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Shakeia Taylor is a writer based in Chicago. Her work focuses on the intersection of Black culture and sport in America.

Black History Month is upon us, and with spring training primed to get started later in the month, it is the perfect time to take a look back at the rich history of the intersection of the sport and the culture. The story of blacks in baseball is a triumphant one that remains relevant and unforgettable to this day.

/PRNewswire/ -- The virtual red carpet is ready to welcome some of New Jerseys best and brightest! Danny DeVito is set to host the 13th annual New Jersey Hall...

/PRNewswire/ -- The virtual red carpet is ready to welcome some of New Jerseys best and brightest! Danny DeVito is set to host the 13th annual New Jersey Hall...

East Coast Wineries My name is Carlo DeVito, and I am the author of East Coast Wineries: A Complete Guide from Maine to Virginia published by Rutgers University Press. This blog is dedicated to primarily east coast wines and wineries including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It will also feature products and information from other regions. Monday, May 10, 2021 HOWARD G. G...

The Catonsville widow of Baltimore Negro Leagues star Leon Day hopes a new Negro Leagues exhibit in Northeast Baltimore will help raise the pitcher’s profile — and that of his teammates — in his hometown.

/PRNewswire/ -- New Jerseyans have another chance to choose their heroes as the New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF) announces its 50 nominees for the 2021 public...

Built in 1915, Hot Sox Field at Wilson Park in Galesville will be renovated this summer and will honor the late Michael E. Busch, the longtime speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. It is the historic home of African American baseball teams and a source of community pride.

Negro Leagues had their own two-way stars Share 2:24 AM UTC share-square-69939 "Bullet Joe" Rogan, Martín Dihigo and Leon Day.(Art by Graig Kreindler, from the collection of Jay Caldwell) As Shohei Ohtani has renewed and expanded his rare role as a true two-way player for the Angels in 2021, the Babe Ruth comparisons have begun anew. To attempt to both hit and pitch at an elite level is to be the Babe’s “spiritual successor,” as the New York Post recently put it. And so when Ohtani, who ...

share-square-1656081 Larry Doby Jr., Harold Reynolds, Omar Minaya, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, CC Sabathia and Willie Randolph mark Hinchliffe Stadiums renovation.(Dan Cichalski) PATERSON, N.J. -- For what may have been the first time in a generation, an audience stood at Hinchliffe Stadium for the national anthem on Wednesday. Under a blue spring sky, Leon Moses from Paterson soul band The Kopestetics performed an a capella rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” to mark the official grou...