The Los Angeles Dodgers will celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on the 78th anniversary of when he broke the color barrier in ...

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Nationals team members arrive to celebrate Jackie ...

UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster has been a major advocate for honoring one of the greatest athletes and cultural figures ...

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

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

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, center, and teammates listen to former NBA player Kareem ...

MLB chose to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on April 15 to mark the anniversary of his first game with the Dodgers. Robinson ...

Abdul-Jabbar told stories about becoming a Brooklyn Dodger fan at a young age because of Robinson and getting to meet him ...

And it was very important to me that Jackie’s team won." Robinson's influence for Abdul-Jabbar went beyond what he did on the ...

As a Black baseball player, both Jackie Robinson and his old jersey number have a lot of meaning for Texas catcher Oliver ...

Jackie Robinson’s impact on our sport continues to this day ... saying that making the trip was about team unity: "I don’t ...