Tandy Recreational Center

Summary of Tandy Recreation Center by Sarah Miller

Boxing

Boxing Tournament in North St. Louis to Honor City's Rich HistoryThis weekend's Tandy Park event celebrates boxing legends and features amateur bouts

Tennis

Richmond Heights park recognizes tennis great Arthur AsheInternational tennis player Arthur Ashe and his coach Richard Hudlin, who both broke racial barriers in the sport, are getting their own park right next…

Baseball

History of St. Louis' Negro Leagues starsST. LOUIS -- Major League Baseball’s decision to give Major League status to seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920-48 means that approximately 3,400 players are now officially considered Major Leaguers, and their stats and records are now part of Major League history. The stars who played in St.

'The speed was real' | Looking back on the legend of St. Louis icon Cool Papa Bell on the 100th anniversary of the Negro LeaguesJames "Cool Papa" Bell was quite possibly the fastest man to ever play baseball. He made his famous name in St. Louis. And he has the legendary stories to back it up

Normal "Tweed" Webb Collection @ Lindenwood University

The story behind the missing link to St. Louis’ Stars Park, home of one of the best baseball teams in historyFor eight decades, a photograph of one of the iconic stadiums in the early Negro Leagues sat unseen in a box of negatives. Two years ago, a St. Louis archivist found it, and it became part of history.

Society for Baseball Research on Tweed Webb

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