BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A woman born in West Virginia is featured on Wednesday’s Google Doodle on Google’s homepage worldwide, paying homage to her trailblazing in baseball. In honor of Black History Month, Google is celebrating Marcenia “Toni” Stone, who became the first woman in history to play professional baseball as a regular in a men’s major baseball league. Stone was born in 1921 in Bluefield and later moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1931 and became a star on the baseball field… Source link
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It’s been a big few years for the legacy of the late Toni Stone, a Negro Leagues second baseman who was the first woman to play regularly in a major American men’s professional sports league. A play about her career — called, simply, “Toni Stone” — debuted off-Broadway in 2019 and has since shown in several U.S. cities. She was recognized by her hometown paper in 2021 with induction into the Star Tribune’s Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, Stone got her most… Source link
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Illustration by Ramandeep Kaur | ThePrint Text Size: A- A+ Before one could yell ‘Ok Google’, ‘Alexa’, or ask Siri for answers to the most inane questions about love, life, and the universe, there was Yahoo! Answers. Part of the internet stone age, Yahoo! Answers represents an epoch in itself, where people from all mental calibres (truly all) flocked to ask strangers on the internet the most obscure, banal, hilarious, and… Source link
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Williams developing ‘stone cold’ reputation on court originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Not much fazes Patrick Williams. A dagger 3-pointer to cap a 25-point comeback against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday? The 19-year-old went deadpan. How about a 52-foot heave to beat the third quarter buzzer in Saturday’s win over the Sacramento Kings? “It was a 3,” Williams said after the game, face straight as an arrow. “I’ve made 3s before.” In fact, the most emotion Williams flashed the entire… Source link
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