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 ...

Major League Baseball announced on Wednesday that it was elevating seven early 20th century all-Black baseball leagues — known collectively as the "Negro leagues" — to "Major League" status. The move ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A legendary piece of baseball history is coming back to life thanks to an unlikely partnership. Banana Ball leaders announced on Thursday, Oct. 9, that they have partnered ...

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 ...

Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies, just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs, when he met Buck O'Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, ...

Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and a key figure behind MLB The Show video game's Storylines mode, has unveiled a new exhibit, “Leaders & Innovators,” spotlighting the ...

And I quote: “Strangle holds, razors, horsewhips and other violent implements of argument will be barred at the baseball game at Island Park this afternoon when the baseball club of Wichita Klan ...

There’s no shortage of great movies about baseball, but there is a severe lack of films about the Negro leagues. The fifth inning of Ken Burns’ expansive “Baseball” covers them with admirable ...

Ruth and Gibson are considered the two greatest hitters in the history of the game. Ruth hit 714 home runs. Gibson, who ...

'Leaders & Innovators' spotlights Black managers who led teams in the Negro Leagues. Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and a key figure behind MLB The Show video game’s ...