Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all ... sports are also criticized for failing to hire many minority coaches. The sports ...

Every MLB team has retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the ... Perhaps Horrell, the new UCLA coach, was playing coy, but despite Robinson's accolades, prior to the game, the L.A. Times ...

He was the last link to the Dodgers team that made baseball history when Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to suit up for a National or American League team in the 20th century.

The Dodgers have been gathering at the statue on Jackie Robinson Day annually since 2021 ... for the third consecutive year. All players, coaches, managers and umpires will wear caps with a ...

"Jackie Robinson ... has impacted more lives. Robinson lit the torch and passed it on to several generations of African-American athletes. While the Brooklyn Dodgers infielder didn't make a ...

April 15 marks Jackie Robinson Day, and each year the league commemorates the legacy of Brooklyn Dodgers star and Hall ... every player on every team, plus coaches and umpires have No. 42 on ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player ... time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the ...

Robinson’s tremendous baseball skill, strength of character and insistence on equality made him the perfect choice for Branch Rickey, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, in his search for a ...