Eight members of the Chicago White Sox, including Shoeless Joe, were accused of accepting bribes to lose the 1919 World Series between the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds," Britannica wrote.

Headshot of American baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in his Chicago White Sox uniform, 1919. APA/Hulton Archive, Getty Images/TNS ...

Shoeless Joe Jackson has been banned from baseball for over a century, but after a ruling by Rob Manfred on Tuesday, the disgraced former White Sox star has a chance at baseball immortality ...

Jackson was banned from Major League's and from the Hall of Fame by then-Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1920 when it was found that members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a ...

Headshot of American baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson in his Chicago White Sox uniform, 1919. APA/Hulton Archive, Getty Images/TNS ...

For athletes from the early part of the last century, it’s not so simple. Such is the case of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. Jackson — who passed away in 1951 — played ...

In 1981, WBBM-TV, CBS Channel 2 Chicago documentary producer Scott Craig produced this award-winning dramatic reenactment of the 1921 trial of White Sox baseball player "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.

Who was 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson? Jackson was an MLB outfielder from 1908-20, but was most known for his time with the White Sox. He won the 1917 World Series with Chicago but was also a part of one of ...

Shoeless Joe Jackson, a South Carolina native, was among eight Chicago White Sox players banned from baseball for taking part in throwing the 1919 World Series.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred recently removed Pete Rose’s permanent ban from baseball, which will make him eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame. Manfred reinstated 17 other banned players ...

Chicago White Sox Of all the ironies. Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were removed from the ineligible list for the Baseball Hall of Fame on a day the ancient World Series of 1919 rivals played ...

Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson — longstanding pariahs in Major League Baseball due to their gambling on the sport — have been removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list.