The Latest Breaking News from Jackie Robinson

LOS ANGELES — Vince Evans remembers the crosstown rivalry for its unrivaled terror.

Baseball great keeps it modest in a must-see film looking back on his talents on the field, his brushes with racism and his generosity with fans.

So, I’m reading a book about Jackie Robinson — “True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson,” by Kostya Kennedy — and I’m thinking about all the sacrifices he made and all he had to endure so that athletes like Kyrie Irving could have a place in professional sports.

SAN FRANCISCO — In over 30 years of filmmaking, Nelson George has been to a lot of movie premieres.

The Nets star did not speak with the media after Monday night’s game.

Dusty Baker is deeply disturbed that there project to be no U.S.-born Black players in this year's World Series

For the first time in over 70 years, there will be no U.S.-born Black players in the Fall Classic.

No U.S.-born Black players are projected to be on World Series rosters when the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros meet this week

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlie Scott, this week’s star of the “Sports Legends of the Carolinas” series, was the first Black basketball player on scholarship at the University of North Carolina. In many ways, he was the Tar Heels’ version of baseball player Jackie Robinson, dealing with the racism inherent in…

NEW YORK — It didn’t take 3,000 hits to cement Roberto Clemente’s legacy as a baseball icon.

NEW YORK — There was a time, and not so long ago, when you could ask a major league player about Jackie Robinson and get a shrug in return. The league retired his number in 1997, on the 50th anniversary of his debut, with President Clinton in attendance. That made…