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Ted Williams, Satchel Paige and the fight to induct Negro Leaguers into baseball’s Hall of Fame

Sixty years ago, the famed Red Sox slugger used his Cooperstown speech to champion Black players who were excluded because of the sport’s color barrier

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Ranking America’s Best Athletes from All 50 States

In honor of America's 250th anniversary, we ranked the five best from each of the 50 states.

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NYT Connections today hints and answers — Friday, January 24 (#593)

Get today's NYT Connections clues and answers for today's puzzle #593 on January 24.

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NYT Connections today hints and answers — Thursday, January 23 (#592)

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Let Bob Kendrick tell Negro Leagues stories on every national MLB broadcast

Let one of baseball's best storytellers and historians educate the masses every week

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Barry Bonds hysterically told Derek Jeter he could hit a homer off Satchel Paige

Well, Barry Bonds never lacked for confidence.

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The Negro League players now topping MLB records after league adds them to official record

Once overlooked Negro League stars now populate many top-ten lists in hitting

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Major leaguers praise inclusion of Negro Leagues statistics into major league records

Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for more than 2,300 players — historic figures like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige and Mule Suttles — were incorporated into the major league record book following a three-year research project

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Career and season MLB records that changed following the addition of Negro Leagues statistics

Major League Baseball said Tuesday that it has incorporated records for more than 2,300 Negro League players following a three-year research project

The Independent UK

Inside the world of the unique – and bizarre – baby names influencers are giving their children

With an influx of influencers sharing their children’s unique-sounding names on social media, it seems like baby names have become weirder than ever. Meredith Clark asks baby name consultants if names like ‘Onyx’ and ‘Atlas’ are the new norm, or if our TikTok feeds are simply lying to us

The Independent UK

Sports history’s biggest flubs and blunders

The Boston Red Sox sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees may have been the biggest one-time blunder. But perhaps no sports misadventure was worse than baseball’s continuing malevolent scheme to keep the big leagues segregated.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Negro League revolutionized baseball – MLB's new rules are part of its legacy

In his film The League, Sam Pollard tells the story of the Negro National League: "They brought a different kind of style ... a kind of baseball which Major League Baseball is trying to bring back."

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Inspirational Negro Leagues documentary recalls greats who endured hardship but played with passion

Interviews, photos and newsreel clips inform ‘The League,’ which stands with the best chronicles of baseball integration.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vahe Gregorian: Some 75 years after Satchel Paige debut, salute to ‘Black Aces’ asks what might’ve been

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Could be that Satchel Paige was 42 years old when he made his first American League appearance 75 years ago July 9. Then again, he might have been 52 or some other age altogether after Cleveland owner Bill Veeck purchased his contract from the Kansas City…

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Chicago’s All-Star ‘game of the century’

The 1933 contest featured such players as Babe Ruth, Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Gabby Hartnett, Carl Hubbell and Lou Gehrig, but no black players.

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum looks to raise $25 million for new facility

Museum president Bob Kendrick said the “Pitch for the Future” campaign is designed to lead to a new 30,000-square foot facility that would be adjacent to the Buck O’Neil Education and Research Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Vahe Gregorian: ‘It’s not just a video game’: Negro Leagues baseball comes alive in ‘MLB The Show 23’

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last home video game Bob Kendrick played with any regularity was via Atari, circa the Jurassic Era of the genre in the late 1970s/early ‘80s.

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'MLB The Show '23' Review: The Year's Best Sports Game Thanks to One New Upgrade

'MLB The Show '23' has a slew of subtle improvements, but the big leap forward comes in the form of a game mode exploring the history of the Negro Leagues.

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'MLB The Show 23' PS5 Review: The Year's Best Sports Game, Thanks to One Upgrade

'MLB The Show '23' has a slew of subtle improvements, but the big leap forward comes in the form of a game mode exploring the history of the Negro Leagues.

Chicago Sun-Times

In historic move, MLB The Show 23 breaks video game barrier with Negro League players

Video gamers are now able to venture into a storyline mode involving eight Negro League legends through the game, which was released Tuesday.

The Independent UK

MLB The Show breaks barrier with Negro League players

MLB The Show is breaking a video game barrier: For the first time, the franchise will insert some of the greatest Negro League players — from Satchel Paige to Jackie Robinson — into the 2023 edition of the game as playable characters

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Texas leads in Pro Football Hall of Famers, but how does state compare in other sports?

DALLAS — No state has more native-born players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame than the state of Texas. Zach Thomas’ recent election will add to the number of Texans enshrined in Canton, Ohio.

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V.P. political decline called "slow-rolling Greek tragedy" in new book

The book by New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns also documents how the first year of the Biden presidency was rocky for the White House and Democrats.

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Michael Cunningham: The Negro leagues are major league, but MLB can’t claim them

ATLANTA — Larry Lester grew up watching the Kansas City Monarchs at the ballpark near his home in late 1950s and early ‘60s. The Negro leagues had declined by then because of MLB’s racial integration, but their legends were part of his community. Buck O’Neil’s wife, Ora, was one of…

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Grays legend Vic Harris might be Pittsburgh's most under-appreciated Negro Leagues star

As president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., Bob Kendrick is plenty familiar with the players who starred for the Grays and Crawfords and made Pittsburgh an integral part of Black baseball, names like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell or Buck Leonard…

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