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Media Appearances & Podcasts - selected

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  • "The Heart & Soul of Baseball: The Kansas City Monarchs" by ABC-TV (1991)
  • "Behind the White Foul Lines: The Negro Baseball Leagues" by CNN (1991)
  • "Passing It On: Voices from Black America's Past" by Media Works (1992)
  • "The Playing Field" by BlackBall, Inc. (1992)
  • "Safe at Home Plate" by PBS (1993)
  • "Outside the Lines: A League Second to None" by ESPN (1994)
  • "Ain’t Seen Nothing Like It Since" by PBS (1994)
  • "Dramatic Moments in Black Sports History" by BlackBall Productions (1995)
  • "Jap Mikado: The First Japanese Professional Baseball Player" by Mainichi Broadcasting Systems (1995)
  • "Records in the Sand: the 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes" (1995)
  • "No League of Their Own" by NBC (1995)
  • "Double Duty: The Story of Ted Radcliffe" by The Living Century (2003)
  • "Quite Frankly" with Stephen A. Smith, ESPN (2005)
  • "Buck O'Neil and Black Baseball in Chicago" by the Chicago Baseball Museum (2008)
  • "Americans in Focus" on Robert Smalls, Civil War Hero, PBS (2009)
  • "The Legend Behind the Plate: The Josh Gibson Story" by Duquesne University (2009)
  • "Lester Rodney's Integration Crusade" by ESPN's Outside the Lines (2010)
  • "Negro Leagues Projects Marks History" by ESPN's Outside the Lines (2011) 
  • "Negro Leagues Grave Marker Project," Brian Williams' NBC Nightly News (2011)
  • MLB.com remembers Satchel Paige & Cool Papa Bell with umpire Bob Motley and Satchel's son Robert Paige, at the All-Star FanFest in Kansas City, MO (2012).
  • MLB.com's Legacy of Jackie Robinson & his Impact on the Game, with professors Joe Dorinson & Lee Lowenfish, at the All-Star FanFest in New York (2013)
  • Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame with Arif Khatib (2014)  Link to Radio blog
  • Tailor-Made Media with Robert Qualls (2014)
  • SABR's 45th Annual Convention, Negro League Panel at the Palmer House in Chicago with Al Spearman & Ernie Westfield Audio link to presentation. (2015)
  • TV One - News One Now, hosted by Roland Martin (2017)
  • SABR's 47th Annual Convention, A Celebration of 70 Years: Jackie Robinson's Journey at the Grand Hyatt in NYC with William C. Rhoden, Della Britton Baeza and Lee Lowenfish. Audio link to presentation. (2017)
  • Justin McGuire's "Baseball by the Book" podcast #58, on "Black Baseball's National Showcase" (2017)
  • Bill Kashatus' podcast "Philadelphia's Negro Leagues" with Larry Lester" (2017)
  • Martie Lurie's podcast KNBR, The Sports Leader (2018)
  • SABR's 48th Annual Convention at the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh: Wendell Smith of the Pittsburgh Courier: His Life and Legacy with professors Chris Lamb, David K. Wiggins and Pamela Walck. (2018). Highlights here.
  • The Forgotten Forerunners: Mobituaries with Mo Rocca - CBS News Radio
  • A Century of Change: Negro League Centennial Celebration, KCPT-Kansas City PBS (2020)
  • FanGraphs: Effectively Wild podcast at 35:57 mark with Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley (2020)
  • Chicago White Sox Network TV - Centennial Anniversary of the Negro Leagues with Jason Benetti (2020)
  • Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation - Negro Leagues 100th Anniversary at 11:20 mark with Dave Roberts and Jerry Hairston, Jr. (2020)
  • Sports Info Solutions podcast  with  Mark Simon & Gary Ashwill  - Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Negro Leagues (2020)
  • Fields of Dreams Deferred, TBS with Torrence Wilson (2020)
  • Hidden Figures, HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (2020)
  • Reflecting on the Legacy of the Negro Leagues with Shakeia Taylor & the Chicago White Sox (2020)
  • AwfulAnnouncing article by Andrew Bucholtz about Researching Negro Leagues Stats on HBO Real Sports (2020)
  • Pretty Big News with Matt Castello (2020)
  • NPR, All Things Considered with Mary Louise Kelly, MLB Announces It Will Recognize the Negro Leagues as Major League (2020)
  • Black in Sports: Always a Back Story with EJ Cutliff II and Myles Hayes (2020)
  • Obstruction to Justice with V. Ann Moals (2021)
  • The Packaged Tourist Show with Matthew DiBiase (2021)
  • The Fox Nation - A Game for Us All with Phil Ross, John Case and Billy Sample (2021)
  • Hooks & Runs podcast with Eric and Craig (2021)
  • ESPN's MLB Tonight - A Conversation with Harold Reynolds on MLK Day (2021)
  • WISH-TV Indianapolis with Katiera Winfrey (2021)
  • WBEZ NPR/Radio Reset with Sasha Ann Simons (2021)
  • Black News Channel - Start My Day with Sharon [Reed] & Mike [Hill] (2021)
  • Berkeley Carroll Grade School - Brooklyn, New York (2021)
  • 101 Black Men of Greater Kansas City - KC Game Changer Stream (2021)
  • Talking Baseball with Justice B. Hill (2021)
  • Legends Sports with Phillip Trygar (2021)
  • Ebony's Bones with Ebony M. Johnson (2021) - KKFI radio
  • Virtual Voices of the Game: Negro Leagues Baseball History with Bruce Markusen & Gary Ashwill (2021)
  • GSA Region 6 - Diversity Equality Inclusion with Kiva Simmons (2022)
  • University of Oklahoma's Career K20 Center Youth Program (2022)
  • Josh Gibson Foundation Webinar Series Part 2 - East-West All Star Game (2022)
  • The Negro Leagues are Major Leagues with Adam Darowski at Baseball-Reference.com (2022)
  • Baseball Talk radio broadcast with Eddie Litos and Richard Kaymon (2022)

Consultant/Advisor:

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  • Hall of Fame Negro League Advisory Committee, the “Blue Ribbon Committee,” with Roy Campanella, Monte Irvin, Buck O’Neil, Jules Tygiel and Tweed Webb (1993).
  • "Black Diamonds: Blues City" The story of the Memphis Red Sox (1994)
  • “Shadow Ball” chapter in “Baseball,” the Ken Burns documentary (1995)
  • “Journey of the African American Athlete” by HBO (1996)
  • "Legacy of Jackie Robinson: Breaking the Line" by ESPN (1997)
  • “Chasing the Dream,” Hank Aaron documentary by HBO (1998)
  • “100 Years of ESPN Sports Century,” Willie Mays and Hank Aaron segments (1999)
  • "Dare to Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports" by HBO (1999)
  • Served on the United States Postal Service Advisory Board for the “Legends of Baseball” stamps series (2000).
  • Traveling exhibit, Exhibits USA's "National Pastime in Black and White: The Negro Baseball Leagues, 1867-1955," from 2003 to 2006.
  • Grand Rapids Museum and Library exhibit, "A League of Their Own," from February – September, 2003
  • Negro Leagues Screening and Voting Committee, for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 2005-2006.
  • Satchel Paige Foundation, advisory board, 2009 to 2011
  • Who's Who in Black Kansas City, advisory board, 2012-2013 
  • The League by Radical Media, 2022
  • Apple TV+ Negro Leagues Series by Kapital Entertainment, 2022
  • Black Baseball Experience exhibit Curatorial Assistant by National BB Hall of Fame, 2022

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