Jackie Robinson

Seventy-five years ago—on April 15, 1947—Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers broke the color line in major league baseball.

Jackie Robinson Day honors the first Black player in modern baseball to take the field. On Opening Day 75 years ago, Jackie Robinson's debut made history.

He had told as much to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, to whom he wondered how the game still hadn't seen Black men as capable of being managers. But Robinson conceded ...

Every time No. 42's tale is told to a new generation, it keeps the lessons he taught us alive.

MLB's integration 75 years ago decimated the Negro Leagues, leaving many Black players, coaches and executives with nowhere to go.

Seth S. Tannenbaum is a visiting assistant professor of history at Lesley University, starting in the fall he will be an assistant professor of sport studies at ...

There is no mention of Jackie Robinson on Hilton Lee Smith's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Smith's career, without his connection to Robinson, ...

April 15, 1947, is the continental divide of baseball, I wrote in The Sporting News 10 years ago. All things that came before flow one direction, ...

Setenta y cinco años después de que Jackie Robinson rompiera la barriera racial del béisbol cuando debutó con los Dodgers de Brooklyn el 15 de abril de 1947 ...

A 75 años de haber debutado con los Dodgers de Brooklyn y así roto la barrera racial en las Grandes Ligas, Jackie Robinson tendrá ahora su nombre en un ...

Years after he broke the MLB color barrier, the Brooklyn Dodger's impact reverberated throughout the sporting world, the city he represented and beyond.

El scout de los Dodgers Clyde Sukeforth venía de toparse con Jackie Robinson en Toledo y ambos viajaron juntos a Nueva York para conversar con el gerente ...

Se cumplen 75 años de que Jackie Robinson rompió la barrera racial en el deporte y en la sociedad estadounidense. Múltiples homenajes se harán en MLB.

There was no Jackie Robinson Day in 1972. On the 25th anniversary of him breaking the MLB color barrier on April 15, 1947 the league hadn't retired his ...

Seventy-five years after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier when he made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, the city of New ...

Jackie Robinson's legacy continues to influence Major League Baseball 75 years after he first broke the league's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Texas Rangers will celebrate Jackie Robinson and the franchise's 50th Anniversary playing baseball in Arlington on April 15, 2022.

Major League Baseball Players Association shared a message: "Players unions join today to honor Jackie Robinson, multi-sport athlete, trailblazer & American ...

Far off the beaten path, way down in southwest Georgia near the Florida state line, a remarkable life began in the most humble of circumstances.

It's been 75 years since Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. In this week's StoryCorps, we hear from a man who watched him play.

As Major League Baseball teams marked Jackie Robinson Day by wearing the number 42, a couple hundred smaller players filled Building 42 at the Jackie ...

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, along with Robinson's eldest granddaughter, Sonya Pankey, and Hall of Famers Ken Griffey Jr., Mariano Rivera and Joe Torre, ...

As Major League Baseball honors the 75th anniversary of Robinson's historic breaking of the color barrier, let's not forget where he came from. Robinson spent ...

(NEXSTAR) — If you watch major league baseball games closely, you might notice not a single player wears No. 42. April 15 is the only exception when every ...

The major leagues celebrated the 75th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier with a celebration of his life and an ...

On the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson making his big league debut, let's look back at how he performed against the Cubs and at Wrigley Field.

Dodger players, coaches, front office staff and Jackie Robinson Scholars absorbed the words of David Robinson four hours before the first pitch. The son of the ...

Robinson became the first Black player to play in the MLB on April 15, 1947.

Dodgers players take part in the unveiling of a Jackie Robinson mural, listen to an address from his son and honor Robinson's wife before win over Reds.

As baseball celebrates the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's historic breaking of the color barrier, it's a reminder of how far the sport has come.

Jackie Robinson Day is here, as many all across the country celebrate the man that broke the color barrier to mark history as the first African American to ...

Jackie Robinson's son David delivered a powerful message to Los Angeles Dodgers players on 75th anniversary of his father breaking the color barrier.

LOS ANGELES -- There are leaders in the clubhouse and there are leaders in the game, and then there's Joey Votto. Votto, who boasts a .301 career average, ...

by Rowan Kavner. There was a moment Friday night when Max Muncy considered taking off for home. The defense was shifted away as he took a sizable lead off ...