"Like Jack Johnson, Jackie Robinson stood alone." Members of Robinson's family, including his 101-year-old widow, were at ballparks from coast to coast to honor him. At New York's Citi Field ...

"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just ... His father, Jerry, was a ladies man who deserted the family six months after his birth. When his mother Mallie was told by her half-brother ...

Until his death in 1972, Robinson was a prominent figure in anything he believed in. Fifty years later, baseball is finally paying tribute to a man who at one time was unwanted. Although these ...

The Diamondbacks celebrate Jackie Robinson's impact in breaking barriers in baseball and inspiring necessary change in the sport and our nation.

As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure unrelenting racist hostility on and off the field, from player and fan alike. As Jackie struggles ...

But then again, there haven't been many people like Jackie ... "Robinson was the target of racial epithets and flying cleats, of hate letters and death threats, of pitchers throwing at his head ...