We are the ship, all else, the sea.” This metaphor, originally said by abolitionist Frederick Douglass and adopted by Andrew ...

The truth is that the Negro Leagues – and so much of the economy surrounding them – died a relatively swift death after Robinson’s iconic debut with the Dodgers on April 15, 1947. While Major League ...

The announcement that Major League Baseball is now integrating statistics from the Negro Leagues into its official database was widely celebrated in and out of baseball when the news broke Wednesday.

Apr. 5—From the 1920s to the 1960s, baseball was divided. Jackie Robinson may have broken the color barrier in 1947, but it took a long time before Major League Baseball was a welcome place for anyone ...

The new ESPN documentary “Return of the Clowns” is a slice of Black baseball culture that never got its due—until now.

Lately, while roaming the halls of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City and attending to his various curatorial ...

Major League Baseball’s record books are about to drastically change. Negro League statistics are going to become an official part of MLB’s historical records on Wednesday, three years after it ...

The MLB incorporated the statistics of some 2,300 Black athletes who played in the segregated Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948, making the late... Hundreds of Black athletes who were shut out of ...

The rare player to compete in all three, he had an impressive career, becoming a three-time All-Star in the major leagues and later a fan favorite in Japan. By Michael S. Rosenwald A 6-foot-6 ...

Josh Gibson has long been considered one of the best baseball players to ever hold a bat, but you might not know his name. Gibson, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, never had ...

He helped build a game that didn't always recognize him. Now, more than 70 years later, one Valley baseball legend is ...

It wasn't just about Josh Gibson. Although the Negro Leagues star and his family received a ton of attention following Major League Baseball's decision to enter Negro Leagues stats into the ...