Soulful Softball Sunday honors legacy of Pumpsie Green
By Mike Kinney
Some called it a record turnout for Soulful Softball Sunday. Organizers estimated roughly 2,500 local community members came to the annual grassroots gathering. For a fifth year at Nicholl Park in Richmond,...
In time for U.S. Open, youth tennis program begins in Richmond
Just in time for the U.S. Open, after-school tennis begins in Richmond.
From Sept. 3 through Dec. 20 at the Nicholl Park Tennis Courts, 3230 Macdonald Ave., youth ages 6 to 17 will be honing...
West County represents at Oakland A’s Native American Heritage Night
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Bay Area Power earns silver at U.S. Open Basketball Championships
A Richmond-based youth basketball team did the Bay Area proud last weekend, bringing home the silver medal in the U.S. Open Basketball Championships in Westfield, Indiana.
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Affeldt joins Jr. Giants, Chevron for Science of Baseball clinic
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Youth invited to join Shooty Babitt at Oakland A’s game
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Richmond-raised Pumpsie Green, first black Boston Red Sox player, remembered
The baseball community, and also the Richmond community, are paying tribute to Pumpsie Green, who died Wednesday at Kaiser San Leandro at the age of 85.
Elijah Jerry Green was the first African-American player to...
Renovation of JFK Park basketball courts complete
All week, David Castro has been taking his kids on walks past John F. Kennedy Park at Cutting Blvd. and S. 41st Street, eagerly awaiting for the renovation of its basketball courts to be...
Limited community access to Helms Middle sports fields planned
San Pablo City Council on Monday approved a 32-week pilot program allowing long-desired community access to the sports fields at Helms Middle School.
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U.S. women’s soccer star’s contribution to Kennedy High
A star athlete helping the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team chase its World Cup dreams in France, has also been helping to make a difference in a college readiness program at Kennedy High in...
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