A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being ... according to MLB.com. Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

April 15th was Tax Day, but it was also Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager and President Branch Rickey hired Robinson to be the first black major league player ...

On Jackie Robinson Day, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge expressed his gratitude for Robinson's groundbreaking legacy. Judge, along with all MLB players, wore the number 42 jersey, a tribute ...

Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers welcome members of the Colorado Rockies at Dodger Stadium during an event to commemorate Jackie Robinson Day. LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson was the ...

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used his speech at the Los Angeles Dodgers' commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day to call out President Donald Trump’s policies. Robinson was honored, as always ...

April 15th marks the day when Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. MLB commemorates his legacy every year and rightfully so.