February 1st, 2021
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Major League Baseball, its Clubs, and media entities (MLB Network and MLB.com) will observe Black History Month 2021 in a variety of ways, across our sport, with the following goals in mind:
• To meaningfully engage and support African American people, institutions, and communities across the nation;
• To celebrate and recognize the rich history of African Americans in baseball; and
• To showcase the voices of African American youth, professional players & coaches, historians, and others connected to the sport.
These efforts are among many ongoing initiatives and partnerships maintained year-round with our communities, our fans, and our MLB players, coaches and professionals.
Celebrate Black History Month
This February, PBS SoCal and KCET invite you to explore and celebrate the central role Black Americans have played in shaping American history and their extraordinary contributions to culture and arts. Watch all month on broadcast, on the PBS SoCal and KCET websites, and streaming on the free PBS app. And find companion articles that examine aspects of Black history in Southern California. Headlining the programming is the two-part series The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr, which traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America.
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Segment 1, beginning at 4:04: A new bill would authorize the Kansas attorney general to coordinate law enforcement training on missing and murdered indigenous people.
As of January 2021, nearly 700 American Indian and Alaskan Native people are missing, including three Kansans. Native American and State Rep. Ponka-We Victors has had friends and family disappear. So, for the second consecutive year, Victors is sponsoring a bill to help address the high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls across America.
Ponka-We Victors (D), Kansas state representative for the 103rd district
Segment 2, beginning at 30:47: In a deal with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a team from the American Association will take on the Monarchs name.
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Henry Aaron, one of the most talented and accomplished players in the history of professional sports, passed away Friday at age 86. It is difficult to overestimate how much Aaron meant to the game, and to American society at large. As many have pointed out in the course of eulogizing
Henry Aaron, one of the most talented and accomplished players in the history of professional sports, passed away Friday at age 86. It is difficult to overestimate how much Aaron meant to the game, and to American society at large.
As many have pointed out in the course of eulogizing Aaron, to focus only on his prodigious home run total is to do a disservice to his overall career accomplishments. Over 23 Major League seasons, from Milwaukee to Atlanta and back again, he established the all-time record for RBIs (2,297) and total bases (6,856) while collecting 3,771 hits (third all-time). He appeared in the All-Star Game between the years 1955 and 75, every season but
Share this story Published January 25th, 2021 at 9:29 AM Above image credit: Kansas City Week in Review host Nick Haines. (John McGrath | Flatland)
A lot of news outlets put out lists of the 10 things you need to know. We do one better. Here are the 11 things you need to know this week.
#1: Super Bowl Bound
Will Kansas Citians have an extra spring in their step this week as the Chiefs head to the Super Bowl for the second straight year?
That game will take place in Tampa on Sunday, Feb. 7.
Kansas City will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which will be the first NFL team to host the Super Bowl in its home stadium.