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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball held their annual celebration of Jackie Robinson on April 15, the ...
While most know that Robinson was the first Black player in the MLB, few are aware of his courageous efforts off the field. Such efforts should be admired and offer an example that seems much needed ...
"I didn't follow him as closely on the field as I did off the field because what he did off the field is so much more than ...
Every team playing Monday wore No. 42 jerseys in honor of Jackie Robinson. It’s the only number universally retired in […] ...
In response to a presidential administration lambasting baseball's greatest hero as a DEI story, MLB and the Dodgers have ...
Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947. He stepped into the batter’s box at Ebbets Field in the Flatbush ...
Jackie Robinson's legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th anniversary of his debut ...
To say Jackie Robinson's legacy is bigger than the game of baseball has met a present-day realization—while the MLB joins the ...
Today is Jackie Robinson Day across Major League Baseball, but really, every day should be Jackie Robinson Day.
Six days earlier, at Ebbets Field, Jackie Robinson had worn the home whites of his Brooklyn Dodgers and doubled and scored ...
Jackie Robinson burst onto the scene in 1947, breaking baseball’s color barrier and bringing the Negro Leagues’ electrifying style of play to the Majors. He quickly became baseball’s top ...
Peter Dreier: Every president likes to get his picture taken with famous athletes ... history of breaking the color barrier by making Jackie Robinson the first Black Major League Baseball player ...