— -- This story has been corrected. Read below. An entrepreneur says he has unearthed the sports equivalent of the Emancipation Proclamation: one of the original contracts Jackie Robinson signed ...

The Dodgers might not be in Brooklyn anymore, but the memory of their most famous player lives on in the annals of baseball history. This spring is the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking ...

Nearly one third of all World Series baseball games have been played in New York City. Twenty-eight of those games were played in the confines of tiny Ebbet’s Field (4.5 acres in size compared to ...

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, and Dodgers president Branch Rickey after signing a contract in 1950. Robinson more than doubled his salary from $17,000 to $35,000 after winning the ...

The Dodgers were in Brooklyn the last time the Cubs played in the World Series. In 1949, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle visited Brooklyn Dodgers players at their homes, capturing scenes of them and their ...

1909 — Leon Ames of the New York Giants pitched a no-hitter for 9 1-3 innings on opening day, but lost 3-0 to Brooklyn in 13 innings. 1915 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no-hit the Brooklyn ...

NEW YORK – Vandals defaced a statue of barrier-breaking baseball star Jackie Robinson in Brooklyn, scrawling a racial slur, a swastika and anti-Semitic language on the figure outside a minor league ...

April 15th is a holiday across Major League Baseball. 78 years ago, Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut, breaking the color barrier and becoming the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball.

Keeping the “memory and values alive for today’s ... players and fans.” Seventy-five years ago, Jackie Robinson debuted as a first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers while donning jersey No. 42.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are changing their hats in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. As Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic shared, the National League West team will wear Brooklyn Dodgers hats for Tuesday's ...

At about 8:30 A.M. on Wednesday, a manager at MCU Park, the home ballpark of the Brooklyn Cyclones, noticed some very offensive messages written in black marker on their Jackie Robinson statue. On the ...

1909 — Leon Ames of the New York Giants pitched a no-hitter for 9 1-3 innings on opening day, but lost 3-0 to Brooklyn in 13 innings. 1915 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no-hit the Brooklyn ...