I thought, hmm, if theres a lot of black girls and women in the mid century trying to play baseball maybe theres a longer history here. Thats what set me out to find some of the stories in the book that take us from track, to tennis, from baltimore to rome, and looking at black women and sporting history in the 20th century. Two names, one quite familiar, hank arron and stony stone . Yeah. Again, like i said, those baseball women who i stumbled upon, they were brought in at the kind of fall of the negro leagues. The negro leagues had been a huge institution in the black community. It provided ownership and upward mobility for Business Owners and opportunity to play for black men at the time. Always pushing for integration of the majors. Jackie robinson broke formally the color line. What we see after that is an exodus of the top tier talent. Theyre going into the majors with no compentation back into their teams. The negro leagues are in steady decline. People are looking around trying
Force another Prominent School to cancel its main graduation ceremony. We will take you there. House Speaker Mike Johnson meets with the republican lawmakers seeking to kick him out of his job. We have the behind the scenes of that meeting and who will former President Trump pick to be his running mate . A look at the contenders tonight. But, first, breaking tonight, israel has begun striking targets in the gaza strip city of rafah. Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying that a ceasefire proposal agreed to by hamas is far from his countrys essential demands. However, israel will send negotiators to continue talks to try find a solution. But, in the meantime, they are not letting up. Correspondent jeff paul is in tel aviv with the very latest tonight. Good evening, jeff. Jeff yeah, good evening, bret. We are learning the israeli war cabinet has than newly decided to continue its operations in rafah saying that it wants to keep pressure on hamas to eventually release all of the
Muze ling of america. In a new oped hawley breaks down cancel culture and effects on conservation. Godwin has the first down and this game is over. Tom brady is going back to the super bowl. Mahomes, brady, super bowl. History of the sport. You know, im here for the money and i aint leaving until they throw me out. There we go. We now have a super bowl all set up, the matchup. And i never i thought i would see it in my lifetime. We will have a home team hosting the super bowl and just to show you how bizarre world we are in that home team hosting the super bowl will not be sold out. Sell about 26,000 tickets. Tampa will be playing in tampa. Tom brady has brought a team to the playoffs which was amazing at 43 get to the super bowl which is amazing. He looks so good. I think that his book that tv 12 book about how to be young and athletic. Whatever he is doing, the whole country should be mandated to do. Forget the mask, we should do what tom brady does. Ainsley did they determine tampa
Is. The way we defeat donald trump and everybody up here by the way is united, no matter who wins this damn thing. We are all going to stand together to defeat him. [cheers and applause] keep waiting for you. Pete all right, take your Blood Pressure down after that. Good morning, welcome to the saturday edition of fox friends. Come on in. Here we go. Its been a big week, long week. Look who is here Jason Chaffetz and emily compagno. Emily happy saturday. So happy to have you with us. What did you think about the debate . Jason highlight reel oficallofcliches. I think donald trump is stronger politically today than he has ever been. And i keep saying that week after week. I think he gets stronger and stronger. This is a divided field. This is somebody who is looking for a leader. This is a group that i think is headed towards a brokered convention. I really do. Pete i think you are right. Watching it visually, such a big stage. And then these little bitty seven podiums. If thats your i
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