Parents of Little League Team Stripped of Championship Lose Appeal, but Reinstatement Still Possible

Oct 9, 2020

By Connor J. Whelan   In August of 2014, the Jackie Robinson West Little League team, made up entirely of African-American players from Chicago, won the Little League World Series. In February of 2015, the team was stripped of their title due to residency violations, as an investigation revealed that some members of the team did not live inside the boundaries as set forth in league guidelines. Following the Little League World Series in September of 2014, Chris Jones, the vice president of
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