“Newk.” That’s all you needed to hear. Everyone knew who that was. Like everyone who lives in Boca Raton, FL, says they live in Boca, never Boca Raton, no one who followed baseball in the ‘50s ever ...

*(Via ESPN) – Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Don Newcombe has died after a lengthy illness, the team announced Tuesday. He was 92. “Don Newcombe’s presence and life established him as a ...

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor pitching great Don Newcombe by adding a commemorative No. 36 patch to their uniforms this season. Newcombe died Tuesday at 92. The team said Thursday ...

On May 2, 1995, Hideo Nomo made his MLB debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers and became the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball. Nomo threw five scoreless innings against the San ...

Don Newcombe, the major leagues’ first outstanding black pitcher and a star for the Brooklyn Dodgers in their glory years, the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 92. R Richard Goldstein Follow The Dodgers ...

The second-best pitcher in the pitching-rich history of the Dodgers is leaving LA. The list of great Dodger pitchers includes immortals ...

No organization in all of sports has been as diversified as baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers. Indeed, few businesses in any field can match the Dodgers in terms of employing men and women from every ...

Carl Erskine vividly remembers a mostdistressing experience at the LosAngeles Coliseum 50 years ago.Don Newcombe easily recalls thedifficulty of doing his job there.

2001 – The Cardinals beat the Brewers, 8 – 2, as Matt Morris wins his 20th game of the season. Albert Pujols drives in three ...

Sam Lacy: a legend -- Wendell Smith: the best of his generation -- Frank A. Young: Chicago's boss of the sports world -- Joe Bostic: a crusader of his time -- Chester L. Washington: from writer to ...