Ciara discovered she’s DNA cousins with former pro baseball shortstop and legend Derek Jeter on her episode of PBS’ Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.  In Season 10, Episode 1, aired Jan. 2, the “1, 2 Step” queen uncovered bombshell secrets about her ancestry (along with Jagged Little Pill singer Alanis Morrisette). In his narration, […]

(mlb.com) — Jimmie Lee Solomon knows all about the dwindling number of African Americans in baseball. He acknowledges that it’s a concern, he understands that it could be a while before change in the opposite direction is noticeable and he believes that Major League Baseball is doing everything it can to reverse the trend. But […]

(AP) — New York Gov. David Paterson contradicted his staff, the Yankees and common sense when he falsely claimed he always intended to pay for five tickets to the first game of the 2009 World Series at Yankee Stadium, a state commission said in assessing him a $62,125 fine.  In a report released Monday, the […]

Investors are financing training in exchange for as much as half of players’ signing bonuses.

Very few First Ladies can pull off glamour without his heels, but ours sure can!

(BV on Money) — George Steinbrenner, longtime owner of the New York Yankees, died of a heart attack today in Tampa, Fla. He had just turned 80 on July 4. Steinbrenner, known as the mega power broker who demanded championships from his Yankees teams, was worth more than $1.3 billion. He made New York the […]

(MLB.com) — During his lengthy second career as a game analyst at ESPN, Hall of Famer Joe Morgan complained often about the steady decline of African-Americans in Major League Baseball and youth baseball. On Wednesday, Morgan strived to become a man of action, and he’s doing it as part of the team with which he […]