Mykalai Kontilai, who fraudulently used Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers contracts, was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.1 million he stole from investors.
8, 1956, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People awarded Jackie Robinson the Spingarn Medal for his strong support of civil rights initiatives. The Brooklyn Dodgers and ...
Apr 15, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; The Los Angeles Dodgers today unveiled a Jackie Robinson statue at Dodger Stadium, the first statue in Stadium history, as part of Jackie Robinson Day ...
Before moving to Los Angeles ... known as "Dem Bums," the Dodgers only began to achieve MLB success in their later years thanks to the influx of stars like Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Don ...
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, and Dodgers president Branch Rickey after signing a contract in 1950. Robinson more than doubled his salary from $17,000 to $35,000 after winning ...
With a relentless dedication to improving communities in neighborhoods that need help the most, Nichol Whiteman serves as Chief Executive Officer of the award-winning Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation ...
President Joe Biden signed into law on Saturday, Jan. 4, the Jackie Robinson Ballpark National Commemorative Site Act, which honors the stadium where Jackie Robinson played his first professional ...
After Carl Erskine's baseball career ended, his life in his hometown of Anderson revealed many qualities that made him so much more than just a great baseball player.