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In stunning fashion, one of the few Oscar Charleston Cuban Winter League cards recently sold for $251K at auction.
A Cuban Winter League card of Oscar Charleston set a record Sunday for the most expensive card of a Negro Leaguer when it ...
Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that it was elevating seven all-Black baseball leagues — known collectively as the "Negro leagues" — to "Major League" status.
For me, and I believe this wholeheartedly, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is one of America’s most important civil rights, social justice institutions. It’s seen through the lens of baseball.
BRIDGEWATER – The Somerset Patriots held their annual tribute to the New York Black Yankees at TD Bank Ballpark on Aug. 2, ...
The fictional plot of the movie is a Negro League pitcher, Bingo Long (played by Williams), loosely based on the life of ...
Former New York Yankees right fielder Reggie Jackson takes questions from reporters after a press conference at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Kansas City. The ...
It was also at Hinchliffe where Doby had a tryout for the Newark Eagles, the Negro League team where he first made his name. 2020 is the 100th anniversary of Negro League baseball.
BASE. THE NEGRO LEAGUES IN THE 1920S WERE OUTSTANDING. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN BASEBALL HISTORY, WAS KNOWN FOR A LOT OF SPEED, A LOT OF STEALS. THERE WAS A GAME ...
This afternoon, Jones presented a $20,000 donation to Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Kansas City is the site of the birth of the Negro Leagues and home to the museum ...
His grandfather, Sam, played for the Birmingham Barons and won the Negro American League Triple Crown for the 1950 Indianapolis Clowns, hitting .424 with 17 home runs and 71 RBI in 70 games ...