Florida State announced on Monday that Leonard Hamilton would be resigning at the end of the season, ending a 23-year tenure ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

Whether you’re a sports fan or not, pretty much everyone knows the name Jackie Robinson, the first Black ... that his character Michael Scott quotes Gretzky’s most famous quote: “You miss ...

Wells, referred to by Cool Papa Bell as “the greatest shortstop in the world,” helped Jackie Robinson improve his defense before Robinson joined the Dodgers. With all due respect to Wilson ... to drop ...

Jackie Robinson’s journey to the majors was anything but easy. As the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, he endured racial slurs, hate mail, death threats ...

Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...

CAIRO, Ga. (WCTV) - The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club’s “Diamond Affair” event featured former Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones as the keynote speaker. Friday’s fundraiser happened on ...

HONOLULU (AP) — 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.

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ... Becker, who was just 20 at the time, got quotes from Robinson in the clubhouse and ran them ...