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PHILADELPHIA — In May 1883, in the Lamokin Woods in Chester, a group of Black women strode down a hill. Leading them was Ella Harris, who wore a fashionable pink calico dress and a white jockey cap. She hoisted a baseball bat over one shoulder. The red ribbon pinned to her dress distinguished her as the captain of the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens, a baseball team fully composed of Black women. Her team wasn’t alone in the woods; a large crowd of people of all ages and races had gathered, awaiting the game that had been announced the day before. “The thought of seeing a match between girls offere......

Former MLB pitcher Danny Serafini has been arrested for killing his father-in-law in 2021 and for the attempted murder of his mother-in-law, police said. Serafini, who played in the majors for seven seasons, was taken into custody on Friday in Winnemucca, Nev., according to a news release from the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. Samantha Scott, 33, also was arrested in Las Vegas in connection with the deadly shooting. They were expected to be extradited to Placer County. On June 5, 2021, police responded to a home in North Lake Tahoe, Calif., not far from the border with Nevada, where they dis......

Chicago police reported a shooting inside Guaranteed Rate Field during Friday night’s Chicago White Sox game and said more information would be forthcoming. A police spokesman on social media said a media briefing would take place but later said a written update would be circulated overnight. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured. A spectator, Greg Mika, said he was seated near the woman who received medical treatment to her leg below the knee and watched her walk out of the stadium with medics. The incident occurred in the third inning of the game, he said, but the game co......

CLEVELAND — A wild and lengthy brawl broke out between the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians in the sixth inning Saturday night at Progressive Field. Guardians third baseman José Ramírez doubled to right and slid headfirst into second, where Sox shortstop Tim Anderson applied the tag. The two exchanged words and then punches were thrown as the benches cleared. Anderson and Ramírez squared off like prize fighters near second base, trading swings before Ramírez landed a right haymaker that leveled Anderson. It took 14 minutes to clear the field as tempers continued to flare. The Sox led ......

Three women were slashed the legs in unprovoked attacks from a stranger on a Manhattan subway line, police said Monday. Cops released surveillance footage of the suspect, wearing a Boston Red Sox baseball cap, and asked the public’s help identifying him and tracking him down. The first two victims were attacked about 4:14 p.m. Sunday at the E. 86th St. station on the Lexington Ave. line. A 19-year-old woman got off a downtown No. 4 train and was walking up the stairs to the mezzanine when the assailant came up from behind and slashed her right leg. Moments later, he did the same thing to a 48-......

New York (AFP) - An Andy Warhol silkscreen, Jackson Pollock painting and World Series rings awarded to baseball legend Yogi Berra -- those were just a few of the high-value items US prosecutors charged nine people Thursday with stealing. In a plot worthy of a Hollywood film, the suspects allegedly broke into multiple museums and institutions in several US states over 20 years to pilfer objects totalling millions of dollars. The accused then melted some of the items down into metal discs and bars before selling the pieces for hundreds of thousands of dollars, significantly less than their origi......