The game between the Jupiter Hammerheads and the Palm Beach Cardinals is April 15, the day Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Two legendary cards from baseball’s most famous sets go head-to-head. Which is more iconic: Gehrig’s 1933 Goudey or Jackie’s ...

Frank Robinson, the Hall of Fame outfielder who hit 586 home runs and became a racial pioneer as the first black manager in the major leagues, nearly three decades after Jackie Robinson broke modern ...

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 ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to sportswriter Howard Bryant about Bryant's latest book "Kings and Pawns." ...

NEW YORK -- Players across Major League Baseball are donning Jackie Robinson's No. 42 - and all of them in Dodger blue this year - for the 75th anniversary of Robinson's big league debut. In New York, ...

Professional baseball player, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on this day in 1919. As the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era, Robinson broke the ...

Jackie Robinson Day is one of the most iconic days in all of sports. It reminds us of the courage that Jack Roosevelt Robinson possessed as he became the first player to break the color barrier when ...

Professional baseball has been around for a very long time, and there's been plenty of legendary hitters to make their way through the annals of history at the plate. The New York Yankees have seen ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- Jackie Robinson's widow says Major League Baseball has yet to fully honor her husband's legacy. "There is a lot more that needs to be done and that can be done in terms of the ...