To say Jackie Robinson's legacy is bigger than the game of baseball has met a present-day realization—while the MLB joins the ...

Today is Jackie Robinson Day across Major League Baseball, but really, every day should be Jackie Robinson Day.

Branch Rickey, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed Jackie Robinson in 1945, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. Robinson's signing was a calculated risk ...

Branch Rickey knew his intentions. He, the former general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals who’d created a dynasty featuring stars like Dizzy Dean and Stan Musial, wanted to replicate his success.

Five days earlier, on April 10, 1947, Robinson signed his contract with the Dodgers by decision of then team owner Branch Rickey. After spending one season with the Montreal Royals, then a Dodgers ...

Of course, being a person of color, controversy emanated when team owner and general manager Branch Rickey signed the Negro Leagues star. However, the then-28-year-old infielder wasn't deterred by ...

Smith, who wrote for the Pittsburgh Courier, the leading Black newspaper, persuaded Dodger executive Branch Rickey to sign Robinson. “Jackie Robinson and all other Black Americans who ...