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6 days agoDave Roberts pays homage to recently-retired former Dodger
Dave Roberts praises Jason Heyward's influence and hopes he remains in baseball after retirement.
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LA Dodgers
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2 weeks agoDodgers' Miguel Rojas Speaks Out on False PED Report
Miguel Rojas demands an apology from The Athletic reporter Evan Drellich for falsely identifying him as receiving an 80-game PED suspension, emphasizing the error damaged both his reputation and the Dodgers organization.
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Major League Baseball
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4 weeks agoMLB News: McCutchen to Rangers, Astros' Pena to Miss WBC, Kershaw Cheered in Denver
World Baseball Classic features notable players including Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, while Andrew McCutchen signs with Texas Rangers, Jeremy Peña misses the tournament with a finger fracture, and Clayton Kershaw receives standing ovation in Denver.
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New York Yankees
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1 month agoSean Kirst: Eighty years after Jackie Robinson's minor league heroics, a spotlight on his courage and pain in Syracuse
Syracuse's current baseball team, the Mets, directly descends from the Montreal Royals who signed Jackie Robinson in 1946, making the city integral to breaking baseball's color barrier.
New York Yankees
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1 month agoSean Kirst: Eighty years after Jackie Robinson's minor league heroics, a spotlight on his courage and pain in Syracuse
Syracuse's current baseball team, the Mets, directly descends from the Montreal Royals who signed Jackie Robinson in 1946, making the city integral to breaking baseball's color barrier.
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1 month agoCommentary: In L.A. and in Cooperstown, Freddie Freeman will forever be a Dodger, not a Brave
In just four years, the Dodgers star has won two championships and hit the first and only walk-off grand slam in World Series history. Freeman's Hall of Fame legacy appears destined to be defined by what he has and will accomplish with the Dodgers.
Los Angeles Rams
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2 months agoWhy Jackie Robinson Testified Against Paul Robeson
English, the first Black woman to open a private practice in the state of New York, was known as Brooklyn's Birth Mother. She had delivered some six thousand babies, including the children of Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X. She became a philanthropist, and her patronage of the arts was perhaps best represented by her conversion of St. Casimir's into a haven for theatre, performance, and community engagement.
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1 month agoCBS Sports Host Blasts Player Accused of Using Racist Insult: You're Wrong!'
Well, I guess today is a new day in football, but with the same old racist problems; and whilst we do wanna focus on the games ahead today because the game is what we love yesterday does still linger. And whether or not you like Vini Jr., that shouldn't shape your opinion on this incident, and which team you support, it shouldn't affect which side of the story that you fall on.
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Chicago White Sox
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2 months agoChicago White Sox Legend Trashes Team Over Stunning Omission from Social Media Post Honoring Black Players
Frank Thomas publicly criticized the Chicago White Sox after being omitted from the team's Black History Month social media post honoring notable Black players.
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1 month agoThe 'Not Supposed to Be Here' Players
veteran L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton, played by Warren Beatty, is in the prime of his life - "at my age, in any other business, I'd be young" - when he rides his way into an apparently fatal bicycle accident. An escort from above assigned to monitor such activity (Buck Henry) dutifully swoops up Joe to move him along on his celestial journey. Except the QB knew in his bones the accident wasn't as fatal as it appeared, and therefore heaven really could wait.
Film
Major League Baseball
fromBattery Power
1 month agoExamining Black baseball history: The Atlanta Black Crackers
The Atlanta Black Crackers evolved from the Atlanta Cubs into a resourceful Negro Leagues team that faced chronic financial struggles but influenced organized baseball structures and talent pathways.
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1 month agoDodgers' World Series hero in the Mix to Make Opening Day Roster
I've already seen the confidence in Will versus last year when we traded for him and he was unsure of himself. Where now, I think that he has the respect of his teammates and and he's also done it in the highest of leverage.
LA Dodgers
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1 month agoThis Day In Dodgers History: SportsNet LA Launched
The 24-hour channel was created to provide exclusive and unrivaled coverage of the Dodgers with games, news programs and documentary-style shows. In addition to Time Warner Cable subscribers, it was available for Bright House Networks Champion Broadband customers from Day 1.
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Major League Baseball
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2 months agoThis Day In Dodgers History: Sandy Koufax Becomes Youngest Player Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame
Sandy Koufax became the youngest Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and dominated the 1961–66 era with multiple Cy Youngs, a perfect game, no-hitters, and World Series titles.
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