Tag: Jackie Robinson
MLB ’20 schedule: Yanks-Nats, Giants-Dodgers open on July 23
NEW YORK (AP) - Mookie Betts, Gerrit Cole and a pair of high-profile matchups are set for opening day as Major League Baseball begins...
Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden’ of US heroes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has a vision for his second term, if he wins one, of establishing a “National Garden of American...
Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden’ of US heroes
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has a vision for his second term, if he wins one, of establishing a “National Garden of American...
MVP plaque presenters to discuss Landis’ name on MLB trophy
NEW YORK (AP) - The baseball organization that presents the annual MVP awards will consider whether the name of former commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis...
MLB opens draft with Black Lives Matter message, donations
NEW YORK (AP) - Before the first pick was made, Major League Baseball delivered a message: The sport stands fully behind the Black Lives...
Cubs take local star Ed Howard with 1st-round draft pick
CHICAGO (AP) - Ed Howard lost his senior season because of the coronavirus pandemic. Prom was canceled. Same for graduation at Mount Carmel High...
Cubs take local star Ed Howard with 1st-round draft pick
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Cubs selected hometown shortstop Ed Howard in the first round of the Major League Baseball amateur draft on Wednesday...
Baker laments lack of blacks in MLB on Jackie Robinson Day
Houston manager Dusty Baker celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy on the 73rd anniversary of the fall of the major league color barrier and lamented the...
Baker laments lack of blacks in MLB on Jackie Robinson Day
Houston manager Dusty Baker celebrated Jackie Robinson’s legacy on the 73rd anniversary of the fall of the major league color barrier and lamented the...
Roger Kahn, elegant ‘Boys of Summer’ author, dies at 92
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) - Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the...