found were stumbling upon women's names in the files of men paid spent a lot of time at the baseball hall of fame and found these women. i would also go to historical black colleges and universities who desperately need attention and funding and have amazing repositories that chronicle such wish -- such rich histories of black life through the 19th centuries. of young lot of papers women who played collegiate sports at historical black colleges and universities. withducted oral histories places like -- with people like the coach of tennessee state. i talked to olympians themselves. a 64 -- a 1964 olympian who staged her own protest at the games. i conducted a few interviews with her. blackuld i forget newspapers? the black press has a running chronicle of sporting events for black girls and women in the community from the scores of local games and longform articles about their achievements on the international stage. these primary sources and conducting oral histories gave me the primary source base do this podcast. >> what is your own background? >> my own background? >> where do you study and h

i spent a lot of town in -- time in cooperstown at the baseball hall of fame and found these women there, but also i would go to historical black colleges and universities, who desperately need attention and funding and resource allocation towards them, and have amazing repositories that chronicle such rich histories of black life all through the 20th and 19th centuries. and i found in those repositories a lot of papers of young women who played collegiate sports at historical black colleges and universities. that was a rich find for me. and i conducted oral histories with people like the storied coach from tennessee state university who coached a number of olympians. i talked to olympians themselves, tiger bell is available now as of last year, she was a 1964 and 1960 olympian and stage a protest at the 1968 games. i conducted interviews with her. i think -- and of course, how could i forget black newspapers. the black press has a running chronicle of sporting events for black girls and black women in the community, from the scores of local games to long-form articles about their achiev

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he hasn't been allowed into the baseball hall of fame. a death sentence is what they have given me.ing different and you know that for sure. but like i said, two sides to that story. in case you missed it over the weekend, this is absolutely priceless video. young four-year-olds in ohio taking on their first wrestling match. in case you missed it. he takes off for the other end. they wrestle him down. get him back and he would rather do anything else besides wrestle. mean time, this is spring training baseball at its finest. little base running work needed. deep to center field. the relay comes to the plate. the catcher will have a field day. nailing a couple guys right there. crowded at the plate right there. another unusual double play. in case you missed it. the university of missouri last night. it is called putt for pig challenge. this youngster makes the shot. what does he get? a thousand dollars? no. he gets bacon for a year. >> okay. >> college kid, probably eats a lot of bacon. that is the atlanta hawk's mascot with a good shot from half-court. skills. that is the sporting

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greater lansing sports hall of fame, and the michigan baseball hall of fame. mr. wall brgberg: -- mr. walberg: he gives credit to his wife of 48 years, melody. coach o'keefe is an exemplar require community leader who will leave a lasting legacy respond baseball. he modeled the value of hard work and sportsmanship and taught valuable life lessons to the young men on his teams. once again i wish to congratulate coach o'keefe on a remarkable career and thank him for making such a positive impact on five decades of students in grand ledge. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. madam speaker, i rise today to commemorate march as national colorectal cancer awareness month. colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths for men and women in this country. this year almost 148,000 americans will be diagnosed

louisiana, isbal, proud of quincy mason who went professional baseball and the chicago cubs inducted to the hall of fame in 2015. me in commemorating the school's rich history. mr. speaker, i rise today to ronnie anderson for his 51 years of service to ranchers.farmers and after graduating from l.s.u. in animal h a degree in science, ronnie returned home to work on his family's farm. became involved in the louisiana farm bureau ederation and was elected resident of his parish shortly thereafter. in 1989, he was elected to the farm bureau and elected 31 times since. personally forie many, many years as a farmer myself. he been clear to me that loves louisiana agriculture. when i was elected to congress, counsel toely on his advocate for our farmers and ranchers. louisiana tenure, the farm bureau has grown from 7,000 members to more than 148,000, and ronnie still raises several hundred head of cattle horses, hay, and imber on his farm in my congressional district. in addition to his work at home and with the farm bureau, ronnie served for all but two years 1997 on the louisiana board of supervisors. pleas

and on this day in 1973, major league baseball waived its rule for entrance to the hall of fame.r in a plane crash, the pittsburgh pirates' roberto clemente was voted a spot at cooperstown without the usually five-year waiting period. that's this day in sport, march 20th. >>> pro athletes have a little extra time on their hands these days. and some are handling it more combrifl than others. steph curry, what you up? you know he's a golfer, right? how about the trick shot? good feeling. once again, off the door, into the cup. look. it might have taken him a hundred tries to do that. we don't know. we don't have the video. but good to see him passing the hours on a friday. >> that's a great way to do it. and that's all we get for sports. >> yes. but he's doing a lot. i've seen him on social media. he's doing videos of his family, trying to keep himself entertained. >> a lot of us are going stir crazy. but they got some energy, right? these athletes are used to this incredible aerobic activity and playing games. now just poof, nothing there. good it see him smiling about it. >> than

and on this day in 1973 major league baseball waived its rule for inference into the hall of fame.mente was voted a spot in cooperstown without the usual five year waiting period. that's this day in sports march 20, i'm joe fonzi.>> how's this for a friday night treat. i mentioned a moment ago no games in the present, we actually found alive sporting event, australian football in melbourne australia, check this out.>> it is prime time in america, and they are reportedly watching since there's nothing else on. >> that guy has got it figured out. there's a ball and it's moving. nobody has any idea what's going on. this we probably get, it's steph curry and trick shots. that's not bad. and we know curry can golf, right? you probably didn't know that marty fish was a golfer, he was a big tennis player 15 years ago. but that's off the backboard and into the cup. and how about this, wilson contractors taking batting practice it's a nerf gun firing balls at him, so points for creativity as well as hand/eye coordination. and if you need to keep your kids exercising, right, you want to get

