Larry Doby broke the color barrier in the American League. But as Terry Pluto explains, his rushed debut with the Cleveland ...

1901 — Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A’s. 1921 — Babe Ruth sets a record of 137 career home runs.

Parks had just finished up at the department store where she worked as a seamstress. She walked to the bus stop and boarded ...

On June 14, in Clayton, N.C., about 43 miles east of the Duke campus, celebrated actor and university professor Mike Wiley, ...

In March, California Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) called on the Dodgers to drop Phillips 66 as a ...

The Dodgers sported Brooklyn caps for the Royals’ annual Salute to the Negro Leagues game, paying tribute to Jackie Robinson.

The Mountains” is a scripted series about Jennie and Elaine Grossinger, the “formidable matriarchs” who transformed the ...

"It’s a shame it ever happened because a lot of people went through hell when that happened for no good reason,” Gov. Brian ...

Three decades after his cycle-racing heyday, Greg LeMond was awarded the congressional gold medal.

The first black Major League Baseball player found a friend.

A Floral Park man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed on the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Ridgewood ...

Lewis Bynum (right), 9, from Peachtree City, Georgia, catches an autographed baseball thrown by Greenville Yard Gnomes ...