CHICAGO — A decade ago, Jackie Robinson West Little League was the team to beat, making it all the way to the Little League World Series Championship in 2014, and inspired thousands to watch and ...

But the nameplate sign on his office door after he retired from baseball was Jack Robinson. So calling Jackie “Jack” in the book pulls him out of 1947 and off the baseball diamond and allows ...

The story of groundbreaking baseball legend Jackie Robinson is again being targeted by the anti-DEI policies put in place by the Trump administration. This time, Robinson is being placed alongside ...

On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...

Robinson, meanwhile, was Rookie of the Year in 1947 and the NL MVP two years later. In his 10 years in the majors, he was either an All-Star or an MVP candidate, or both, in all but one season.

Chadwick Boseman, left, as Jackie Robinson and André Holland as sports writer Wendell Smith in “42.” In Florida, a man named Michael Scott Pifer saw the movie.

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 outside, too.

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

Jackie Robinson accepts a special award presented him in World Series pre-game ceremonies at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct. 15, 1972. Standing at right is his wife Rachel.

Doug Glanville with Rachel Robinson in Cuba in 2016. Doug Glanville. LIKE MY KIDS, I was introduced to Jackie Robinson's story when I was growing up in New Jersey.His story had always been larger ...

But the nameplate sign on his office door after he retired from baseball was Jack Robinson. So calling Jackie “Jack” in the book pulls him out of 1947 and off the baseball diamond and allows ...

CHICAGO — A decade ago, Jackie Robinson West Little League was the team to beat, making it all the way to the Little League World Series Championship in 2014, and inspired thousands to watch and ...