Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in football, basketball, track and field, and of course, baseball.

Regarding Barry Svrluga’s April 7 front-page column, “ Ovechkin over all ”: ...

ESPN’s Michael Wilbon and Wendell Smith, who helped Jackie Robinson crack into Major League Baseball, are among those to be ...

Two local nonprofits — the Business Association of West Parkside and Parkside Association of Philadelphia — are joining ...

The Negro Southern League Museum is set to host Jackie Robinson Day 2025 on Saturday, April 12, in downtown Birmingham.This ...

A collectibles company’s principal and his wife are appealing rulings requiring them to pay the SEC $70 million for ...

One of this year's inductees, Theodore "Bubbles" Anderson, is the only Colorado native to play baseball for the "Negro Leagues." ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agreed a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson burst onto the scene in 1947, breaking baseball’s color barrier and bringing the Negro Leagues’ electrifying ...