Read full article: What is Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball and why is it always on April 15? Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues, with the day ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson was the first to break baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers 78 years ago Tuesday. His legacy continues to inspire people inside the major leagues ...

The fifth of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, forward alum Jackie Robinson (no ... of the 1978 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets. The Los Angeles, California native would ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s legacy is being celebrated around the major leagues on Tuesday, with the day named for the first Black baseball player of the modern era and marking the 78th ...

At baseball fields across the country on Tuesday, major league players wore No. 42 jerseys as a way to honor the legacy of Jackie Robinson. At Texas, Oliver Service did the same during a game ...

The Houston Astros, like the rest of MLB, are scheduled to play on Tuesday on Jackie Robinson Day. When they take the field, they will wear Robinson's No. 42 on the back of their jerseys.

1947 — Jackie Robinson played his first major league ... Ruben Gomez blanked Los Angeles 8-0. 1968 — Houston and the New York Mets played 24 innings in a night game in the Astrodome before ...