Veteran sports reporter and columnist for five decades. Covered NFL, major league baseball as well as NCAA football, basketball and baseball and high school sports for newspapers, magazines and web sites in six different states. A life-long Chicago White Sox fan ever since witnessing my first game at the original Comiskey Park in 1963.
Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson received a one-game suspension from Major League Baseball on Monday afternoon, along with an undisclosed fine, for his comments directed toward White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson during Saturday's game at Yankee Stadium.
White Sox star Tim Anderson accuses Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark. Donaldson says he was trying to defuse tension when the players crossed paths early in the game. Anderson, an All-Star shortstop, told Sports Illustrated in 2019: "I kind of feel like today's Jackie Robinson"