As a teenager, Jim Bark would wait outside the visiting teams clubhouse at County Stadium in Milwaukee hoping to get an autograph from some of his favorite baseball players. The Racine, Wisconsin ...

Major League Baseball immediately waived the five ... “I’ve read a lot [about] Roberto Clemente. I know he was an amazing player, but he was even better outside the field,” Perez said.

a professional team in the Puerto Rican league. Clemente, then 18, hit .356 in the winter of 1952-53. With exactly 3,000 hits, Roberto Clemente is the measure of greatness in baseball. The next ...

General Robinson St. Fifty years ago today, Pittsburgh Pirates legend Roberto Clemente laced ... training with the Pirates in 1955, Clemente and the team’s other Black players had to board ...

Tragedy is no stranger to the sports world as fans have mourned the deaths of many players and coaches in plane and ...

Many organizations honor Clemente’s spirit of caring. Major League Baseball gives the Roberto Clemente Award to current players who exemplify Clemente’s commitment to community and helping others.

The Pirates legend also has the Roberto Clemente Award named after him, which is an annual award that recognizes one player from every team for their efforts in helping others and those in need in ...

MCCC’s Presidential Symposium on Diversity features Roberto Clemente Jr., philanthropist, entrepreneur and former ...

Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and the league's fourth all-time leading ... Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and 15-time MLB All-Star Roberto Clemente was killed in a plane crash on Dec. 31 ...