’s recent decision to add Negro National Leagues statistics to its existing records. It was personal because Overton is one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis story of the Negro Leagues and its athletes will soon be told as a new museum is making progress in it’s ...

KANSAS CITY — When I was in the fifth grade, I was obsessed with a children’s chapter book series by author Dan Gutman. The series, titled "Baseball Card Adventures," features an elementary aged boy ...