Many of the best baseball players in the United States played in the Negro Leagues before white professional teams began accepting black players.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

All these sports are American inventions and have developed wide support in schools,amateur and professional leagues.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

Some observers said that Jackie Robinson was not the best player in the Negro Leagues.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Unlike Major League Baseball,salaries in the National Basketball Association and some other leagues are capped.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Every year,the best players from the National and American leagues compete in an All-Star game.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Two of its major teams are the current champions of their leagues.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Soon after that, other sports leagues accepted the idea of free agency.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Blacks,however, were not permitted to play in the major leagues.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

White Democrats there began organizing groups called White Leagues.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Millions of players are registered with leagues and clubs.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

He says different leagues have different styles of play.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

In all,nineteen play in foreign professional leagues.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Elsewhere in the Major Leagues, Chicago White Sox left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle threw the 18th perfect game in Major League history against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 23.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24