The Athletics held off the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Sunday at Globe Life Field, with Carlos Cortes driving in both Athletics runs and Justin Sterner escaping a bases-loaded jam in the sixth.
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Remembering the Icons We Lost in 2023
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Richard Roundtree/wikimedia commons Harry Belafonte im Publikumsgespräch zu ‘Sing Your Song’ von Susanne Rostock während der Viennale 2011 im Wiener Gartenbaukino/wikimedia commons […]
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Rangers Capture First-Ever World Series Championship
By Lewis Flanagan In a historic moment for the Texas Rangers franchise, they clinched their first World Series championship title after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game 5. The […]
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Sam Pollard’s Documentary Shines Light on the Rich Legacy of the Negro Baseball Leagues
The film illuminates that the sport was integrated in its earliest days, albeit with Black players forming only a minority of team members. By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in […]
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Major League Baseball Seeks to Increase African American Participation and Diversity
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA A new study by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at Central Florida revealed that Black players accounted for only […]