Spring training is underway for Chicago's baseball teams, both of which have played significant roles in the history of ...

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

Major League Baseball continues to make sure no one who cares about the game ever forgets Jackie Robinson and his legacy. Robinson, the first Black player in the major leagues when he debuted for ...

(AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy) Jim Becker, a former Associated Press journalist, holds a painting depicting Jackie Robinson’s Major ...

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie ... as the first black player in the American League. Soon other players, such as Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe, played in the major leagues.

Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog ... was hired to start the next day. He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League baseball team when ...

In honor of Black History ... bust honors Robinson who in 1947 broke the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The piece was created by Sculptor Inge ...

HONOLULU — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's big ... He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League baseball team when editors sent ...

We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 – bringing to you the news that mainstream media just doesn’t. The tennis courts at the Jackie Robinson Park ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League ... shown below in a picture from the L.A. Times, which called it a "certain touchdown ...