The Black Sox Scandal was a game-fixing scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB) in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally...
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The Black Sox Scandal was a 1919 Major League Baseball gambling scandal. Black Sox or Black Socks may also refer to: Curse of the Black Sox, a long-persisting...
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Shoeless Joe Jackson (category Chicago White Sox players)
often remembered for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World...
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taken money from gamblers in return for throwing the series. The "Black Sox Scandal" had permanent ramifications for baseball, including the establishment...
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course of time. The White Sox were dealt a severe blow in 1919 by the Black Sox scandal, when Comiskey suspended the seven alleged conspirators still on the...
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Kenesaw Mountain Landis (section Black Sox scandal)
remembered for his resolution of the Black Sox Scandal, in which he expelled eight members of the Chicago White Sox from organized baseball for conspiring...
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Joseph J. Sullivan (category Sportspeople involved in betting scandals)
gambler from Boston, Massachusetts who helped to initiate the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Sullivan was a known gambler in the Boston area who reportedly bet...
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game, until the 1920s when the Black Sox Scandal and the resultant merciless crackdown largely put an end to it. The scandal involved eight players and all...
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Professional baseball was rocked by the Black Sox Scandal, a conspiracy to fix the 1919 World Series. Baseball survived the scandal, albeit with major changes in...
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Boston Hotel Buckminster (section Black Sox Scandal)
Sox. There they conspired to fix the 1919 World Series, which was to take place thirteen days later, for personal gain. When the "Black Sox Scandal"...
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