A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...

April 15th was Tax Day, but it was also Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager and President Branch Rickey hired Robinson to be the first black major league player ...

LOS ANGELES — The 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson ... of the day that Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Seated in front of a statue of Robinson while donning ...

Mookie Betts and his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates were joined by the Colorado Rockies in visiting Jackie Robinson's statue at Dodger Stadium on the 78th anniversary of the infielder breaking ...

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 occurs ...

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used his speech at the Los Angeles Dodgers' commemoration of Jackie Robinson Day to call out President Donald Trump’s policies. Robinson was honored, as always ...

UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster has been a major advocate for honoring one of the greatest athletes and cultural figures in sports, Jackie Robinson. He joined MLB Network on Robinson's honorary ...

and the Colorado Rockies surrounded Robinson’s statue in Centerfield Plaza hours before game time in Los Angeles on Jackie Robinson Day around the major leagues. They were joined by Basketball ...

On Jackie Robinson Day, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge expressed his gratitude for Robinson's groundbreaking legacy. Judge, along with all MLB players, wore the number 42 jersey, a tribute ...

For the Dodgers specifically, they joined with the Colorado Rockies to meet at the Jackie Robinson statue at Dodger Stadium to reflect on Robinson’s life and legacy, and invited Kareem Abdul ...