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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Number of African-American baseball players dips again – USATODAY.com - Bob Nightengale - Major League Baseball, celebrating Jackie Robinson Day on Sunday, has the lowest percentage of African-American players since the earliest days of the sport's integration, according to research conducted by USA TODAY Sports. The African-American population in baseball this season has plummeted to 8.05%, less than half the 17.25% in 1959 when the Boston Red Sox became the last team to integrate their roster, 12 years after Robinson broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. It's a dramatic decline from 1975, when 27% of rosters were African-American. In 1995, the percentage was 19%.


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/story/2012-04-15/baseball-jackie-robinson/54302108/1


Tim Tebow, Dwyane Wade get booed at Yankee Stadium – USATODAY.com


http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-04-16/Tim-Tebow-Dwyane-Wade-get-booed/54304226/1


Ian Eagle calls out broadcast partner Mike Fratello on the air, makes everyone else extremely uncomfortable - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/ian_eagle_calls_out_broadcast_partner_mike_fratello_on_the_air_makes_everyone_else_extremely/10563805?linksrc=home_backyard_head_10563805


African Americans in MLB: 8%, lowest since integration era - Bob Nightengale - USATODAY.com


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/04/african-americans-in-mlb-8-lowest-since.html


Obama on Secret Service scandal: 'I'll be angry' - USATODAY


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/04/lawmaker-more-may-be-involved-in-secret-service-scandal/1#.T4tca-2BA00


UAB's Garrick McGee not talking about Arkansas speculation - CBSSports - Jerry Hinnen


http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/18585064/uabs-garrick-mcgee-not-talking-about-arkansas-speculation


Mara: NFL closer to eliminating kickoffs - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/mara_nfl_closer_to_eliminating_kickoffs/10558186?linksrc=home_rg_head_10558186


New York Jets star fathers TEN children with EIGHT different women...just one more and he'll have his own football team | Mail Online - As he celebrates his 28th birthday today New York Jets cornerback, Antonio Cromartie, has another reason to raise a glass – he now fathers 10 children. The football star recently had his second child with his wife to add to his brood of nine children from a total of eight women across the country.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130059/New-York-Jets-star-fathers-TEN-children-EIGHT-different-women--just-hell-football-team.html