The first black major leaguer, Robinson was not hired because of his race. He would have been a Hall of Famer in any era.

1996 — Barry Bonds became the fourth major leaguer with 300 homers and 300 steals when he homered in the third inning of the ...

Harold (Buster) Hair, a Jacksonville sports pioneer who competed in baseball's Negro Leagues and later coached legions of aspiring athletes across the First Coast, died April 21 in Atlanta at age 92.

Jackie Robinson Day is the annual day when Major League Baseball honors Robinson. His debut on April 15, 1947, ended 80 years of segregation in the sport. It’s celebrated at every major league park ...

1990 — At Fenway Park, gimpy-legged Bill Buckner, 41, hits an inside-the-park home run for the Boston Red Sox. It will be his only homer in this, his last, season as he will play just 22 games.

Stars, who played softball games against a team from the Honolulu Symphony and another against the cast and crew of “Magnum, ...

It is still early in the season, but not too early to check in to see how Josh Naylor and Andres Gimenez are faring in their new homes. Naylor was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in December for ...

which occurs each April 15 − the anniversary of the day Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The environment in which this Jackie Robinson Day unfolded was different from years past.

Thirty-nine Crimson Tide players have been selected 258th or later, choices that will not be part of this year’s NFL Draft.

The MLB Hall of Fame winners have an incredible legacy to boast. Some retire completely at the end of their playing career, ...