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Photos of the week | July 17-23, 2026

The House sprinted to the exits on Thursday for their summer recess while the Senate is scheduled to stick around for two more weeks. Here are some of the images captured by CQ Roll Call photojournalists this past week.

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Ted Williams, Satchel Paige and the fight to induct Negro Leaguers into baseball’s Hall of Fame

Sixty years ago, the famed Red Sox slugger used his Cooperstown speech to champion Black players who were excluded because of the sport’s color barrier

The Guardian - US

Ranking America’s Best Athletes from All 50 States

In honor of America's 250th anniversary, we ranked the five best from each of the 50 states.

Sports Illustrated

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I will show you fear in a rainbow baseball cap: the right’s culture wars come to MLB

The right’s verdict is in: white, heterosexual, Christian men face the most discrimination in the US. The Giants don’t want to push back

The Guardian - US

‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights

The top US House Democrat called out SEC schools for their silence in the wake of a supreme court decision that has severely weakened the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

MLB celebrates Jackie Robinson Day as every player wears No. 42 on anniversary of his historic debut

Major League Baseball is set to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day, when every player, coach and umpire will wear his No. 42 to mark the 79th anniversary of the infielder breaking the sport’s color barrier

The Independent UK

Trump is honoring these Black icons in quest "to restore the Nation"

The park will honor Jackie Robinson, Aretha Franklin and Coretta Scott King, amongst others.

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‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished

The Guardian - US

There’s Likely Only One Modern Hope for the Hall of Fame’s Forgotten Position

There have only been five true second basemen elected to Cooperstown by the BBWAA since Jackie Robinson’s induction in 1962. Can Chase Utley buck the trend?

Sports Illustrated

Eating at the Ballpark Has Never Been Better, or More Gluttonous

It’s unavoidable. If you go to a game, the ballpark grub being served is going to be as much a part of the experience as the contest itself.

Sports Illustrated

Different needs but similar fears arise in communities on both ends of Missouri's redistricting

The rush to redraw America's congressional maps has put a historically Black neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and a mostly white farming community 100 miles away in the same district

The Independent UK

MLB Announces Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award Winners

MLB named the 2025 Rookie of the Year winners on Monday.

Sports Illustrated

Greater Than Ohtani? How Other Top Performances Match Up Against the Dodgers’ Two-Way Star

To find anything even close to what Shohei Ohtani did in the NLCS, SI scoured the major sports for the best individual performances.

Sports Illustrated

The forgotten story of the US soldiers who integrated baseball before Jackie Robinson

Alongside a Jewish, anti-racist pitcher from Brooklyn, Leon Day and Willard Brown played in a remarkable team during a historic wartime tournament

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US Open honors Althea Gibson for breaking the color barrier in tennis 75 years ago

Althea Gibson is front and center at the U.S. Open this year on the 75th anniversary of her breaking the color barrier in tennis

Operation Sports

MLB The Show 25: All 7th Inning Content, Revealed

What's on tap for the 7th Inning Program?

The Conversation

How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-Black Little League team

John Rivers, John Bailey, David Middleton, Leroy Major and Buck Godfrey – all teammates from the 1955 Cannon Street YMCA Little League All-Star team – left Charleston, South Carolina, on a bus on Aug. 18, 2025.

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Oldest Active Stadiums in MLB History

Fans can step into baseball's past with ease in cities such as Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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Trump’s ‘Hero garden’ is coming - where Abraham Lincoln will stand next to Julia Child

The project was allotted $40 million in the recently passed megabill

Sports Illustrated

The Hall of Excellence Through the Eyes of Tom Brady

The museum opens Wednesday in Las Vegas and will feature collectibles from the GOAT himself, as well as many other athletes who have made history in their respective sports.

Sports Illustrated

Miami Murals of Jackie Robinson, Minnie Miñoso Defaced With Racist Imagery

Police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime.

The Independent UK

A mural honoring Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso is defaced with racist graffiti in Miami

Vandals in Miami defaced a mural of baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso with racist graffiti earlier this week

Operation Sports

How to Get John Donaldson in MLB the Show 25

If you’re a Diamond Dynasty player in MLB The Show 25, you know that John Donaldson has been dominant on the mound for the past couple of years. The lefty has both the velocity and the devastating pitch mix to baffle the best lineups. If you want him in this…

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Guide to Beat Diamond Quest on GOAT Difficulty in MLB The Show 25

We're not here to play fair, we're here to be scummy cheesers.

The Independent UK

Pentagon official at the center of Jackie Robinson scandal suddenly resigns

John Ullyot attracted unwanted attention by declaring that ‘DEI is dead’ last month amid uproar over removal of baseball legend’s tribute page from Department of Defense website

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