Abdul-Jabbar told stories about becoming a Brooklyn Dodger fan at a young age because of Robinson and getting to meet him later in life. “Jack always had the idea that he was an equal human being ...

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 78th ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used his speech at the Los Angeles Dodgers' commemoration of Jackie ... late Robinson that involved Los Angeles Lakers great Abdul-Jabbar, who grew up a Brooklyn ...

LOS ANGELES — The 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking ... s annual celebration of the day that Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Seated in front of a ...

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 ...

the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie Robinson, has died. He was 97.

From Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona's perspective, Jackie Robinson Day isn't necessarily a day of celebration, and that's no slight against the Civl Rights icon. Speaking Tuesday in his office ...

wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers cap and a stitched No. 42 jersey, surrounded by Rockies and Dodgers players, Robinson’s grandchildren Sonya Pankey and Ayo Robinson, and Jackie Robinson Foundation ...

becoming the first black player to play in the modern era when he made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Ullyot initially defended the removal of the Robinson article, releasing a statement on ...

Twenty-eight men played in the first Brooklyn Dodgers game in Vero Beach, including Jackie Robinson, hall of famers and a ...

And he was already 26 when they signed him, late in life to be aiming for the bigs. (He’d been in the Army for three years in World War II, but so had a lot of guys then.) Robinson would have ...