Today, we call them “allies,” the white people who stood in the gap during the awful Jim Crow era; those who fought to abolish slavery and those who went into the Deep South to stand with the Freedom ...

As baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, a look at how his signing led to the dismantling of the Negro leagues, with only one M.L.B. owner speaking up for their rights. By Andrea Williams Books by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Branch Rickey knew his intentions. He, the former general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals who’d created a dynasty featuring ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Isotopes will add two more names to the Albuquerque Professional Baseball Hall of Fame later this month. As part of Retro Dukes Night on Saturday, June 27, ...

The reason the St. Louis Cardinals give night sweats to managers of other National League clubs is Branch Rickey, a chunky, bespectacled David Harumish man of 60, who is referred to with awed hush in ...