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MLB Tonight: Players Alliance Board Chair Curtis Granderson on Giving Back in the Spirit of MLK Day

Players Alliance Board Chair Curtis Granderson discusses giving back to the community in the spirit of MLK Day and his work with the Players Alliance on MLB Tonight

THE PLAYERS ALLIANCE AND TEXAS RANGERS FOUNDATION TO HOLD DAY OF SERVICE AT RANGERS YOUTH ACADEMY ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

The Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation will partner with Food for the Soul and The Players Alliance on Monday, January 16, to host service events in conjunction with the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

MLB: The Players Alliance honors Black playmakers in baseball

Los Angeles, California (July 19, 2022) – As part of All-Star Week, The Players Alliance — a nonprofit founded in 2020 by Black current and retired professional baseball players to increase African American representation in the sport — held an inaugural “Game Changers Celebration,” seeking to honor Black playmakers in the game and in the community while raising awareness for the organization’s mission. Eight-time All-Star Darryl Strawberry, two-time All-Star Eric Davis, two-time softball Olympic medalist Natasha Watley and Dodgers superstar Mookie Betts made up the group’s first four honorees.

MLB Players Donate Game Day Salary to Mark the 75th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson Breaking the Color Barrier

New York, NY (April 14, 2022)—The Players Alliance, a nonprofit started by active and retired professional baseball players, announced commitments by players, coaches and staff to donate their game-day salary in recognition of the 75th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson...

M.L.B. Pledges Millions to Build Black Participation

"The league made a 10-year commitment to the Players Alliance that includes $10 million a year, plus an additional $5 million in matching contributions. Major League Baseball announced on Monday that it would donate up to $150 million to the Players Alliance, a...

100-plus donate JR Day salary to Alliance

"Dodgers left-hander David Price, Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward and Brewers outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. are among more than 100 Major League players of all races and backgrounds who have pledged to donate their gameday salaries on Jackie Robinson Day to support The...

Players Alliance Gives Back on 33-City Tour

"Cross-country tour provides COVID-19 supplies, baseball gear to Black communities A big black semi-trailer truck full of gear and cheer rolled into the Bronx on Tuesday, ready to deliver to those in need. Adorned with the logo of The Players Alliance, a nonprofit...

Players’ Alliance Gets $10 Million From M.L.B. and Union to Build Diversity

New York Times – "The money is a substantial boost to the 12-week-old group formed by current and former players to increase Black participation at all levels of the sport. Major League Baseball and the players’ union have pledged $10 million to the Players Alliance,...

Jackie Robinson Day Mentorship Program

R2C2 Celebrating 100 Years of Negro League History

Listen to R2C2 with hosts CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco as they are joined by the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Bob Kendrick, and MLB All-Star Curtis Granderson. In this episode, they discuss the importance of embracing the history of the Negro...

CC Sabathia Looks Back on Storied MLB Career, Transformation Off the Field

"CC Sabathia is among the last of a dying breed across baseball. The former Yankees hurler retired following the 2019 season with 251 career wins, 3,577 innings and 3,404 strikeouts, ending his career with a statistical résumé that may never be matched again. Astros...

Jackie Robinson Day: More than 100 MLB players donate game-day salaries to the Players Alliance

"Each year, April 15 marks a profoundly important date on MLB's calendar: Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the anniversary of Robinson's 1947 major-league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, which brought a tragically belated end to the color barrier at the highest...

MLK’s legacy endures: ‘Times are changing’

"Standing before a packed, rapt congregation at St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. recognized the moment’s weight and its fragility. The date was May 6, 1963. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference were five weeks...

Cubs’ Heyward: ‘Still a lot of optimism’ for change, equity

"The term “inflection point” became so common this summer that it almost became a cliche in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police and protests across the country demanding justice, police reform and recognition of the lived reality of Black and...

After summer awakening, MLB players are taking their efforts to the streets

"On Saturday afternoon, a black tractor-trailer truck will rumble from one down-and-out neighborhood in Baltimore to another down-and-out neighborhood in Washington, a journey about baseball and the Black experience. The final month of 2020 is here, and thank the high...

Black Players Continued a Mentoring Tradition Amid a Pandemic

"When this year’s minor league season was canceled, several veteran African-American M.L.B. players got on Instagram and set up Zoom calls to pay forward the guidance they received. Early in his major league career, Curtis Granderson never went hungry around Dmitri...

Baseball’s power players put real money behind Black participation

The Undefeated – "For a certain type of fan, baseball is one thing: the Major Leagues. But for even more people, the top flight of the sport is more of a vehicle and aspirational body that exists for the purposes of the sport overall. Meaning, anything that happens at...

Players Alliance Members Donating MLB Salaries

"The Players Alliance, made up of more than 100 Black current and former MLB players, announced Thursday that its members will donate their salaries from Thursday's and Friday's games to the organization to support its efforts to combat racial inequality and aid Black...

MLB Players Alliance Donate Salaries On Jackie Robinson Day

"The Players Alliance is a group of over 100 Black current and former baseball players, and on Thursday they announced collectively that they would be donating their salaries from the games on August 27 and 28 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day in Major League Baseball....

Red Sox Black Lives Matter Movement Opening Day

"The focus of the ceremony then shifted from the coronavirus to the Black Lives Matter movement, as the announcer referenced Floyd's death, saying, "Yet while we were united against this microscopic virus, forces sought to divide us again. On the streets of...