CHICAGO — A decade ago, Jackie Robinson West Little League was the team to beat, making it all the way to the Little League World Series Championship in 2014, and inspired thousands to watch and ...

But the nameplate sign on his office door after he retired from baseball was Jack Robinson. So calling Jackie “Jack” in the book pulls him out of 1947 and off the baseball diamond and allows ...

Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...

The story of groundbreaking baseball legend Jackie Robinson is again being targeted by the anti-DEI policies put in place by the Trump administration. This time, Robinson is being placed alongside ...

It’s who Jackie Robinson and Tommie Smith were off the field that elevates two new books about them. By Matt de la Peña Matt de la Peña attended college on a basketball scholarship. Sports and ...

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.

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 ...

Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball’s color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday.His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and outside, too.

An article on Robinson’s military career was restored to the Defense Department’s website. It’s a reminder that we can beat back the racist right.

But the nameplate sign on his office door after he retired from baseball was Jack Robinson. So calling Jackie “Jack” in the book pulls him out of 1947 and off the baseball diamond and allows ...

CHICAGO — A decade ago, Jackie Robinson West Little League was the team to beat, making it all the way to the Little League World Series Championship in 2014, and inspired thousands to watch and ...