As a young girl watching the Civil Rights movement unfold, Jacki Marsh took inspiration from the words and actions of Martin Luther King Jr. as he led the fight for equality. Taking his lessons to ...

The event’s Human Dignity Awards were presented to the Southeast Disaster Response Team and John E. Warren for their ...

Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie ...

The baseball world reacted Thursday to the death of Bob Uecker, who gained more fame as a broadcaster and actor after his ...

Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A Brooklyn native who starred for the 'Boys of Summer'-era Dodgers before going on to play for the Cubs and Phillies has ...

An animated short film that tells the true story of a blind man's heroics after the Oklahoma City bombing has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award.

The Gideon vs. Wainwright Historical Marker in Panama City celebrates a landmark 1963 Supreme Court ruling. ©Dick Demarsico ...

A look back at the fifth day of January in sports history and elsewhere. We have popes, presidents and a Babe, among others ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson and international soccer star Lionel Messi are among 19 people being honored with the ...

Eddie Robinson and Doris Robinson winners are all announced ahead of time. The Payton and Buchanan award winners are revealed for the first time as part of the ceremony. The first 35-man Walter ...

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra will perform Sacred Spaces? at the Heymann Center in Lafayette ...