Aberdeen High’s baseball team celebrates Jackie Robinson Day during a game against Manchester Valley at Aberdeen High School on Wednesday. Jackie Robinson Day is a traditional event which occ… ...

From Jack Harris: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jackie Robinson’s legacy is as important now as it has ever been. And on Tuesday, as the guest speaker at the Dodgers’ annual celebration of Jackie ...

On Jackie Robinson Day in 2024, Roberts said, "He had a big burden in his life to be a professional baseball player but to take on all this negativity, this hate towards him, his wife, his kids ...

All of Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, April 15, as it was on this day that the former Dodgers’ trailblazer debuted and broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947.

What is Jackie Robinson Day? It’s the day every year that Major League Baseball honors Robinson. His debut on April 15, 1947, ended 80 years of segregation in the sport.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, in conjunction with all teams across Major League Baseball, are celebrating the 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier on Tuesday.

For more: To read stories about Jackie Robinson from The Sporting News print archives as they appeared, click on the links below. Warning: Some outdated references to race may be offensive to some ...

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.

Today is Jackie Robinson Day. On April 15, in 1947, Robinson broke the color barrier, debuting for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson forever changed Baseball and America when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. More than 75 years later his baseball cards are among the most treasured in ...

Money is donated, time is volunteered, the Jackie Robinson Foundation is included, and yet the entire day transmits a kind of kumbaya energy, one that whispers saccharine comforts in a post-racial ...

In 2004, the league established Jackie Robinson Day as a celebration of the player who broke MLB's color barrier. Festivities were held at 13 ballparks to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day in 2004.