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.

On Friday — the 75th anniversary of when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in his MLB debut — the league celebrated the iconic athlete's legacy in a variety of ways, including ...

Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson's April 15th, 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers were heralded for the ...

Major League Baseball is marking the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier. At Citi Field in New York, Robinson’s 101-year-old widow, Rachel, was given … ...

Rachel Robinson met Jackie Robinson at UCLA in the 1940s. This past weekend Rachel Robinson celebrated her 103rd birthday ...

On opening day this year, 6.2% of MLB players were Black, up from 6% in 2024 and the first year-over-year improvement since 2018, according to MLB.com. What is Jackie Robinson Day?

What seemed like a casual act was actually a groundbreaking moment in Major League Baseball history. >> Read more trending news On April 15, 1947, Robinson broke MLB’s modern-day color barrier.

And as MLB celebrates this Jackie Robinson Day, Black managers remain woefully underrepresented. Just two of the sport's 30 managers - Dusty Baker of the Houston Astros and Dave Roberts of the Los ...

In his next baseball appearance, against Cal, Robinson came in as a pitcher late in the game, with UCLA leading 16-13 and the sky getting darker. He stalled repeatedly to try to get the umpire to ...

LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday. Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on ...