419. *Fun baseball fact: On May 3, 1947, Larry Doby slugged three homers for the Newark Eagles in a Negro League exhibition game against the New York Black Yankees. Monte Irvin, also a future Hall ...

"Well, Doby has returned since I wrote you before. He looks fine," Effa Manley, the owner of the Negro Leagues' Newark Eagles, wrote to Eagles shortstop (and future big leaguer) Monte Irvin about his ...

Hall of Fame New York Giant outfielder Monte Irvin and three-time NL MVP and Hall ... Doby went directly from the Newark Eagles where he was hitting .458 with 13 homers, to the Indians in mid ...

Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Feb. 25. 1) Monte Irvin (1919) Before baseball’s color barrier was broken in 1947, Irvin -- a Negro Leagues All-Star for the Newark Eagles in 1941, ’46, ...

A Newark police detective investigating a group believed to have illegal guns Friday night was shot to death before he could get out of his vehicle and a second officer was wounded, authorities said.

One Newark police officer was killed and another is “fighting for his life” in critical condition after a shootout with a 14-year-old suspect Friday evening, according to reports. Shots rang ...

A 14-year-old has been charged with murder after a police officer was killed and another was injured in a shooting Friday evening in Newark, New Jersey. Officer Joseph Azcona, a five-year veteran ...

The officer was killed after police and a group exchanged gunfire Friday night. A 14-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a Newark, New Jersey, police officer ...

A FedEx plane with a fire in one of its wings made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday morning. Here's the latest on the incident. A FedEx plane reportedly ...