But have you ever wondered why every player on every team, plus coaches and umpires have No. 42 on their uniforms? In this piece, we will explain the history of Jackie Robinson Day and why all ...

Most Wichitans, along with a whole lot of other people, already know the story of how League 42’s Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from McAdams Park where the nonprofit youth baseball league ...

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he appeared in his first pro game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Halfway across the country, in the small city of ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It’s a reveal that was months in the making. League 42 unveiled its new Jackie Robinson statue Monday evening after the original was stolen and destroyed in January.

In 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Black League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Branch Rickey is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson ...

Tommy Brown, the last surviving member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers and the youngest player to homer in a Major League ...

President Biden has signed a bill designating the Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida, a commemorative site and part of the African American Civil Rights Network.

Jackie Robinson was the first Black man to play Major League Baseball and is a celebrated hero of the Civil Rights Movement ...

Jackie Robinson is known as the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the United States in modern baseball ...