Jackie Robinson
Today in Sports History: Week Ahead, Sept. 16-22

By The Associated Press Sep. 15, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 16 1885 — The America’s Cup is successfully defended by U.S. yacht Puritan as it beats Britain’s Genesta in two heats. 1926 — Henri...

SoFi Stadium stands Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. The stadium is the site of NFL football's Super Bowl 56, scheduled to be played Feb. 13. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Super Bowl 56: A viewer's guide to get you through Sunday

By Joe Reedy Feb. 08, 2022 04:03 PM EST

Houston Astros' Jose Altuve flips his bat as he watches his home run during the seventh inning of the team's baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
LEADING OFF: Jackie Robinson Day, Red Sox go for 10th in row

By The Associated Press Apr. 15, 2021 03:34 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 15, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 15, the 105th day of 2021. There are 260 days left in the year. Today’s...

Boston Red Sox celebrate a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at Target Field in Minneapolis. In the background is a sign about George Floyd. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
LEADING OFF: Jackie Robinson Day, Red Sox go for 10th in row

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2021 09:12 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 11, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, April 11, the 101st day of 2021. There are 264 days left in the year. Today’s...

The azaleas are beginning to pop as Dustin Johnson hits his bunker shot to the 12th green during his practice round for the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Augusta National plays through debate over Ga voting law

By Paul Newberry Apr. 07, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after shooting a 3-point basket against the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Sunday, March 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Curry, WNBA players receive Jackie Robinson award from NAACP

By Janie Mccauley Mar. 18, 2021 11:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 3, 2020, file photo, balls marked with Cactus League spring training logos are in a basket during Kansas City Royals baseball practice at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Major League Baseball has slightly deadened its baseballs amid a years-long surge in home runs. MLB anticipates the changes will be subtle, and a memo to teams last week cites an independent lab that found the new balls will fly 1 to 2 feet shorter on balls hit over 375 feet. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
MLB season slated to start with Yankees-Jays, Tigers-Indians

Feb. 11, 2021 01:57 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and his wife Franki Roberts attend the dedication ceremony for the monument dedicated to Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Washington. Sen. Pat Roberts, delivered his farewell speech on the Senate floor Dec. 10, 2020 after 40 years in Congress. Roberts, is winding down a Washington career that spans ten presidencies, beginning in 1967 as an aide to two Kansas Republicans, Sen. Frank Carlson and later Rep. Keith Sebelius. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh File)
Kansas' Sen. Roberts exits Congress after a half century

By Bryan Lowry Dec. 23, 2020 10:29 AM EST

CORRECTS FIRST NAME TO CHARLEY, INSTEAD OF CHARLIE FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2000, file photo, Charley Pride performs during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame at the Country Music Association Awards show at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tenn. Pride, the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi and became one of country music’s biggest stars and the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died at age 86. Pride died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Westby of the public relations firm 2911 Media. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Charley Pride, a country music Black superstar, dies at 86

By Mark Kennedy Dec. 12, 2020 04:29 PM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, Atlanta Braves' Freddie Freeman watches his two-run home run during the fourth inning in Game 2 of the baseball team's NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Arlington, Texas. Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, Nov. 12, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t take me.” (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Braves' Freeman wins NL MVP, White Sox slugger Abreu gets AL

By Ben Walker Nov. 12, 2020 06:56 PM EST

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Yu Darvish, of Japan, throws against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
LEADING OFF: Pirates, Puerto Rican MLBers wear Clemente's 21

By The Associated Press Sep. 08, 2020 10:17 PM EDT

Texas Rangers' Shin-Soo Choo gets past the tag attempt by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith to score on a sacrifice fly by Jose Trevino in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Dietrich HR sparks Rangers in 6-2 win over ML-best Dodgers

By Stephen Hawkins Aug. 28, 2020 11:34 PM EDT

The Kansas City Royals play against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
MLB celebrates Jackie Robinson, calls for justice continue

By David Brandt Aug. 28, 2020 10:53 PM EDT

New York Yankees starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery, left, is relieved in the sixth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Mets' Smith follows plea with HR; Rosario gets road walkoff

By Jake Seiner Aug. 28, 2020 07:30 PM EDT

New York Mets left fielder Dominic Smith (2) tips his hat to the Miami Marlins as both teams walk off the field before a scheduled baseball game Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in New York. Players jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
LEADING OFF: Jackie Robinson celebrated amid protests, PPDs

By The Associated Press Aug. 27, 2020 10:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2006, file photo,a Joe DiMaggio 1947 MVP Award plaque is displayed at a news conference in New York. The plaque features the name and image of Kenesaw Mountain Landis. A group of House Democrats called Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, for the name of former baseball commissioner Landis to be pulled off future Most Valuable Player plaques. (AP Photo/Jennifer Szymaszek, File)
Congressional group wants Landis name pulled from MVP plaque

By Ben Walker Aug. 04, 2020 08:51 PM EDT

MLB allows Black Lives Matter, social justice jersey patches

By Ronald Blum Jul. 22, 2020 05:56 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball players have the option of having a patch with “Black Lives Matter” or “United For Change” on a jersey sleeve on opening...