of anywhere ever. pop lloyd would end up retiring nd coaching youth baseball in atlantic city until the day he died and was inducted into the in 1977.hall of fame players like pop lloyd would pllay the foundation for future stars such as jackie robinson and hank the game would change forever. yet, players like lloyd and the played in are slowly becoming forgotten to the annals of history. we cannot let that happen. i thank the gentleman from issouri for introducing this important legislation to commemorate and honor those layers and the role they play in shaping america's very pastime. may god bless him. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: under announced policy the nuary 3, 2019, gentleman from connecticut, mr. larson, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the leader. mr. larson: thank you, mr. speaker. speaker, i rise today to address the chamber about one of most important issues that faces and that issue underscored by the issue of the coronavirus and by the issue of inequality exists today in this great wealthiest urs, the nation in the history of the world. pleased to announce the number of people who have risen

baseball, because he has been banished. he has not been elected into the hall of fame. here is the exact statement out of the article. sentence, that's what they have given me. i know what i have accomplished between those lines, it's the out side lines that i would've done some things differently, and i think there is where you have to hear the other side of the story, because barry bonds definitely brought a few of these things upon himself. he must accept that and take some accountability in that regard. >>> in the meantime, i am starting to warm up to hunter pence back with the giants. it is nice to have a familiar face in camp considering all the new guys around. we have a spring-training report from scottsdale.>> reporter: one of the giant highlights the spring was the day hunter pence made his cactus league debut. >> it felt really good. >> after a 2018 season in which he batted .226 which is for homeruns, the giants cut him loose. fans were upset, and then they reinvented himself working on his swing in the dominican republic. he then went to camp last spring as a nonroster invitee of the texas rangers. all p

what is happening in baseball, what is happening in the country, we have a great relationship, we became great friends with each other's families and went to the hall of famegames together, went to japan for the opening day of the red sox, and all this time, bud selig would tell these amazing stories. i was glad when he decided to write this book which is a collection of the best stories. he is a great storyteller. i am so happy to be able to ask him questions that will illuminate. we will get to the thing that is on everybody's might which is the houston astros disaster and what that means for baseball. this guy is always authentic. he will tell you what is happening but i would like to start with the friendship you formed with hank aaron. we talked about it and what it was like for you when barry bonds was chasing his record and what it was like for you to have an african-american who was so essential in the sport and what it meant to you. >> it is a pleasure to be here today and to add something that doris said. when we met and for many years "after words" and up to this date, when we get together she wants to talk about baseball and i want to talk abou

hall of fame announced it's closing for atleast two weeks. if the nfl continues as usual, the new league year starts wednesday at 1:00 p.m. pacific. >>> major league baseballing training, pushing the start of opening day by at least two weeks. according to "the san francisco chronicle" giants' players are working out deals to return to the field soon. the league gave the players three options, return home, return to their spring city or training facility. the trainer said as far as he knows he's staying in arizona. they're also deep cleaning facilities this weekend and reopening the stadium monday. >>> there was baseball saturday night. red bauer organized a charity wiffle bag game as spring training was delayed indefinitely. a couple guys actually left the yard. that's hard to do, impressive for a wiffle ball game. the trophy, it was a giant bottle of purell. what do you know? >>> espn is reporting detroit pistons forward christian wood is the third nba players to test positive for coronavirus. utah jazz rudy gobert was the first confirmed case, followed by teammate donovan mitchell. wood played last saturday against the jazz as the two were matched up ag

hall of fame has announced it's closing for at least two weeks. if the until continues as usual the new league year is going to start wednesday at 1:00 p.m. pacific. major league baseballining by at least two weeks. according to the san francisco chronicle giants players are working out plans to potentially return to the field very soon. now the league gave players three options. return home, return to their team city or stay at their spring training facility. brandon belt told the chronicle as far as he's aware players are staying in arizona. the giants i deep cleaning those facilities this weekend and reopening the stadium monday. well, there was baseball on saturday night. reds pitcher trevor boyar organized a charity wiffle ball game in the arizona desert tonight with players that stuck around after spring training was delayed indefinitely. home run there. we got baseball highlights on this saturday night. pretty impressive, too, for wiffle ball. that is not easy to do. the trophy a giant bottle of purell. now utah jazz rudy gobert was the first confirmed case. he would play saturday against the jazz and gobert as those two were mashed against each other quite ofte

hall of fame announced it's closing for at least two weeks. if the nfl continues as usual, the new league year starts wednesday at 1:00 p.m. pacific. >>> major league baseballg training, pushing the start of opening day at least two weeks. according to the "san francisco chronicle," giants players are working out plans to potentially return to the field soon. the league gave players three options, return home, return to their team's city or stay at the spring training facility. brandon belt told "the chronicle" as far as he knows players staying in arizona and also cites that the giants are deep cleaning the facilities this weekend and reopening the stadium monday. >>> there was baseball on saturday night. reds pitcher trevor bauer organized a charity whiffle ball game in arizona desert with players sticking around after spring training was delayed indefinitely. a couple guys left the yard. that's pretty hard to do. impressive for a whiffle baseball. the mvp seattle pitcher art warren the trophy, it was a gianespn is reporting detroit pistons forward christian wood is the third nba player to test positive for coronavirus.ah jaz first confirmed case followed