The Latest Breaking News from Jackie Robinson

Here are the greatest stories told of inspiring underdog victories in some of the most fun sports movies.

NEW YORK — Growing up, Jackie Robinson was everything to Touki Toussaint.

Larry Doby broke baseball's colour barriers after Jackie Robinson, becoming the first player to jump from the Negro Leagues directly to MLB, and the second Black manager in league history.

The 1933 contest featured such players as Babe Ruth, Lefty Grove, Jimmie Foxx, Gabby Hartnett, Carl Hubbell and Lou Gehrig, but no black players.

CHICAGO -- The air-conditioned tour bus with tinted windows stopped outside Bright Star Baptist Church in Bronzeville and out came several dozen congregants from the Anshe Emet Synagogue of Lakeview. They moved slowly up the sidewalk and concrete steps of the church. Before anyone reached the doors, welcomes erupted, like…

A New Hampshire stadium is being recognized for playing a largely unheralded role in helping racially integrate baseball

The building had become a crumbling, weed-covered eyesore. But now, thanks to local efforts, Hinchliffe Stadium reopens to give meaningful honor to an important chapter in U.S. history.

LOS ANGELES — Imagine if Stan Kasten was the president of the Dodgers when Jackie Robinson was about to break baseball's color barrier.

PHILADELPHIA — Scott Bandura spent his childhood playing on a predominantly Black baseball team, but that did not make him naive enough to think the Anderson Monarchs were the norm. The team from South Philadelphia often stood out whenever it left its home field behind the rec center at 18th…