Breakfast was on Roy Campanella for Verlene Price Booker and her extended family whenever the St. Paul Saints catcher slugged a home run, which meant Wheaties all around in early summer 1948. Price ...

Roy Campanella, a.k.a. Campy, was one of the first African-American baseball players to break the color barrier after Jackie Robinson. A mere three years later he became the National League’s Most ...

If it’s January, it can only mean two things. You need to break out a new wall calendar and it’s time for the annual election of players to the Baseball Hall of Fame. With Mike Piazza becoming the ...

One of the greatest catchers of all time, Roy Campanella began his Dodgers career in 1948 and played with the team until his career was cut short after the 1957 season. In that time, all he did was: ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) -- Red Alert! The Dodgers announced Friday that redheaded third baseman Justin Turner was named the winner of the 14th annual Roy Campanella Award -- given to the Dodger player the ...

On Nov. 19, 1953, Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella was named the National League MVP. It was Campanella’s second time winning the award, which he took home again for a third and final time in ...

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell and let’s get right to No. 7 in our countdown. The 25 greatest Dodgers, No. 7: Roy Campanella (45 first-place votes, ...

NASHUA – Mayor Jim Donchess recently announced the city and the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, which is based in Portsmouth, will erect a new plaque at Holman Stadium honoring African American ...

The Dodgers moving from Brooklyn to Los Angeles for the start of the 1958 was marred by tragedy as Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella was in a serious accident in January of that year. Campanella ...

(Originally published by the Daily News on Jan. 29, 1958. This story was written by Dick Young.) Those who know him, and most who don’t, yesterday prayed for Roy Campanella, the fat man everybody ...

Starting in December and ending on Opening Day, Joe Posnanski will count down the 100 greatest baseball players by publishing an essay on a player every day for 100 days. In all, this project will ...

The board of directors of Berkeley radio station KPFA-FM has voted to recommend firing embattled general manager Roy Campanella, a station reporter has confirmed. The vote awaits action by Ambrose ...