Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies, just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs, when he met Buck O'Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, ...

Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental ...

Founded in 1920, the Negro Leagues gave generations of talented athletes a platform to showcase their abilities and foster economic and social institutions within Black communities. In 2000, Major ...

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers ...

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FILE - Former Philadelphia Phillies' Ryan Howard smiles before a ceremony honoring him before a baseball game between the Phillies and the Washington Nationals, July 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP ...

O’Neil, who died in 2006, was long a champion of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Howard, who won an NL MVP and a World Series with the Phillies, is ready to take up O ...

Former Phillies Slugger Ryan Howard Makes Pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Expansion PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on ...