The tradition of pearls as ‘mourning jewellery’, in fact, dates all the way back to Queen Victoria. After the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, Queen Victoria was so overcome with grief that ...

But Atlanta Braves outfielder Joc Pederson, who’s taken to wearing a string of pearls to the plate, is upping the ante. The impish, well-liked Pederson insists there’s no big story here, no ...