Race Matters

A tweet promoting a giveaway for a minor league baseball team nicknamed "NOOGA" sparked outrage on Black Twitter over the alleged racial overtones.

If the MLB really wants more U.S.–born Blacks to play baseball again, then it will need to bring baseball back to the hood.

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Buck O’Neil—the MLB’s first Black coach—was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The "Tomahawk Chop” is racist and if you cannot acknowledge this, it means you are drowning in white privilege.

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NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo acquired an ownership stake in the Milwaukee Brewers.

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The Hess Corporation awarded the Jackie Robinson Foundation with a $1.4 million grant for the creation of scholarships and a new museum.

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LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter are part-owners of the Boston Red Sox.

The baseball hero overcame defining odds as one of the most prolific athletes over the last century. He died on Jan. 22 from an unknown cause.

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Bianca Smith has made history as the MLB’s first Black woman coach.

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Olympic gold medalist Natasha Watley is hosting a summer program for Los Angeles youth.

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The HBCU World Series was created to increase the representation of Black athletes in college baseball.