Barry Bonds' 756 home run plaque missing at ballpark
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The commemorative plaque honoring home run king Barry Bonds' record 756th clout has gone missing from AT&T Park...
Remember the Negro League
VIDEO - Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, but it was his play in the Negro League that got him discovered...
Baseball marks 5th annual Jackie Robinson Day
BOSTON (AP) - Baseball is holding its fifth annual Jackie Robinson Day on the 66th anniversary of his breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers...
'42' star Chadwick Boseman on breakout role
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, '42' star Chadwick Boseman talks about bringing to life the story of Jackie Robinson and capturing the hardships he endured...
Jackie Robinson's daughter excited about '42'
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jackie Robinson’s daughter says she and her family are excited about a new movie about her father, who broke the color barrier …
MLB forms diversity committee, focus on black players
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball has created a task force that will study how to increase diversity in the game, especially among black players...
Jackie Robinson's athletic greatness overlooked
OPINION - Most talk about Robinson for his non-baseball accomplishments – affecting change in baseball, but also in society as a whole. But we also need to remember: He was one hell of a baseball player...
Bill Russell: Jackie Robinson was my hero
VIDEO - Former NBA player Bill Russell appeared on a recent taping on 'Melissa Harris-Perry' to talk about Jackie Robinson and the impact he had in his life...
'42' shows why Jackie Robinson still matters
LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies' manager...
Michelle Obama praises Jackie Robinson movie
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama said Tuesday that a new movie chronicling Jackie Robinson's rise through Major League Baseball left her and the president 'visibly, physically moved' after they saw it over the weekend...
