Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2009. We present it here as Major League Baseball commemorates the ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2018. We present it here as Major League Baseball celebrates ...

To say Jackie Robinson's legacy is bigger than the game of baseball has met a present-day realization—while the MLB joins the rest of the sports world in the hesitant and unknown next steps in society ...

The first black major leaguer, Robinson was not hired because of his race. He would have been a Hall of Famer in any era.

The barrier-breaking baseball Hall of Famer is buried at the Cypress Hills Cemetery, just off the parkway bearing his name.

The most valuable contracts in sports history remain in the hands of federal authorities as a settlement over Jackie Robinson ...

Robinson Paved Way For The Civil Rights Movement Of The ’60s Jackie Robinson, still wearing his Montreal Royals uniform, waves to photographers and reporters as he symbolically enters the here-to-fore ...

March 4, 1946. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File) FILE - Baseball Player Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals club at Sanford, Fla., March 4, 1946. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File) FILE - Brooklyn ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes 1st African-American to play in US major league baseball. 1952 — The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0 to capture the Stanley Cup. The Red Wings holds ...