Also, The Wichita Eagle will be screening its new documentary, “More Like Jackie,” at The Orpheum Theatre on Saturday. The film tells the story of the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue from ...

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

There are newspaper and magazine articles, Nike commercials, a massive campaign in baseball with every ball and uniform emblazoned with a special Jackie Robinson logo, a short film by Spike Lee that ...

that "involved two halfbacks, a guard and a tackle — Kenny Washington to Jackie Robinson to John Frawley to a gent named Jack Cohen — and went for 52 yards!" Robinson played the role of savior ...

There is also a stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida named after him, Jackie Robinson Ballpark. Robinson played in the city during spring training in 1946 with the Montreal Royals. Today, the stadium ...

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’s journey to the majors was anything but easy. As the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, he endured racial slurs, hate mail, death threats ...

League 42 was able to replace its statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen. The story of the theft is told in The Wichita Eagle’s new documentary “More Like Jackie.” ...