Robinson, meanwhile, was Rookie of the Year in 1947 and the NL MVP two years later. In his 10 years in the majors, he was either an All-Star or an MVP candidate, or both, in all but one season.

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

The first black Major League Baseball player found a friend.

On Jackie Robinson Day in 2022, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “What he did was incredible, but we’ve got to do him right by keep going.” On Jackie Robinson Day in 2023 ...

Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

Robinson donned the No. 42 as a player, so players wear that number on Jackie Robinson Day as a tribute to the Dodgers legend. His number was retired across the league in 1997.

On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...

Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League. But as Terry Pluto explains, his rushed debut with the Cleveland ...

With apologies to Chuck Berry, John Fogerty and Jackie Robinson, it is safe to say that the Walker High construction project ...

A Floral Park man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed on the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Ridgewood ...

Not viewing Jackie Robinson through the prism of race is like not viewing food through the prism of taste. Yes, Robinson was many things besides a Black man who broke a sport’s color barrier ...