Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...

But one key piece of baseball history is off the market right now and is instead in the hands of U.S. marshals: the contract signed by Jackie Robinson, breaking baseball’s color barrier. L.A. Times ...

Lyle Krall once walked past Jackie Robinson as he sat in a hotel lobby and wrote in his journal during spring training. It’s ...

The state of Michigan has a rich history in Black baseball. From Detroit to Ann Arbor to our very own Albion, Black ...

Dodgers news and notes include several offseason reviews, reliever Ryan Brasier on his trade from Los Angeles to the Cubs, ...

In a career that dates back to the 1970s, Ivan Nahem has written and performed music that defies convention. The vocalist and ...

Journalist Jim Becker has died at 98. He traveled the world as an Associated Press reporter, and covered Jackie Robinson’s ...

Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...

The Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club provides opportunities for children, many of whom continue to benefit from the courage and fortitude Robinson showed when the former Dodgers star permanently ...

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 ...