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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tuesday, April 15, was Jackie Robinson Day. Just like it is every year in Major League Baseball. As every active player in the league donned the No. 42, you couldn’t help but feel like something ...

Darryl Strawberry has some words for the people trying to erase Jackie Robinson‘s legacy. To put it simply, they should be ashamed. “Shame on them,” the former Mets outfielder said Thursday ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the ...