In the century before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and decades before Jack Johnson became the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, a Black man named ...

But one key piece of baseball history is off the market right now and is instead in the hands of U.S. marshals: the contract signed by Jackie Robinson, breaking baseball’s color barrier. L.A. Times ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

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Jim Becker, AP Reporter Who Covered Jackie Robinson and an Underdog Hawaii Football Team, Dies at 98 HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big ...

While Jackie Robinson is often celebrated as the first Black player in Major League Baseball, history tells a different story.

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This post was updated Feb. 14 at 2:04 a.m. It’s been nearly 12 years since the Bruins’ last trip to the College World Series.

HONOLULU – 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.