January 31 is the birthday of Jackie Robinson, the pioneering baseball player who broke the color barrier. The first time he did so was during spring training in Daytona Beach. That stadium is now ...
On this day in 1919, baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. Best known for breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers ...
The best new Milwaukee music this month comes from Conniption, Rat Bath, Luxi, Dan Lepien, Alicia Rytlewski, Bronco, Ellee ...
Wembanyama becomes only the fourth Spurs player to make the All-Star Game in his first or second season. The others: Alvin ...
I want to take a few minutes to tell you about my good friend, Bob Uecker. I should preface these remarks by noting that my personal interactions with Bob were very, very limited, and he likely did ...
A third man is facing charges related to the brutal attack on a Downtown Pittsburgh Jimmy John’s employee in December.
The Jackie Robinson Art Challenge invites Wisconsin fans under the age of 18 to create an original, artistic expression that captures the spirit of one or more of Jackie Robinson’s values.
Ichiro Suzuki, a veritable hits machine on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, became the first Japanese player to gain entry ...
1962 — Bob Feller and Jackie Robinson are elected into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Robinson, the first black to play in the majors, is also the first to enter the Hall. 1968 — The NBA awards expansion ...
ET on Tuesday evening, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will reveal who will join Classic Era Committee inductees Dave ...
“He’s sort of the film equivalent of Jackie Robinson in sports,” Dennis said. “He becomes the emblematic symbol of what we should all aspire to as Americans, as Black people, as human beings.” He’d ...
Baseball Hall of Fame voting results will be revealed Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network, and it is far from certain who will earn induction ...