— -- This story has been corrected. Read below. An entrepreneur says he has unearthed the sports equivalent of the Emancipation Proclamation: one of the original contracts Jackie Robinson signed ...
A new book presents the baseball legend’s testimony in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee as a critical ...
A storied five-bedroom, two-bathroom colonial residence in Queens’ Addisleigh Park historic district, once home to baseball ...
When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...
The game between the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals is April 15, the day Jackie Robinson debuted with the ...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by ...
Keeping the “memory and values alive for today’s ... players and fans.” Seventy-five years ago, Jackie Robinson debuted as a first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers while donning jersey No. 42.