King and Robinson had “a very important relationship,” Eig said. “First of all, Jackie Robinson integrates ... on Inauguration Day or at any other point during his presidency.

The war, however, was also a turning point for African Americans ... By that point, Frank Robinson had been traded twice and spent the season playing for Jackie Robinson’s former team, the Dodgers.

The NBA, for the 39 th year, will play games on MLK Day; on the same day, for only the second time, the presidential ...

A big turning point in the card collecting world ... DeLillo also has old cards like a 1953 Jackie Robinson from the Brooklyn Dodgers, graded 2, for $450 as well as a 1958 Willie Mays from the ...

Seeing the number featured in the ballpark with the rest of the retired numbers is cool and it's always an opportunity to ...

Bob Uecker took a radio gig with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1971. He stayed in that job the rest of his career, becoming a ...

Robin Yount and Paul Molitor as well as the permanently retired number of Jackie Robinson. The Brewers further honored Uecker on Aug. 31, 2012, with a statue dedication outside Miller Park ...

To be away from home, 16 turning 17, it was so overwhelming ... Nobody does. “On Jackie Robinson’s tombstone, it simply reads, ‘A life is not important except in the impact it has on ...

Ottawa media personality Shawn Simpson has died. The cause of death was not immediately known, but the former goalie who played 145 games for the Soo Greyhounds between 1985 and 1988, hockey executive ...