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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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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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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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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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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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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World Series (section 1919 Black Sox Scandal)
September 1920. The "Black Sox" were eventually acquitted in a criminal conspiracy trial. Meanwhile, to deal with the fallout from the scandal baseball owners...
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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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Hugh Fullerton (section Black Sox Scandal)
America. He is best remembered for his role in uncovering the 1919 "Black Sox" Scandal. Studs Terkel played Fullerton in the 1988 film Eight Men Out. Fullerton...
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securities law Black Sox Scandal, a 1919 baseball match fixing incident Bowie Baysox, a US minor league baseball team Bristol White Sox, a US minor league...
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the members of the team and its owner, Charles Comiskey. Amidst the Black Sox scandal, Ban Johnson's control of the American League slipped. Johnson held...
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Swede Risberg (category Chicago White Sox players)
played for the Chicago White Sox from 1917 to 1920 and is best known for his involvement in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Charles Risberg was born and...
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referencing baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson and his involvement in the Black Sox Scandal. It may also refer to: Say It Ain't So, Joe (opera), by Curtis K....
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series were both marred with cheating scandals: the Black Sox Scandal and the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. The most recent World Series champions...
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Eddie Cicotte (category Boston Red Sox players)
White Sox. He was one of eight players permanently ineligible for professional baseball for his alleged participation in the Black Sox scandal in the...
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Chick Gandil (category Chicago White Sox players)
and Chicago White Sox of the American League. He is best known as the ringleader of the players involved in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Described by his...
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players. 2023 Brazilian football match-fixing scandal Age fraud in association football Black Sox Scandal (1919) Pete Rose gambling on baseball – Dowd...
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Abe Attell (section Black Sox Scandal)
gangster Arnold Rothstein, Attell was charged with game fixing in the Black Sox Scandal in 1919, but the charges were dismissed before trial. He also was...
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League President, and one team owner as president. In the wake of the Black Sox scandal, the credibility of baseball had been tarnished with the public and...
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Bill Burns (baseball) (category Chicago White Sox players)
involvement in the alleged fixing of the 1919 World Series, dubbed the Black Sox Scandal. Burns played in the minor leagues from 1906 to 1907. In 1907, he...
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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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Charles Comiskey (category Chicago White Sox executives)
reputation was permanently tarnished by his team's involvement in the Black Sox Scandal, although he was inducted as an executive into the Baseball Hall of...
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Buck Weaver (category Chicago White Sox players)
players banned from the Major Leagues for his connection to the 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Weaver was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, to Daniel Weaver and...
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White Sox to throw the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds. He bet against them and made a large profit in what was called the "Black Sox Scandal". Summoned...
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Eight Men Out (category Chicago White Sox)
dramatization of Major League Baseball's Black Sox Scandal, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to intentionally lose the...
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appearance, the 1919 World Series, was marred by the Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the White Sox were found to have conspired with gamblers to...
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for the infamous Black Sox Scandal, on October 1 and ended with Game 8 on October 9. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago White Sox, five games to three...
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and purposes, the season ended on September 26, when news of the Black Sox Scandal became public. Owner Charles Comiskey suspended the five players who...
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