From Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick, the achievements of Black athletes have had a role in advancing civil rights.

More than a century ago, two all-Black hotel teams, including one for The Breakers, competed in Palm Beach and beyond.

West High's Bennie Horton was the NIC-10 all-conference quarterback. And coach Tom Schwalbach gave him extreme leeway to call ...

On February 11, 1997, General Mills, the makers of Wheaties, unveiled three new Jackie Robinson ... Star and part of the 1955 Dodgers World Series championship team. Robinson had his No. 42 ...

Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck, recognizing the positive impact of baseball integration to the bottom line of baseball, were pioneers in signing stars like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, ...

Antiques Roadshow expert Jasmani Francis was left stunned when he was shown a series of letters from baseball legend Jackie ...

"Spring training is the opportunity for families to unite," explained Traer Van Allen, general manager of the minor-league St. Lucie Mets. "Players bring their families along, and spring breakers come ...

The Twins celebrate the end of the All-Star break by hopping on planes and traveling 3,900 miles to take on the Rockies and ...

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball ...

Every MLB team has retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career ...

In honor of Black History Month, MLB.com retells the story of Jackie Robinson and his spectacular season with the Montreal Royals in 1946.

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