Columbus Clippers OT Sports Columbus Bluebirds Negro League Jersey Med

To celebrate Minor League Baseball's The Nine initiative, Columbus and Indianapolis will be wearing on-field jerseys to honor the Negro League teams from each city. The Columbus Blue Birds were a professional team in the Negro National League in 1931 & 1933 and played at Red Bird Stadium (name of Cooper Stadium from 1932-1954).

Accelerated Reader

The Pennsylvania town of Johnstown may be on the small side, but it has a big hockey history. You may know about the Johnstown Chiefs and how they were immortalized in the movie Slapshot. But Johnstown was also home to the wildly successful Jets before the Chiefs existed. The Jets weren't the first EHL team in the area (the Johnstown Bluebirds were a one year entry in 1942) but they are certainly one of the most important historically.