April 15 is among the most significant dates in U.S. sports history, as Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in MLB on this date in 1947. Tuesday marks the 78th anniversary of Robinson playing his ...

Baseball player Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier as its first Black athlete. The infielder made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, and went on to have a ...

Jackie Robinson is best known for breaking baseball’s color barrier, but a panel at the Jackie Robinson Museum on Thursday highlighted his earlier activism as a U.S. Army officer challenging ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers, in conjunction with all teams across Major League Baseball, are celebrating the 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier on Tuesday. Every year on April ...

NEW YORK - 1946. Jackie Robinson is the featured star on the cover of Negro Baseball magazine for 1946. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) Jackie Robinson didn't just change ...

FILE - Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals club at Sanford, Fla., March 4, 1946. Bill Chaplis WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that in "rare cases" it may have ...

Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson jersey giveaway the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing or any of the empty platitudes they and Major League Baseball spout. Their lionizing of Robinson this year is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Maury Brown is a national MLB, motorsports, and media reporter The Jackie Robinson Foundation, which includes the Jackie Robinson ...

On March 18, 2025, ESPN baseball columnist Jeff Passan made an X post (archived) claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense removed a page about the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie ...