Negro Leagues

Negro Leagues Stats Will Be Incorporated Into MLB Records

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Negro Leagues Stats Will Be Incorporated Into MLB Records

Major League Baseball will officially be including statistics for the Negro Leagues in its record books on Wednesday, USA Today has reported. While the segregated leagues produced some of the best baseball players in the sports’ history, thousands of players who played in iterations of the Negro Leagues from 1920 to 1948 have been omitted … Read more

Oakland soul food restaurant Burdell is finally opening

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Oakland soul food restaurant Burdell is finally opening

Owner/chef Geoff Davis poses for a photo at Burdell in Oakland, Calif. on Sept. 6, 2023.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE As a young kid, Geoff Davis loved going to the Central Valley farmers markets with his grandfather. He remembers watching his grandmother using cookbook recipes to prepare the vegetables and lamb shank they would bring home.  The chef … Read more