Pictured here is the upcoming Jackie Robinson-themed Nike Griffey 2 MCS baseball cleat expected to hit retailers in April. The standout element of this colorway is a graphic of Ro ...

Three days later, portions of the statue were found burned after the fire department received calls of a trash can fire at another park. "We thought it was the absolute right thing to do, ...

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career in pro baseball, Robinson was the ...

On April 15, 1947, Robinson, wearing the number 42, became the first African American player in the Major Leagues in more than half a century. He faced slurs, threats and abuse, as fans and ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

SportsCentury: Disciples of Jackie Robinson celebrates Black History Month by tracing the plight of the African-American players who came after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color ...