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 ...

In bringing up the 1945 tryout, he writes, “Several articles and editorials have suggested that on the day in April 1945, when Jackie Robinson tried out at Fenway Park, Tom Yawkey was in the ...

Red Sox principal owner John Henry spearheaded a request for the name change because of its affiliation with former owner Tom Yawkey, who was linked to racism allegations as he fielded all-white ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey’s name will be forever erased on the streets outside Fenway Park. The Boston Public Improvement Commission made history Thursday by stripping Yawkey’s name off ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weeks after Red Sox owner John Henry publicly pushed to rename Yawkey Way, the team indicated it’s in no rush to change Fenway Park’s own tribute to controversial former boss Tom Yawkey ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Yawkey ...