The Dodger was a class act, no matter who was watching.

On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...

The first black Major League Baseball player found a friend.

But standing up for Jackie Robinson should not be a subversive or controversial stance, especially for the Dodgers and MLB. Robinson is more than a baseball icon. He’s an American hero.

Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line in 1947 and became the first African American to play on a major sports team. On January 31, 1919, Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia.

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 ...

Major League Baseball's Jackie Robinson Day lands in the middle of Trump's anti-DEI plot, which seeks to eliminate talk of pioneering Black heroism.

Dave Parker embodied the Negro Leagues. His swag, flair and ebullient demeanor on the baseball diamond conjured images of the showman.

The Dodgers sported Brooklyn caps for the Royals’ annual Salute to the Negro Leagues game, paying tribute to Jackie Robinson.