Today in History: ‘Black Sox’ acquitted, but ultimately banned for life from baseball
- Posted on August 2, 2026
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Today in History: ‘Black Sox’ acquitted, but ultimately banned for life from baseball
On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted seven former members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team and two others of conspiring to defraud the public in the notorious “Black Sox” scandal (though they would later be banned from Major…
