Major League Baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday. Robinson's No. 42 is retired across the sport, and in Phoenix, the connection to Robinson runs through his former roommate.

PHOENIX — It’s Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, with every player wearing No. 42, teams holding ceremonies, ballparks showing video tributes, and Major League Baseball reminding America that he ...

It's Jackie Robinson Day. It's the 78th anniversary in 2025 of the date that Robinson first stepped onto a Major League Baseball diamond for a regular season game, breaking the league's color barrier.

But Jackie Robinson Day, as currently observed by MLB, has none of that bite. As the league plainly states on its website, “Every year on April 15, Baseball honors Jackie's legacy by celebrating ...

PHOENIX — It’s Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, with every player wearing No. 42, teams holding ceremonies, ballparks showing video tributes, and Major League Baseball reminding America that he ...

Major League Baseball annually honors the extraordinary contributions of Jackie Robinson and his critical role in the integration of modern professional sports. This week, active players displayed ...

The Nike RBI World Series is set to return to the iconic Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida, bringing together 24 baseball and softball teams from across the United States ...

On Tuesday, as it has since 2004, Major League Baseball is commemorating the day 78 years ago that Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Jackie Robinson is a Civil Rights hero. DEI helped him make history | Opinion For those who think DEI is an attack against meritocracy, or some evil, Democrat-hatched strategy to 'divide America ...

Phoenix Call stands in the Bruin dugout at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The sophomore second baseman recorded a team-leading three hits in UCLA baseball’s comeback victory over Michigan State Sunday.

Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier was No. 1. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962, his first year of eligibility. “Today, everything is complete,” he ...

Robinson is also one of the best players in baseball history. In 1949, he batted .342 with 66 extra-base hits and 37 steals, the only season of that kind in MLB history. He famously stole home in ...