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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Davey Nelson, a Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster and former All-Star infielder who also coached in the majors, has died. He was 73. The Brewers say Nelson died Monday after a long illness. Nelson joined the Brewers as a roving minor league instructor in 2001 before joining the big league team as first base […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could end the federal ban on sports gambling, more than a third of U.S. states are considering legislation to get in on the action, and professional leagues and casino interests are lobbying against each other for the biggest cut of the […]

Little Known Black History Facts

Elston Howard broke the color lines of the New York Yankees in 1955, some deeming him the Jackie Robinson of the pinstripes. Howard’s stellar MLB career had many highs, and perhaps the biggest was him becoming the American League’s first Black MVP player on this day in 1963. Howard was born February 23, 1929 in […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is starting a diversity fellowship program and will place about 20 selected candidates with teams and three with the sport’s central office. Applications, limited to people of color and women, can be submitted from Friday through Nov. 17 and the individuals selected will be announced in April. People […]

09/25/17- Arsenio says it’s a strange morning today. Trump’s attack of the NFL and Colin Kaepernick mixed with the NFL and various athletes response indeed makes it a strange morning.   Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

  Don Baylor was a MLB player who starred for a few teams over the course of a 19-year career. After winning the American League MVP in 1979, he went on to become the National League Manager of The Year in 1995. Baylor, a native of Austin, Texas, made waves as a young man when […]

07/12/17 – Tom, Sybil and Bill Bellamy open the show talking about the MLB all-star game. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama celebrated the World Series champion Chicago Cubs on Monday and spoke about the power sports has to unite people. “Throughout our history, sports has had this power to bring us together even when the country is divided,” Obama said at a White House ceremony for his hometown team. “Sports […]

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Kris Bryant started to smile even before he fielded the ball. And with his throw to first for the final out, the agonizing wait ’til next year was over at last. No more Billy Goat, no more Bartman, no more black-cat curses. For a legion of fans who waited a lifetime, fly […]

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Always up for a party, Cleveland is about to rock like never before. For more than 50 years, fans agonized while waiting for one of their three major professional teams to win a championship, a drought that defined the city and its people. All the parades, the trophy presentations, the visits to […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — With a mix of euphoria, relief and disbelief, long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans are shaking off superstitions and setting their sights on the team’s first World Series in 71 years. Loyal fans as far south as San Antonio, Texas, and as far west as Washington state restructured their worldviews to include the seductive […]

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Texas Rangers slugger Prince Fielder will have to quit playing baseball after his second neck surgery. A person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press that Fielder isn’t formally retiring, but that doctors won’t give the six-time All-Star medical clearance to play again. That person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because […]