This Date in Baseball, April 10 - Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st black player to sign a Major League contract ...

Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in football, basketball, track and field, and of course, baseball.

Two local nonprofits — the Business Association of West Parkside and Parkside Association of Philadelphia — are joining ...

Seventy-eight years ago, on April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut and integrated Major League ...

1957 — President Eisenhower officially opened the 1956 season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington ...

The Negro Southern League Museum is set to host Jackie Robinson Day 2025 on Saturday, April 12, in downtown Birmingham.This ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers visited the White House on Monday after winning the 2024 World Series and some fans and celebrities ...

Jackie Robinson Day is April 15, in honor of the day he broke into the major leagues. Bloom Township is taking it a step further, wearing Negro League jerseys all week leading up to that date.

Jackie Robinson burst onto the scene in 1947, breaking baseball’s color barrier and bringing the Negro Leagues’ electrifying ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major ... baseball career while playing for the Birmingham Barons of the Class-AA Southern League.

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agreed a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Get any of our free daily ...