More Bettmann/Getty Images Robinson joined a Dodgers club that went on ... I don't know how many signed, but several did. Jackie was a great ball player." Brooklyn traded Brown to the Philadelphia ...

Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...

Jackie Robinson signs what is, at the time, the highest-paying contract in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was for $35,000 per year (still just $455,000 in today’s dollars). Sheesh—how ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and ... Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Major League Baseball celebrates that groundbreaking day ...

"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St ...

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest ... time at first base alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition ...

Jackie Robinson played in Louisville before he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier. He also came to Kentucky for the March on Frankfort.

New York Waterway is christening the newest addition to its fleet, named after one of the most groundbreaking athletes of all ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.

Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers ... came back and was part of the 1947 Dodgers club that featured rookie Jackie Robinson, who broke the color line.