Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In ...

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

On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...

In its celebration of Black History Month, MLB Network looks at the careers of Jackie Robinson and Mookie Betts and their impact on baseball ...

every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career in pro baseball, Robinson was the Rookie of the Year, the National League MVP, the NL batting champion ...

J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los ...

Friday’s fundraiser happened on Jackie Robinson’s birthday in his hometown of Cairo. Chipper Jones is a former Atlanta Braves slugger and a hall-of-fame baseball player. He played for the ...

No other player in MLB history has ... alongside the legendary Jackie Robinson. Suffice to say, Robinson won the competition and successfully integrated Major League Baseball.

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career ... sports editor Art Cohn described ...