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June 26, 2025
The suspended MLB star was convicted of child sexual abuse in the Dominican Republic but avoided prison time—while the girl’s
Wendell Pierce, Wendell Pierce World Series, What happened to Wendell Pierce at the World series? theGrio.com
November 1, 2024
Actor Wendell Pierce says he was forced to leave the World Series finale early after disgruntled fans threw things at…
hank aaron, postage stamp, mlb, theGrio.com
August 1, 2024
The 2024 Hank Aaron Invitational Showcase will be played Saturday in Atlanta, featuring 44 athletes from diverse backgrounds.
The Newark Eagles in Dugout in 1936, from "The League," a new documentary about the Negro Leagues
July 25, 2023
A new documentary about the Negro Leagues celebrates the beauty of Black baseball and explores what we lost when MLB…
May 31, 2023
Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H., is being recognized for hosting the country's first racially integrated baseball team, the Nashua Dodgers,…
May 6, 2023
“The Oakland Athletics do not condone such language,” the team said. “We are working to address the situation.”
December 5, 2022
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former…
November 11, 2022
Dusty Baker became just the third Black manager to win the World Series, joining Cito Gaston in 1992 and 1993…
October 27, 2022
For the first time since 1950, there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this World Series.
October 2, 2022
Hector Lopez, a former Yankee who blazed a trail as the first Black manager in American professional baseball history, has…
September 11, 2022
Five years after his number 2 was retired, Derek Jeter was honored at Yankee Stadium for his induction to the…
August 23, 2022
The LLWS released a statement saying that they understood “that the actions shown could be perceived as racially insensitive.”
August 20, 2022
If there’s a player who best represents just how good Curacao can be at the Little League World Series, it…
August 19, 2022
Andrus, who turns 34 next week, recently cleared waivers after being designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics.
July 31, 2022
Aaron Judge became the second-fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs after hitting his 42nd…
Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox and Josh Donaldson of the New York Yankees
May 23, 2022
If fair treatment in life-and-death issues meant accepting verbal abuse, I’d listen. But we know life doesn’t work that way.
May 22, 2022
Yankees Manager Aaron Boone said he talked to Donaldson after Saturday’s game and believed his player’s explanation for why he said it.
Baseball player Jackie Robinson, thegrio.com
April 15, 2022
April 15 marks the 75th anniversary of Robinson smashing Major League Baseball’s color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn…
Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson
March 3, 2022
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and league owners obviously don’t give a damn about the sport, its players or…
February 10, 2022
As part of Google’s ongoing Black History Month celebration, the tech giant honored baseball legend Toni Stone for Wednesday's Google…