Monarchs

Sixteen years after his death, the former Monarch legend’s name, and memories of his personality and wisdom, are still being passed along in Kansas City. The ceremony is set for this weekend in Cooperstown, New York.

Negro Leagues historian Phil Dixon has a new book about the legendary baseball player and ambassador. It allows readers to hear excerpts of recorded interviews with Buck O'Neil.

O’Neil was one of two Negro Leaguers in the Early Baseball Era elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday, an election that many say was long overdue.

Sportswriter Joe Posnanski's book "The Baseball 100," which ranks the game's top players, comes out Tuesday. Satchel Paige, whose primary team was the Kansas City Monarchs, ranks at number 10, and Royals' slugger George Brett comes in at 35.

The Monarchs swept the best-of-five championship series against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, carrying the winning legacy of its Negro Leagues namesake into a new century.

The first professional baseball team in 62 years to bear the revered name of the winningest franchise from the Negro National League is living up to its namesake's reputation.

A Kansas lawmaker is working to focus attention on the hundreds of indigenous people that have gone missing and the revered team from the Negro Leagues era will see its name on players' jerseys in 2021.

In a deal with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, a team from the American Association will take on the Monarchs name.

MLB's decision recognizes seven Negro organizations as major leaguers.

Major League Baseball will now incorporate the statistics of the Negro Baseball Leagues' players into the sport's official records, and the Smart Money Experts on why the Millennial generation deserves a break.