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Vote for the best baseball museum once per day until polls close on September 17 at noon ET. The 10 winners will be announced ...
Baseball takes a brief time out from its crowded schedule today to honor two of its modern-day heroes and two stars of bygone days by formally inducting them into its hallowed Hall of Fame.
Rachel Robinson met Jackie Robinson at UCLA in the 1940s. This past weekend Rachel Robinson celebrated her 103rd birthday ...
The cameo is another step in the public evolution of a player who rarely stepped outside the baseball spotlight during six ...
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear how a summer camp for burn survivors brings together kids who share similar scars. We ...
Just like DC's "Superman," Black celebrities like Don King, Stevie Wonder and Oprah Winfrey have some of the best origin ...
Jackie Robinson made history. Signed the year before by Branch Rickey and the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie became the first black man to play Major League baseball. Jackie’s story is the stuff of legends; ...
CAIRO — The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club members and staff traveled to Atlanta on Saturday, July 12 for the Capital ...
The Dodgers signed the first African-American to a major league contract and Jackie Robinson, beginning in 1947, built a Hall ...
One of the most transformative figures in American history, Jackie Robinson did more than break baseball's color barrier. He ...
Wikimedia Commons/Gamweb Jackie Robinson Ballpark This ballpark opened in 1914 and became the oldest active ballpark in Minor League Baseball. But its real claim to fame came 32 years later when a ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: As the Dodgers recognize Jackie Robinson Day, multimedia journalist Nikki Kay spoke to a local youth baseball coach about Robinson’s legacy. Click the arrow above to watch the video.