Yawkey Way outside Fenway Park changed over racist past

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston officials Thursday approved changing the name of Yawkey Way, the street outside Fenway Park, because of allegations former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey was a racist who resisted signing black ballplayers in the 1940s and '50s....

from AP Top Sports News at 2:26 p.m. EDT https://ift.tt/2F5Mgx7