Tom Yawkey, who some players called racist, was the Red Sox owner from 1933 until 1976. It took the Red Sox until 1959 to first field an African American player. Elijah “Pumpsie’’ Green ...

Red Sox owner John Henry has reportedly said he's "haunted" by the racist past of the team under former owner Tom Yawkey. The team last week formally filed a petition with the city to have ...

As the story goes, Tom Yawkey was giving orders at Fenway Park decades after his death. Yawkey valued loyalty in his employees and there was no one at Fenway more dedicated than switchboard ...

Red Sox owner John Henry said last year that the name change was necessary because he is "haunted" by the history of racism associated with the team's previous owner, Tom Yawkey. The Red Sox were ...

Boston officials Thursday approved changing the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park, because of allegations that former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was a racist who resisted hiring ...

I can’t call Tom Yawkey or Jean Yawkey a bigot, but I can tell you that no one came to my defense. They did not intercede. They did not say, ‘This has got to stop.’ “Whatever caused John ...

Team owners say the change is needed to distance themselves from a history marred by racism under the late, former owner Tom Yawkey, who was known for his philanthropy, but also for his ...

“I was looking for a smoking gun. Not that I had anything against Tom Yawkey, but I just wanted something definitive that he was a racist and could never find it. Everyone seemed to think he was ...

After months of bellyaching and threats by current Red Sox owner John Henry, the official purging of former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey is upon us as the Red Sox appear to have the proper paperwork ...

The Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center near Georgetown, S.C. was left to the state as a sanctuary for birds and other animals in the will of the late Boston Red Sox owner, who died in the mid 1970s. Photo ...

And, as Red Sox owner (and Boston Globe publisher) John Henry has pointed out recently, the City of Boston has a street named after former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, whose legacy is forever tainted ...