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Monte Irvin’s baseball career was completely split and forgotten - African American News Today - EIN News

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Editor’s Note: The Sentinel sports staff is putting together a summer series looking at the legacies of the most influential African-American athletes in history. Today: Monte Irvin. This column originally published four years ago when Irvin died in 2016.When I heard Monte Irvin had died, I was a little heartbroken.When I read the Associated Press obituary that shared the news across the country Tuesday, I was devastated.Not because one of my heroes had passed, though that was sad enough.

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Actor Chadwick Boseman Rushed to Emergency Room in a Wheelchair With Noticeable Weight Loss
Nationwide — Photos of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman being rushed to the hospital obviously much skinnier than before have surfaced on the Internet and his fans are getting
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Rickey Henderson
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson is a retired professional baseball player who played for 9 Major League Baseball teams between 1979 and 2003. He was born on December 25, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. His father left the family when he was two years old and later died in a car accident. His mother
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24
1979
Friends and Colleagues Reflect on Brad Pye’s Legacy - Los Angeles Sentinel
The recent passing of Brad Pye, Jr., the “godfather” of L.A.’s Black sports journalists, prompted many people to reflect on Pye’s legacy. The following are some of the comments his admirers shared with the
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Silver says significant spread of COVID-19 in Orlando could halt play
(Reuters) – The NBA season could again be put on hold if there is a “significant spread” of COVID-19 among its players in Orlando, where the league is set to resume play on July 30 with no fans in attendance, commissioner Adam Silver said
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Smokey Joe Williams
Smokey Joe Williams , byname of Joseph Williams (born April 6, 1886?, Seguin, Texas, U.S.—died Feb. 25, 1951?, New York, N.Y.), American baseball player who was an early star of the Negro
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Apr
6
1886
MLB’s lacking social voice and the decline of African-American ballplayers
Every April 15, Major League Baseball touts the legacy of Jackie Robinson and the game’s role in changing the face of sports in
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LA Protesters Detained In Cruelly Ironic Location
UCLA and its faculty expressed outrage Tuesday that Los Angeles police detained people arrested during protests against George Floyd’s death at the university’s Jackie Robinson Stadium, named for Major League Baseball’s first Black player and a school
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First Black baseball player in the major leagues, Jackie Robinson, named Nationa
First Black baseball player in the major leagues, Jackie Robinson, named National League Rookie of the Year, 1947
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Sep
12
1947
Tony Gwynn
Anthony Keith Gwynn, Sr., better known as Tony Gwynn, was a baseball pro who played for the San Diego Padres. He was born on May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California to Charles and Vendella Gwynn. The family moved to Long Beach, California when he 9 years old. He had two brothers, an elder brother
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2014
Kathy N. Waller
Kathy N. Waller - Savoy Network
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Collateral Beauty (2016)
Collateral Beauty (2016) - Savoy Network
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Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American major league baseball player
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Apr
19
1947
Bubba Wallace's mother says noose is not his first racist NASCAR incident
Darrell Wallace Jr., driver of the #54 Camping World Toyota, stands with his mother, Desiree, during pre-race ceremonies for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway on May 31, 2013 in
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Pedro Sierra Recounts Glory Days in Negro Baseball League
Before a worldwide pandemic shutdown sports, Major League Baseball had planned to use Tuesday, June 29, as a celebration and tip of the cap to the Negro Leagues which began 100 years
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Negro league baseball
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven
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Who's Who in Black celebrates 100th anniversary of Negro National League | The Michigan Chronicle
by Donald James Racism in the early-to-mid 20th century – and other periods of time – was painfully ugly in the United States of America. Such hatred, along with laws of bigotry – written and unwritten – robbed African Americans of the same opportunities afforded to whites freely and
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Max Muncy Shines Under Friday Night Lights As Dodgers Steamroll Giants 9-1 - Los Angeles Sentinel
As the sun set over Dodger Stadium on Friday evening, Max Muncy homered twice and doubled before an unusual crowd filled with cardboard cutouts that stood in the place of real fans and crowd noise was pumped in to simulate the Friday Night Lights players are accustomed to as the Dodgers cruised to
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Chicago White Sox to possibly add ads to uniforms | The Crusader Newspaper Group
With the baseball season on hold due to COVID-19, the White Sox and other MLB teams might be adding a few changes to their current look: “advertisements to their
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History of African Americans in the Canadian Football League
African Americans have played prominent roles in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and its precursors since 1946. In many cases black Americans have been able to pursue professional football opportunities in the CFL that were for one reason or another unavailable in the United States. Especially
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Michael Jeffrey Jordan's Birthday
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, 36, Basketball player, former minor league baseball player, Born New York, New York, February 17, 1963
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Feb
17
1963
First black manager inmajor league baseball.
On August 31, 1935, in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., American professional baseball player and manager Frank Robinson was born. He was the first black manager in major league baseball.
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Aug
31
1935
Spingarn Medal
The Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for outstanding achievement by an African
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Nashville Stars Could Become Baseball's First Black-Owned Team
A new professional baseball team going to Nashville could potentially become the first Black-owned franchise in Major League Baseball history.
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SPORTS DIGEST: Games will resume, but some players will be missing -
These are different times we are living in. After virtually no sports for almost four months due to the coronavirus, most of the sports leagues in this country are starting to gear back up. The Galaxy and Los Angeles Football Club are back in Florida ready to resume the Major League Soccer season
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Barnett, Powell S. (1883-1971)
Powell S. Barnett was a child when his father arrived in Roslyn to work in the coal mines.  Seeing no future in mining, Powell left for Seattle in 1906, and quickly found work. Years later, after working in construction and for hotels, he served as a clerk for State Senator Frank Connor.  Barnett
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birthday, Josh gibson
The home run king of the Negro Baseball League, Josh Gibson was born, 1911
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Dec
12
1911
Latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures: Friday 17 July
The latest sports news, results and fixtures.
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Founder of Pro-Line
Comer Cottrell, founder and president of Pro-Line Corporation (1970), the largest African American owned business in the Southwest and the first African American to be part owner of a major league baseball team (1989), the Texas Rangers, born
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Dec
7
1931
Roy Campanella
Roy Camanella was major league baseballs first black catcher.
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Timeline of African-American history
Timeline of African-American history - Wikipedia
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