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Schriffen draws on childhood experience as MLB's sole Black TV play-by-play announcer
John Schriffen grew up in a family of civil rights activists. His grandfather, Alphonso Deal, was the NAACP president of ...
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Blue Jays Nation’s Top 20 Canadian Baseball Prospects for 2025 – #2: Tyler Black
Blue Jays Nation’s countdown of the top Canadian baseball prospects entering 2025 winds down with an infielder who had a taste of the Major Leagues in 2024.
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Member of the Little Rock Nine, speaking in Rock Island, tells story of breaking segregation
Minnijean Brown-Trickey was one of nine teenagers who helped to break the bonds of segregation when they were the first Black ...
Daily Mail14d
March: a life less ordinary
This inner strength carried her through her early years as an actress, helping her to ignore stark warnings that being black would bar her way to success. Today she is radiant, sure of herself ...
Longtime baseball announcer Bob Uecker dies at 90
Bob Uecker, longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster known as "Mr. Baseball," died at the age of 90. Born and raised in Milwaukee, he spent six seasons as a catcher in the MLB. He later went on to ...
Daily Mail18d
Bob Uecker's heartbreaking final call resurfaces after legendary Brewers announcer's death at 90
Uecker also acted in an ABC sitcom, 'Mr. Belvedere', and starred as a play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Indians in the beloved baseball movie series 'Major League'.
Forbes18d
Longtime Brewers Announcer Bob Uecker Dies At Age 90
Summertime in Milwaukee will never be the same. For the last 54 years, Bob Uecker's voice let Milwaukeeans know that another long, cold winter had come to an end, that spring had finally arrived ...
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Bob Uecker, Army Veteran and Longtime Baseball Announcer, Dies at 90
"My instinct told me he could be a hell of an announcer." Uecker's trademark self-deprecating wit, along with his knowledge of the game and true Brewers fandom made him an instant hit with Brewers ...
Los Angeles Times18d
‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90
In a bit of casting that kept things pretty close to home, Uecker also played a prominent role in the movies Major League (1989) and Major League II (1994) as crass announcer Harry Doyle for a ...
Hollywood Life18d
Bob Uecker’s Cause of Death: How the Late MLB Announcer Died
After retiring from baseball, Uecker became a broadcaster for the Brewers in 1971, a position he held until 2024. The MLB painted a full picture of Uecker’s career in its public statement ...
CBS News19d
Bob Uecker, longtime Milwaukee Brewers announcer known as "Mr. Baseball," dies at age 90
In a bit of casting that kept things pretty close to home, Uecker also played a prominent role in the movies Major League (1989) and Major League II (1994) as crass announcer Harry Doyle for a ...
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Brewers announcer Bob Uecker passes away at 90; team "heartbroken"
To many, he was an announcer and entertainer whose humor and voice transcended the game, but to us he was so much more. "Bob faced a private battle with small cell lung cancer since early 2023 ...