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The Little League World Series doesn’t care about Black peopleI wanted to see what they’d do. I decided to be patient, so I waited....

Report: Man Who Told On Jackie Robinson West Arrested For Assault The man whose whistleblowing—or snitching, depending upon your perspective—led to the Jackie Robinson West Little League team losing their national title has been arrested for assault, DNAInfo reports. Chris Janes is alleged to have drunkenly tried to enter a neighbor's home at 1 a.m. Tuesday, a...

Danny Almonte On Jackie Robinson West: It's Not The Kids' FaultFor all the shock and controversy over Jackie Robinson West being stripped of its U.S. title for using out-of-district players, there has never been a better Little League scandal than that of Danny Almonte, the star pitcher who turned out to be two years older than any players were allowed to be. A...

Jackie Robinson West Is A Lens On What's Happening On The South Side

This post is in reply to a post we ran earlier today, criticizing a recent column of the author's....

No, The Jackie Robinson West Story Is Not About Gentrification

This post originally ran in slightly different form at danielkayhertz.com....

South Korea Wins LLWS; Teams Bro Down In Handshake Line

South Korea beat Chicago's Jackie Robinson West in the Little League World Series Championship 8-4 today. It featured a pretty solid bat flip from Dong Wan Sin (above) and also a really cool bit of sportsmanship after the game (below). ...

Chicago's Little Leaguers Are Fun, Fast, And Don't Care For Stop Signs

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.–The Jackie Robinson West Little League team from Chicago hits everything that's thrown at them, including spiders. ...