Robinson, meanwhile, was Rookie of the Year in 1947 and the NL MVP two years later. In his 10 years in the majors, he was either an All-Star or an MVP candidate, or both, in all but one season.

Less than 24 hours after Mina Kimes issued a monologue about Jackie Robinson, her former ESPN colleague, Robert Griffin III, said sports shows should not have politics involved.

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th ...

Jackie Robinson, March 4, 1946. ... we hurried over to the place to see how he is making out. ... Published in the print edition of the January 7, 1950, issue.

If that's what they're willing to do to Jackie Robinson, it's no wonder they were also willing to do it to the Navajo Code Talkers and the Tuskegee Airmen. It's no wonder Charles Rogers' Medal of ...

Robinson’s 102-year-old widow marked the anniversary at the Jackie Robinson Museum in Brooklyn with Commissioner Rob Manfred. “She is out looking great and greeting everyone,” Pankey ...

A Department of Defense webpage describing baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson’s military service was restored Wednesday after it was missing earlier in the day.