By Tim Lacy Before I was interrupted in our last edition, I was taking you into the world of the Negro Leagues. I was about to introduce you to Andrew “Rube” Foster. Rube is most famous for his role as one of the people behind the scenes that helped establish the Negro Leagues in 1920. […]
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Pete Brown, First Black Player to Win PGA Tour Event, Dies at 80
By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Pete Brown, the first Black player to win a PGA Tour event, died May 1. He was 80. PGA Tour officials say Brown died in Augusta. Details on the cause of death weren’t immediately available. Brown won the 1964 Waco Turner Open in Burneyville, Okla., and the 1970 […]