Major League Baseball honored Roberto Clemente on Thursday night, paying tribute to a player who arguably did more to expand access to the sport for people of color than anyone but Jackie Robinson.
“Roberto Clemente is a figure for Latinos just like Jackie Robinson was for African Americans,” Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correasaid in 2019. “Clemente didn’t just break barriers but inspired other Latinos to get into baseball.”
Both players faced discrimination — Robinson, after he broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947, and Clemente, as a Black Latino who made his major league debut in 1955 andoften spoke out against Jim Crow segregation. Read More...
Explore More They’re not so otterly cute after all.
A man enjoying a swim in a California lake said he was attacked by otters and bitten at least a dozen times — leading him to believe that the furry critters wanted to “kill” him.
Matt Leffers said the wild incident occurred on Sept. 3 at the seemingly ironically named Serene Lakes in Placer County in northern California.
“These things were so aggressive that, literally, I felt like they wanted to kill me,” Leffers told the station KCRA of the rampaging aquatic mammals. Read More...
Fans are willing to know more about Victor Wembanyama Father. They want to learn more about his life.
Victor Wembanyama is a French basketball player who competes for Metropolitans 92 in the LNB Pro A.
He is thought to be among the top prospects of his generation and is projected to be chosen first overall in the NBA draft in 2023.
Wembanyama, a Le Chesnay, France native, began his professional career with Nanterre 92 in the LNB Pro A in 2019. Read More...