But one such moment caught on camera has social media spectators crying foul ball, leveling accusations of racism against the youths. During the ESPN broadcast of the MLB Little League Classic between the Orioles and Red Sox, white players from the Davenport, Iowa, team representing the Midwest region were shown on camera topping their black teammate’s hairContinue reading “Twitter cries foul over ‘racist’ incident at Little League World Series”
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Scared Little Leaguers hit the ground as shots ring out at championship
Per: NYP – Harrowing video footage shows 7- and 8-year-old baseball players cowering for cover as gunshots rang out at a Little League state championship game in North Carolina. The footage showed under-8 players as well as the adults officiating initially frozen in fear as at least three shots rang out Sunday — with oneContinue reading “Scared Little Leaguers hit the ground as shots ring out at championship”
Teen girl concussed after brutal basketball attack
A disturbing cheap shot during a California basketball game left a teen girl concussed and her mother “in shock.” At an event in Southern California, 15-year-old Lauryn Ham was sucker-punched by one of her opponents. According to her mother, she’s still recovering from the brutal punch over the weekend. “Of course I was in totalContinue reading “Teen girl concussed after brutal basketball attack”
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Two women get in heated concession stand brawl at Braves game
Baseball fans are treating Truist Park as their personal octagon. Two women engaged in a UFC-style fight in the concourse of the Atlanta Braves stadium during the team’s 8-6 walkoff win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. In the video posted by Everything Georgia on Twitter, the two ladies wrestle to the floor before oneContinue reading “Two women get in heated concession stand brawl at Braves game”
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Mets’ Albert Almora Jr. crashes face-first into wall in scary scene
The thud was heard throughout the entire ballpark and immediately drew a loud gasp from the Citi Field crowd. Albert Almora Jr. went face-first into the right-center field fence on Austin Hays’ drive in the eighth inning of the Mets-Orioles game, initially catching the ball, but having it dislodged upon contact with the wall. TheContinue reading “Mets’ Albert Almora Jr. crashes face-first into wall in scary scene”
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Hank Aaron, home-run-hitting baseball great, dead at 86
Aaron wrapped up his 23-year career in the majors in 1976 with a raft of records that still stand. Hank Aaron, whose prodigious swing took him from a poverty-stricken section of Mobile, Alabama, to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, has died. He was 86. Aaron played 21 of his 23 seasons for the MilwaukeeContinue reading “Hank Aaron, home-run-hitting baseball great, dead at 86”
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