Tag: hall of fame
Birmingham Times Founder Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr. Inducted into NABJ...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Dr. Jesse J. Lewis Sr., founder and publisher emeritus of The Birmingham Times and renowned businessman, on Friday was...
Meet the Parker High School Coach Inducted into Grambling State Hall...
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Robert Taylor Jr. never thought about someday possibly being inducted to the Grambling State University Hall of Fame.
In...
Remains of Former O’Jays Member Identified after 40 Years
By Stacy M. Brown
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
He was raised in relative obscurity in Cleveland, Ohio, but his unique talent with the guitar helped...
Birmingham Black Barons Joins Website with All-Time Baseball Greats
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
Alabama Newscenter
Barbershop banter about the greatest baseball players ever has more ammunition after Baseball-Reference.com, a Sports Reference website, dramatically expanded its coverage of the Negro...
Hall of Fame boxer Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker dies after being...
Tom Schad
USA Today Sports
Hall of Fame boxer Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker died Sunday after being struck by a vehicle in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He...
Frank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83
By David Ginsburg and Ben Walker
Associated Press
Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame.
His legacy, however,...