In 1965, at the age of 22, Gordon Loveless — now of Layton — stood at the plate at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage, Alaska, looking the 60½ feet to the pitcher’s mound, waiting for the great Satchel ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Investigators say a fire that destroyed the former Kansas City home of baseball legend Satchel Paige might have been arson. The Kansas City Star reports investigators found ...

With a professional baseball career spanning the jazz age to the space age, pitcher Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (1906—1982) established himself not only as one of the most dominant American athletes ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - September 25, 1965. Satchel Paige, at age 59, became the oldest player in MLB history. He was hired for just one game. He pitched three innings for the Kansas City Athletics ...

The San Francisco Giants had an incredible opportunity on Thursday night, playing at Rickwood Field to honor the Negro League. With all-time great Giants star Willie Mays passing away earlier in the ...

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The city of Mobile will honor some of its greatest sports legends on Tuesday, June 24 at the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the Hall of Fame Walk including former Jackson State star and Pro ...

KCTV's Mark Poulose and Katie Maher preview a big college football weekend and discuss the latest offseason news for the Kansas City Royals. After leading Major League Baseball in hits in consecutive ...