Menu

MLB's only black manager pauses to remember Jackie Robinson's impact


If not a bridge in Selma, then a bus in Montgomery, a lunch counter in Greensboro, a ballpark in Brooklyn, or on a thousand streets in a hundred towns. It is worth the thought, "Who would I have been then?" Lloyd McClendon, 56-year-old manager of the Seattle Mariners, star in 1971 of what is believed to be the first all-black team to reach the Little League World Series, product of the tough, steel town of Gary, Ind., pushed his chair back slightly. (Yahoo! Sports)

Related:

Hunter Dickinson returning to Kansas: Why the All-American is the latest offseason win for Bill Self
Kansas coach Bill Self secured his latest offseason win with the announcement that All-American big man Hunter Dickinson would be returning for the 2024-25 season...

Ovies & Giglio Want Triangle Sports Fans to Keep Arguing Forever
It’s a Thursday in February and Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are talking about sports. They’re recording from the headquarters of OG Triangle Media: A...

One family was first in line to see Mark Pope. Their feelings sum up a Kentucky fan base.
Hours before Mark Pope was officially introduced as the new head men’s basketball coach at the University of Kentucky on Sunday, the sidewalks outside of...

NC State loses power forward Mohamed Diarra to professional hoops
NC State has a gaping hole at power forward with junior Mohamed Diarra entering the NBA Draft. The 6-foot-10 forward from France was a junior...


© 2005-2024 Tar Heel Times | Contact | Privacy Policy | Site Map | RSS | Did UNC Win?

Tar Heel Times is an unofficial resource for UNC fans and is not affiliated with the University of North Carolina.