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.

Robinson had revered Dodgers owner Branch Rickey, but when Walter O’Malley took control of the team in 1950, O’Malley believed Rickey had cheated him out of $50,000 in the transaction.

Less than 24 hours after Mina Kimes issued a monologue about Jackie Robinson, her former ESPN colleague, Robert Griffin III, said sports shows should not have politics involved.

Calling the Robinson statue discovery “heartbreaking,” Brandon Johnson, a Wichita native and the city’s only Black council member, said, “I hate to see that this statue is not in one piece.

LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th ...