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Baseball legend Willie Mays dies at 93.

The Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays Dies at 93

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Willie Mays, the iconic Hall of Famer often hailed as the greatest player in baseball history has died...
1930-31 Homestead Grays. Authorities on the Negro Leagues have made them the consensus pick as the best team ever. Standing: Cumberland Posey*, Bill Evans, Jap Washington, Red Reed, Smokey Joe Williams*, Josh Gibson*, George “Tubby” Scales, Oscar Charleston*, Charlie Walker, Jr. Kneeling: Chippy Britt, Lefty Williams, Jud Wilson*, Vic Harris, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Ambrose Reed, Ted Page. (*Hall of Fame).

Josh Gibson is Number One After Stats Join MLB

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor Just a few months before Jackie Robinson would make history and break the color barrier preventing Black players from...
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