He will be sentenced Dec. 4 and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, according to the Department of Justice. Kontilai, 55, purchased Robinson's Montreal Royals contract for the 1946 ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household ... Three wins later, the Royals were the champs. Robinson spent just the one season in Montreal before breaking baseball’s color barrier with ...

MONTREAL -- What does one do ... Beginning in 1946, the Royals won six pennants in a dozen years, and a man named Jackie Robinson led them to the first of those pennants. Robinson batted ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just ... In 1946, Robinson, playing second baseman for the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm team, batted an International League-leading ...