St. Lucie County and Indian River County benefit from not only New York Mets, but MLB events at Jackie Robinson Training ...
Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...
Animator Jason Fleurant's Exhibit Treal Studios earned the award for an episode of its children's educational series Peanut Headz: Black History Toonz that paid homage to Jackie Robinson’s sports and ...
The connective tissue of baseball extends so far and touches to many individuals. Grant, who sang the anthem for Robinson’s ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
Antiques Roadshow expert Jasmani Francis was left stunned when he was shown a series of letters from baseball legend Jackie ...
Miller is author of the forthcoming book “The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented and Reinvented Baseball ... moment for America. Jackie Robinson’s widow, Rachel, threw ...
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.