Before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, black players weren’t allowed in Major League Baseball. Before the recent advances in the United States’ relationship with Cuba, it was rare for ...
Years ago, when Brian Jeroloman was a minor-league catcher, he once came to the ballpark wearing a black shoe on one foot and a brown one on the other. This was not a fashion choice. Jeroloman – who ...
Small-town sports journalists of the early 1950s weren’t in the practice of quoting the athletes they covered—how a receiver felt dropping the game-winning touchdown, if a basketball player knew she’d ...