The book, "Play Harder: The Triumph of Black Baseball in America," is full of the historic photos and anecdotes you would expect to find in a coffee table book, but it also delves into some of the ...

Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard and current Padres manager Mike Shildt are pushing for the expansion of the Negro Leagues ...

They have replicas of the uniforms players in the Negro Leagues wore from 1920 through the late 1940s ... got number 25 for legendary pitcher Satchel Paige. "He was the first African American ...

Three months later, the administration has made its ... you’ll find Alabama sports heroes like Jesse Owens, Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, music by W.C. Handy and art by the Gee ...

He will not be involved in the social ramble, as Satchel Paige once put it ... to her as a sort of natural buffer between him and the photo and video crews that are filming him for the day. “ ...

2014 — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments ... 1926 — Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (19) debuts in the Negro Southern ...

2014 — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is banned for life by the NBA in response ... 1926 — Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige (19) debuts in the Negro Southern League.

Last year, no one from the Detroit Tigers organization ever seemed particularly surprised by the team’s remarkable — and improbable — late-season winning streak that led to their first MLB ...

They have replicas of the uniforms players in the Negro Leagues wore from 1920 through the late 1940s, before Jackie Robinson ... Junior player Daniel Williams got number 25 for legendary pitcher ...