Major League Baseball has long celebrated the legacy of the Negro Leagues. But for the first time, MLB is officially recognizing that the quality of the segregation-era circuits was comparable to its ...

In the heart of Kansas City stands a monument to triumph, resilience, and the entrepreneurial spirit of Black America. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum preserves not just baseball history, but a ...

The story of the various baseball organizations that collectively formed the Negro Leagues over the first half of the 20 th century is vital to telling the story of the game to this day. This list ...

A mainstay of Negro League baseball, the Birmingham Black Barons may have never achieved the ultimate success of a Negro World Series victory, but they still left an imprint on ba ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One of America’s most familiar faces in baseball history has been under attack according to Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick. The baseball icon’s history ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Knoxville brewery is paying tribute to the storied history of baseball in the city. “Steel Arm Lager” commemorates the Knoxville Giants of the Negro Southern League that ...

It certainly wasn’t ideal baseball weather. The high reached an unseasonable 89 degrees on April 26, 1925, with summer-like humidity, gray skies and a threat of rain. Despite those conditions, an ...

In 1934, Josh Gibson strode up to bat at Yankee Stadium. At six feet one, 220 pounds, he brought size, strength, and vitality ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — “Age is a question ...

Guests can tour the museum, which illustrates a vibrant history of the Negro Leagues and its star players. Highlighting the league's 1920 founding by National Baseball Hall of Famer Andrew "Rube” ...

For Covenant Health Park to truly be a place where all types of people can come together, a bold and deliberate partnership had to happen between stadium developers and local Black leaders to consider ...