Bettmann / Getty Images As the first black umpire in Major League Baseball, Emmett Ashford encountered ... his revelatory diary of the 1969 season: “Other umpires talk behind his back.

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players ... Clifton, from Chicago, had played minor league baseball and 16-inch softball in ...

according to the Minor League Baseball website. The brothers were the first Black players on the Smokies, according to a Beck newsletter. By May 1953, Jim Tugerson was the winningest pitcher in ...

Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th anniversary of ...

Considering baseball isn’t soccer -- pitchers aren’t allowed to wear different colors as goalkeepers do -- the Salem reliever ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black ... tied a major league record for a nine-inning game by drawing three intentional walks. 1994 — Former NBA star Michael Jordan singles twice, collecting ...

If Aaron Judge comes up one home run short of breaking his own AL record this season, Sunday will live in infamy.