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Joy in Birmingham (AL) as Negro Leagues Given Major League Status 

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Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times   James “Jake” Sanders’s voice was hoarse but that didn’t stop him from expressing his joy that Major League Baseball...

MLB reclassifies Negro Leagues as major league

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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Willie Mays will add some hits to his record, Monte Irvin’s big league batting average should climb over .300...

Frank Robinson, baseball’s fearsome trailblazer, dies at 83

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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,...

Remembering Two Former Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues, who...

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Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Willie James Lee and Archie “Dropo” Young, two jewels of the Negro Leagues, recently passed. Lee passed on Oct. 12...