LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues — and ...

Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson jersey giveaway the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing or any of the empty platitudes they and Major League Baseball spout. Their lionizing of Robinson this year ...

There's no evidence that Dodgers legend Pee Wee Reese said these exact words to Jackie Robinson, but in the movie 42, he shares these words to the actor playing Robinson, the late Chadwick Boseman.

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.

Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. Robinson's signing was a calculated risk ...

In addition to Abdul-Jabbar, Robinson’s eldest granddaughter, Sonya Pankey, will speak at the event, along with Roberts and Dodgers Foundation CEO and former Jackie Robinson scholar Nichol Whiteman.