Mayor Welch signs 5,000 autographed baseball in honor of Jackie Robinson Day
Mayor Ken Welch signed the 5000th baseball for the St. Petersburg Museum of…
Jackie Robinson
Coming home to Cooperstown
Born John W. Jackson, Bud Fowler, was a pioneer in every sense of the word. Not only the…
19 Interesting Facts About Jackie Robinson You Might Not Know
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Negro National League pioneer: James Franklin Oliver, Sr.
Known as the “King of Baseball” in St. Petersburg, James Franklin Oliver,…
On Jackie Robinson’s 100th Birthday, Celebrate A Man Whose Impact Was Bigger Than Baseball
By Aaron Homer | Inquisitr Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of baseball…
Memorable moments in World Series history
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer As the 114th edition of the Fall Classic is upon us, we…
Remembering Jackie
Source: National Baseball Hall of Fame CELEBRATE JACKIE ROBINSON’S LEGACY AT THE…
Before he broke the race barrier in baseball, Jackie Robinson had a Rosa Parks moment of his own
By Laura Smith | TIMELINE Three years before he became the first black man to play in…
Rose Bowl unveils statue of Jackie Robinson playing football
Michael Dixon, Sportsnaut | Source, MSN While Pasadena’s Rose Bowl has been…
Chicago’s Jackie Robinson west creating LLWS buzz
BY FRED GOODALL, AP SPORTS WRITER Win or lose, youngsters from Chicago will leave a…
Jet magazine to no longer print, changing to digital app
After first hitting newsstands at the dawn of the civil rights era, Jet magazine will go…
Hammerin’ Hank Aaron Receives Hate Mail
Tuesday was Jackie Robinson Day, and all around the league teams and players paid tribute…
Baseball & the Segregated South
A Mecca for baseball’s spring training since 1914, St. Petersburg in 1961 became a…