In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

But one key piece of baseball history is off the market right now and is instead in the hands of U.S. marshals: the contract signed by Jackie Robinson, breaking baseball’s color barrier. L.A. Times ...

When we talk about sports, we mention Jackie Robinson, Jesse Owens, Kenny Washington, and Earl Loyd, just to name a few and ...

"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St ...

The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club’s “Diamond Affair” event featured former Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones as the keynote speaker.

This post was updated Feb. 14 at 2:04 a.m. It’s been nearly 12 years since the Bruins’ last trip to the College World Series.

Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog Hawaii Football Team, Dies at 98 HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ...

While Jackie Robinson is often celebrated as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, history tells a different story.

Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental events in history, died today at age 98. STAR-ADVERTISER / 2006 Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental ...

COURTESY PHOTO Jim Becker at his surprise 98th birthday party last August. Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous historic events around the world, but might be most remembered in ...

HONOLULU – 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.