THE TEAMBROWN BLOG

While many debate the greatest Negro League player of all time, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson or Oscar Charleston, it has become less of a debate on the greatest team of all time. That honor has been ...

While many debate the greatest Negro League player of all time, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson or Oscar Charleston, it has become less of a debate on the greatest team of all time. That honor has been ...

Hank Aaron was a member of the Negro Leagues for three magical months.   When the Indianapolis Clowns saw the then 17 year old Henry Aaron playing for the Mobile Black Bears they were impressed...

Phil Reid was not only a prominent member of St. Paul’s Black community, he was also an entrepreneur with strong ties to Rube Foster and others in Chicago.     Thru Foster's friendship, Reid go...

For many years the only way to measure the greatness of Negro Leagues players was during their exhibition games against their White Major League counterparts. Once Jackie Robinson broke the color...

The Negro Leagues were not only a league of great ballplayers, but also of great stories. As we celebrate Black History Month, we highlight a few.   Josh Gibson's Home Run never comes down ...

James Allen “Candy Jim” Taylor won more than twice as many games as any other manager in the history of the Negro Leagues. Also winning three National Negro League titles and two Negro League World...

Prior to the Civil War, baseball was restricted to cities in the Northeast and Midwest US. However, during the War, teams of soldiers would play baseball games.    Company H, 48th NY Regiment, pos...

"What you start out as isn't always what you become." The lesson taught in "Colin in Black & White" the Colin Kaepernick movie which debuted on Netflix. The story Kaepernick would tell would...