Baseball

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. takes a break from stand up to sit down with historians and former Negro League players in the new NPR podcast "Road to Rickwood."

Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Chris Holaday, author of Cracks in the Outfield Wall: The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas.

To celebrate the holiday week, WUNC will air a special documentary examining the history of Birmingham's Rickwood Field.

Diamond Baseball Holdings has reached an agreement to buy the Charlotte Knights minor league baseball team, the organizations said Tuesday.

Parker Byrd is just the second amputee to play Division I college baseball. After losing his right leg below the knee in a boating accident, he's taken three at-bats this season for the East Carolina Pirates. As ECU continues its quest for the College World Series, Byrd provides inspiration.

With five North Carolina college baseball teams ranked in the top 25, will they all make it to Men's College World Series play? And will Duke softball end their unexpected run with a national championship? Two sports journalists weigh in.

Last year, the Durham Bulls joined The Nine Initiative, a program launched by Minor League Baseball to uplift the legacy of Black baseball history. Youth Reporter Olivia Haynie takes a look at the history of the Black Sox, one of Durham’s Negro Minor League teams, and their impact on Durham culture.

The stories of hundreds of Negro Leagues players have largely gone untold until now. And Derek Ham, the department head of art and design at North Carolina State University, wants to change that. The virtual reality experience "Barnstormers: Determined to Win" tells the story of the Negro Leagues.

The Demon Deacons are now in control of their bracket and a win away from the best-of-three finals. Their next game is Wednesday against the winner of a Tuesday elimination game between SEC rivals LSU and Tennessee.

Brock Wilken hit three of Wake Forest’s record-tying nine home runs, and the Demon Deacons routed Alabama 22-5 to win the Winston-Salem Super Regional.