The lush gardens of McKee Botanical Garden have been around for nearly as long as Vero Beach. Its original owners (one of ...

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 ...

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

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.

Pope Francis called us to act on one simple truth: our shared humanity. He called us to God’s expectation that we recognize ...

But the honor of being the first Black person in the Major Leagues was given instead to Jackie Robinson ... League level, Robinson was under strict orders from Brooklyn Dodgers executive and ...

When I was 7 years old, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and became the first African American to play in the major leagues. He was truly one of the game’s greatest players.

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 ...

showcases jerseys and other memorabilia and introduces 17 of the Black and Latino players who went on to integrate baseball — from Jackie Robinson, who signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 ...

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 ...