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The forgotten story of the US soldiers who integrated baseball before Jackie Robinson

Alongside a Jewish, anti-racist pitcher from Brooklyn, Leon Day and Willard Brown played in a remarkable team during a historic wartime tournament

The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2025

Sports history’s biggest flubs and blunders

The Boston Red Sox sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees may have been the biggest one-time blunder. But perhaps no sports misadventure was worse than baseball’s continuing malevolent scheme to keep the big leagues segregated.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 30, 2023

How the Mets’ Collapse Compares to Other Busts in MLB History

Teams going from 100-win seasons to posting a losing record the following year are rare.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 11, 2023

SI:AM | Can the Knicks Keep Their Streak Going?

No team in the NBA is hotter right now than the Knicks.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 7, 2023

Bill Shaikin: 'That was absolutely deliberate.' Focus at Jackie Robinson Museum is off the field.

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…

Los Angeles Times · Sep 6, 2022

Paul Sullivan: A teachable moment — and the true meaning of Jackie Robinson’s legacy to Black baseball players

Jackie Robinson was in headlines this weekend when New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson referred to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson as “Jackie” during Saturday’s game, igniting a brouhaha between the two teams.

Chicago Tribune · May 22, 2022

Jackie Robinson was a radical

Robinson was an activist and rebel long before he broke baseball's color line

Salon · May 14, 2022

The Complicated Legacy of Jackie Robinson Day

MLB’s integration decimated the Negro Leagues and left many Black players, coaches and executives with nowhere to go.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 15, 2022

Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the 'white man’s party'

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, forever changing baseball and society.

The Conversation · Apr 15, 2022