Loretta “Rita” Kay Cole died July 4, 2025, at Beadles New Beginnings in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 87.“Mrs. Rita” Cole was born on October ...

"Doby suffered the same indignities as Jackie Robinson, but his struggles did not get the media attention Robinson's received ...

2014 — The Mets record the 4,000th win in franchise history by defeating the Braves 8-3. 2015 — Tampa Bay hits two inside-the park home runs in a 9-7 loss to the Royals. It is the first time the feat ...

These same people who are actually supposed to be working together, but aren't, continue to be reelected. This only happens ...

In 1947, Larry Doby became the first Black player in Major League Baseball's American League, joining the Cleveland Indians 11 weeks after Jackie Robinson broke the sport's color barrier with the ...

The Arkansas Cinema Society is taking the Fourth of July holiday in a different direction as they join the NWA Film Club in screening the 1996 horror flick "Uncle Sam" as part of their Summer Camp ...

The Dodgers sported Brooklyn caps for the Royals’ annual Salute to the Negro Leagues game, paying tribute to Jackie Robinson.

Dave Parker, the longtime Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder died on June 28 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.

Anyway, as you might have guessed from the rambling up top, the Royals play the Dodgers today and it is the Salute to the Negro Leagues game for 2025. Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, the ...

A longtime Coloradan and trailblazing musician widely considered the Jackie Robinson of classical music, Burrell died early Tuesday morning in Denver from natural causes. He was 104 years old. Family ...

Charles Burrell, an American classical and jazz bass player known as being the first African American to be a member of a major U.S. symphony, the Colorado Symphony, died Tuesday at the age of 104 ...