ST. LOUIS — Stars Field is part of the campus of Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis. The baseball field is also the site where many great Negro League players competed in the 1920’s. “This was ...

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 ...

It was 1976, and across the country, America’s independence was being celebrated through a myriad of festive Bicentennial events. In Detroit, front-office executives of the hometown baseball team also ...

In 2024, Major League Baseball officially incorporated the statistics of players from the segregated Negro Leagues into its record books in an effort to formally integrate some of the game’s greatest ...

They’re playing ball again at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, and the Somerset Patriots indirectly will give a nod to the former home of New Jersey’s Negro League teams when the Yankees’ Double-A ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Thursday, Major League Baseball paid tribute to the Negro Leagues with its first regular-season game in the state of Alabama, and the league’s history in South ...

The Negro National League was founded in 1920 during a time of segregation in the United States. The league gained traction through the 1930s and '40s. In 1944, Jackie Robinson, who played for the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One of America’s most familiar faces in baseball history has been under attack according to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick. The baseball icon’s history ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville brewery is paying tribute to the storied history of baseball in the city. “Steel Arm Lager” commemorates the Knoxville Giants of the Negro Southern League that ...

NORFOLK — Partially a reflection of modern-day sports marketing initiatives, the Norfolk Tides will wear as many as 14 various jerseys this season. In addition to their traditional home whites and ...