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

Martin Luther King Jr. told Robinson that he made his job much easier ... Although these tributes are highly warranted, I doubt that Jackie Robinson would be entirely happy. No matter how lavish or ...

Take a look at some historic Black Major League Baseball players over the years including Jackie Robinson, Ken Griffey Jr.

A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...

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.

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, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

His #51 jersey will be retired in a pregame ceremony at T-Mobile Park on Aug. 9, joining Mariners legends Ken Griffey Jr. (#24), Edgar Martinez (#11) and Jackie Robinson (#42). Suzuki will be ...

A TRIBUTE TO THE NEGRO LEAGUES and JACKIE ROBINSON: GET TO THE BAG LOS ANGELES – On Monday, Jan. 20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day – FOX Sports honors the enduring legacy of Dr. Martin Luther ...