“Any Boys & Girls Club in Florida and Georgia has been the onus of my focus throughout the life of the Chipper Jones Family Foundation,” Jones said. “The fact that I can extend that focus while being ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

A former NBA player repeatedly promised to build a resort-arena on the Las Vegas Strip. Investors and Nevada officials ...

Welcome to the Amsterdam News Family! I’m honored to be Amsterdam ... The tennis courts at the Jackie Robinson Park Playground in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn are locked and residents want ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional ... Here's a look at his college career. Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia, but his family moved to Pasadena, California in 1920. After high school, Robinson ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black ... Coast Conference was forced to hold a vote among its members to decide which school would go to the Rose Bowl.

In its celebration of Black History Month, MLB Network looks at the careers of Jackie Robinson and Mookie Betts and their impact on baseball ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...