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Rangers manager: I used marijuana, amphetamines
9:32 AM on 03/19/2010
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - A day after acknowledging he failed a drug test for cocaine last year, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington admits he used marijuana and amphetamines while he was a player...
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Coach on coke: Rangers' Ron Washington tests positive for drugs
5:26 PM on 03/17/2010
SURPRISE, Arizona (AP) - Washington apologized for his mistake and told team management it was a one-time transgression...
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Torii Hunter is right about blacks in baseball
8:57 AM on 03/11/2010
OPINION - By associating Dominican players with blacks, it disguises the fact that MLB has a long way to go in competing with the NFL and NBA in urban communities...
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Torii Hunter upset about way he's portrayed in USA Today article
4:07 PM on 03/10/2010
Torii Hunter was fuming about the way he came off in a USA Today article examining efforts to develop black talent in baseball...
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Muhammad Ali visits Giants clubhouse
2:55 PM on 03/10/2010
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) - Meeting Ali will be among the highlights of the spring for many of the Giants...
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LA Angels' Hunter calls black Latino players 'imposters'
1:44 PM on 03/10/2010
PHOENIX (AP) - Torii Hunter has called black Latino baseball players "impostors" when it comes to the appearance of the number of African-Americans in the major leagues...
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Torii Hunter: black Dominican players are 'imposters'
6:01 AM on 03/10/2010
USA Today continues its five-part round table on improving the game, and today they take on a monster: race. Torii Hunter throws a big freakin' bomb:
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Frank Thomas announces retirement from baseball after 19 seasons
2:43 PM on 02/12/2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Frank Thomas has announced his retirement following a 19-season career in which he hit 521 homers and won two American League MVP awards with the Chicago White Sox...
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TheGrio's 100: Michael Hill, brainiac athlete turned manager
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Just the third general manager in Florida Marlins history, and only the third African-American GM in baseball today, Hill has distinguished himself...
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Willie Mays, at 78, decides to tell his story
2:43 PM on 01/31/2010
Now 78, Mays is slightly stooped, and a somewhat rounder version of the streamlined, muscular athlete who hit 660 home runs...
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Pioneering sportscaster Art Rust Jr. dies
4:24 PM on 01/13/2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball and boxing were his favorites, and his books included autobiographies written with Joe Louis and Darryl Strawberry...
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Andre Dawson becomes part of the Hall of Fame
7:00 AM on 01/07/2010
Andre Dawson was elected to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame in his ninth try, while Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short of the honor on Wednesday.
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Baseball great Curt Flood gave us a remarkable Christmas gift
8:18 AM on 12/24/2009
OPINION -- It wasn't the usual kind of Christmas present you'd expect an employee to give his boss at the end of a productive year...
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Sammy Sosa says skin cream the reason for lighter complexion
8:49 AM on 11/11/2009
Sammy Sosa says a cosmetic cream he uses to soften his skin is the reason for his lighter skin tone. The former Chicago Cubs slugger was photographed...
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Sammy Sosa's new skin reflects an ugly mentality
9:15 AM on 11/09/2009
OPINION - Many have been shocked to see recent photos of retired major league baseball player Sammy Sosa wearing green contact lenses, and having a skin tone...
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CC Sabathia works to bring more blacks to baseball
12:20 PM on 09/01/2009
VIDEO - Yankee CC Sabathia is not happy with the number of African-American players in MLB. He one of only two African-American starting pitchers in the major leagues.
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Ortiz reportedly positive for performance drugs in 2003
3:10 PM on 07/30/2009
David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were among the more than 100 Major League Baseball players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to a report in The New York Times...
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Original All-Stars strike out with championship, then film deal
2:01 PM on 07/30/2009
It's the kind of story they make movies about. A team of young boys denied the opportunity to play baseball because of the color of their skin. The problem: there is a movie being made, but the men who made up the famous Cannon Street All-Stars weren't consulted...
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Baseball needs more black stars
7:49 AM on 07/13/2009
There's good news and bad news to report to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig from my family gathering this weekend. The good news is that John and Joshua, my 17 and 13-year-old great nephews like to play baseball. The bad news: They don't like to watch it on television....
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Ex-drug addict turned little league coach inspires kids
9:32 AM on 06/21/2009
The Compton neighborhood in Los Angeles is known as a tough one. One man there is using an abandoned baseball diamond to make a difference to the local youth. Tim Lewis used to play Little League baseball on the corner of Compton and El Segundo 40 years ago. In the...
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VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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