Now, Kevin Durran Hart, 47, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Jackie Robinson, 65, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said in a March 28 news release.

Robinson, who died in 1972, remains an ever-present figure in MLB, with his No. 42 permanently retired in 1997. On April 15 every year, the league celebrates Jackie Robinson Day, honoring the date of ...

Until his death in 1972, Robinson was a prominent figure in anything he believed in. Fifty years later, baseball is finally paying tribute to a man who at one time was unwanted. Although these ...