NEW YORK -- Players across Major League Baseball are donning Jackie Robinson's No. 42 - and all of them in Dodger blue this year - for the 75th anniversary of Robinson's big league debut. In New York, ...
Though he made his fame with the Dodgers, the first diamond Robinson ever played on was City Island Ballpark in Daytona Beach ...
The Nov. 1, 1945 issue of The Sporting News devoted nearly three full pages to the delicate matter of "John Roosevelt (Jackie) Robinson, age 26, Negro," signing a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers' ...
The most famous uniform number in baseball, not to mention all of sports, is 42, and with good reason. It is the number Jackie Robinson wore when he made his Brooklyn Dodgers debut on April 15, 1947, ...
A grail card for many collectors is a playing era card—any playing era card—of Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson. For the lucky hobbyists able to nab one, this usually means one of Jackie's last ...
Coming up on Here and Now, we continue to celebrate Black History Month by speaking with the granddaughter of legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson. As we mark Black History Month, we are shining ...
PHOENIX – Sixty-three years ago today, the New York Times ran this headline on the front page of its sports section: “Jackie Robinson quits baseball.” It marked the end of one of the most important ...
PASADENA, Calif. -- Jackie Robinson's widow says Major League Baseball has yet to fully honor her husband's legacy. "There is a lot more that needs to be done and that can be done in terms of the ...
The song played in ballparks across the country may be failing to capture a key part of baseball. “Take Me Out to the ...