— -- This story has been corrected. Read below. An entrepreneur says he has unearthed the sports equivalent of the Emancipation Proclamation: one of the original contracts Jackie Robinson signed ...

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play major league baseball. In 1947, he started at first base for the ...

It's the greatest spring training complex in the United States. I'll never love anything the way I loved going to Dodgertown. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 and spent 10 seasons ...

Jackie Robinson baseball cards are always hot but a certain card of the Dodger legend has been particularly hot over the past few months.

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, ...

On Thursday, April 12, The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) celebrated the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier by unveiling signs honoring the ...

Hip-Hop and baseball have always shared a blue-collar heartbeat—built on discipline, legacy, and surviving pressure when the lights burn hottest. That’s the spirit behind 42, the new single linking ...

Ras Kass joined forces with Smif-N-Wessun for the first time on “42,” a track that blends coast-to-coast energy with a salute to Jackie Robinson. Ras Kass brought the West Coast to Brooklyn’s doorstep ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Black and white photograph of Jackie ...

In my unhumble opinion, Jackie Robinson is the greatest American in history/­herstory. I met him only once. It was in his later years, at a Long Island University basketball game, which was played at ...