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.

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.

In the spring of 1947, the “great war” was over and our soldiers came back home. A young teenage shortstop at Key West’s then ...

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

His debut on April 15, 1947, ended 80 years of segregation in the sport ... Jack Roosevelt Robinson broke baseball's color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers at the relatively ...

April 15th marks the day when Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the then-Brooklyn Dodgers in ...

Trump wants to get rid of DEI,” Abdul-Jabbar said on Tuesday while speaking at the Dodgers’ celebration of Robinson. “And I ...

The Dodgers, who later moved to LA, were an integral part of Indian River County until new team ownership moved spring ...

1947 — The Philadelphia Warriors ... 1939 — Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR. 1946 — Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field. 1950 ...

The Jackie Robinson Museum honored the legacy of Jackie Robinson on April 15, the day Robinson broke baseball's color barrier playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers back in 78 years ago.

MLB players around the league showcase how they will pay tribute to former Los Angeles Dodgers' Jackie Robinson on his ...

Today is Jackie Robinson Day across Major League Baseball, but really, every day should be Jackie Robinson Day.