1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington ...

1985 — Marvin Hagler retains his world middleweight title by stopping Tommas Hearns in the third round at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Both slug it out with reckless abandon for eight minutes, which ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agreed a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

There’s a phrase for someone who allows themselves to be used like this: a useful idiot, someone who does not realize that ...

The Oklahoma City ... 24th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 22, with 20 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise. The fifth of those players did so in the ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by ... forward alum Jackie Robinson (no, not the one you are probably thinking of, and maybe not ...

The Pentagon removed a webpage honoring Jackie Robinson, stating that 'DEI is dead.' The removed page, celebrating Robinson's achievements and military service, was part of an article titled ...

The Pentagon deleted pages dedicated to baseball great Jackie Robinson, who served as a 2nd ... A year later, he helped found New York City’s Freedom National Bank, which was established out ...

The U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage about the military career of Black baseball legend Jackie Robinson in early 2025. Rating: True (About this rating?) Context: The U.S. Department of ...

Smith said he thinks the hiring of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is an example of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) amid backlash surrounding the removal of Jackie Robinson’s military ...

A video of LeBron James wearing a Columbus Blue Jackets Stadium Series jersey, posted on X by ESPN and retweeted by the Blue Jackets, racked up thousands of hits Wednesday night. ESPN used an icy ...