Black team owners established the Negro National League. Under Rube Foster’s leadership, the league started with eight teams.

Andrew "Rube" Foster Launches What Became Known As The Negro Leagues In 1920 Rube Foster The Negro Leagues 1920 ...

Spring training is underway for Chicago's baseball teams, both of which have played significant roles in the history of ...

The University of Missouri-Kansas City archives materials of its inductees, making them accessible to researchers worldwide.

But he was a big, strong outfielder who powered the Kansas City Monarchs to the first pennants of what ... for those who moved from one league to another in the wake of Jackie Robinson breaking the ...

In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

With many accomplishments and accolades under his belt, former Florida A&M University President Larry Robinson can now add a key to the city of Tallahassee. On Wednesday, the city commission ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.

The late surge was led by Anthony Robinson’s 14 second-half points ... She’s a KU student originally from Baxter Springs, Kansas. She moved to the KC area in 2021.

This isn’t where Kansas basketball is supposed to be. The Jayhawks entered this season as one of the favorites to win not just a Big 12 Conference title, but a national championship. In fact ...

Robinson joins Terry Rozier as Heat players who cannot play Wednesday against Oklahoma City due to the stomach flu. The veteran sharpshooter is coming off a rough stretch for Miami, going 6-for-18 ...