Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl presented Monday night a key to the city to Ray Knox, a former Negro Leagues baseball player.
Knox began playing in the Negro Leagues at age 14 in 1949, and is one of just a few dozen former players who are still alive. The Negro Leagues originated in 1...
Baseball
Pitchers Matt Portland and Brandon Magallones were chosen in the MLB draft Wednesday.
Portland, a junior southpaw, went in the 17th round (519th overall) to the Kansas City Royals, and Magallones, a seniorÂ...
Inside his South Evanston apartment, former Negro League player Ray Knox flipped through a calendar with black and white photos of baseball players, reminiscing in his deep, gravelly voice on the friendships he forged in the...
