During his career, Eddie G.G. Burton barnstormed across the country with such all-stars as Satchel Paige, Minnie Miñoso and ...

On June 12 of this upcoming season, the Durham Bulls will play a game as the Durham Black Sox. The Bulls are the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and th ...

Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...

Big plans are underway to enhance the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Two years after a $25 million expansion plan was introduced, museum President Bob Kendrick says it is time to put the vision into ...

What prompted Steve to share it with me was its cover, the only periodical known to have featured Josh Gibson, the premier ...

Andrew "Rube" Foster Launches What Became Known As The Negro Leagues In 1920 Rube Foster The Negro Leagues 1920 ...

The museum opened in the 1990s as a single office space. Legends like the great late Buck O’Neil took turns paying rent out of pocket.

Baseball was in his blood,” said his great-nephew, Ray Mackey III. “He and his siblings grew up playing ball on the sandlots ...

Other Negro Leagues renovations include Hamtramck Stadium near Detroit, at $2.6 million in 2022, and J.P. Small Memorial Park Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, ongoing but thus far costing $9.7 ...

The Milwaukee Brewers have released individual game tickets for the 2025 season at American Family Field, with sales beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 14.A special ticket package ...

The former baseball commissioner was noted for welcoming all who played a role in the national pastime — including former ...