Actor Rosa Salazar turns 40 and football great Barry Sanders turns 57, among the famous birthdays for July 16.

THE BLACK SOX SCANDAL: AMERICAN STORIES explores how and why these athletes, including "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, worked together to betray their teammates and fans for a risky payout.

What was the Black Sox Scandal? Eight members of the Chicago White Sox, including Shoeless Joe, were accused of accepting bribes to lose the 1919 World Series between the White Sox and the ...

Joe Jackson. Jackson was banned from baseball after being implicated in the infamous Black Sox scandal, although there is conflicting evidence of his complicity. Fred McMullin.

The backstory Jackson was banned from MLB and from the Baseball Hall of Fame due to his association with the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.

My late father, a Cleveland fan born in 1922 three years after the Black Sox scandal, used to say in his older years that the Indians’ old stomping ground, League Park, where he used to go as a ...

If Baseball's Hall of Fame is to have any meaning, its best players shouldn't be denied entrance for reasons having nothing ...

The baseball world was thrown a curveball on Tuesday. After decades of ongoing debate, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred ruled Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson to be eligible for the Baseball ...

Who was 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson? Jackson was an MLB outfielder from 1908-20, but was most known for his time with the White Sox. He won the 1917 World Series with Chicago but was also a part of one of ...

Major League Baseball decided Tuesday to reinstate both Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them both eligible for the Hall of Fame.

When the Black Sox scandal broke, Jackson's illiteracy made him vulnerable in the court of public opinion.

Jackson’s major league career abruptly ended on March 16, 1921, when White Sox owner Charles Comiskey released seven of the eight indicted Black Sox players before the start of the 1921 season ...