A man accused of helping steal and damage the bronze statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson in Wichita, Kansas, pleaded ...

and steal." Only the Robinson contracts remain in limbo, although there soon could be a resolution, with the philanthropic Jackie Robinson Foundation and the Holders sharing the spoils.

Joivian Tjuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, stole more than $300,000 in checks, postal money orders, gold coins and collectibles ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

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

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that ... "Robinson could hit and bunt and steal and run," Roger Kahn wrote in The Boys of Summer. "He had intimidation skills, and he burned with ...

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

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army's retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98.