On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history when he signed onto the National League’s Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB). Just six weeks ...

Larry Doby Jr. waited five years for the production of the Congressional Gold Medal that he specifically wanted. No — scratch that — the medal that he knows his father would've wanted. When Congress ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The reverse side of the Congressional Gold Medal awarded posthumously Wednesday to World War II Navy veteran and Baseball Hall of ...

PATERSON, N.J. — An athletic field in New Jersey named for baseball and civil rights icon Larry Doby is getting a fresh look. Crews are hard at work at Larry Doby Field. Over the winter, new fencing ...

Finding an overlooked opportunity in the vintage baseball card market has become difficult. The hobby's big sets have been ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Larry Doby, one of the most impactful players in Major League Baseball history, was posthumously honored Wednesday by the United States Congress with a Congressional ...

America could not possibly have shed the shadow of Jim Crow and segregation in the 11 weeks between the time Jackie Robinson became the first African American to put on a major-league baseball uniform ...

PATERSON, N.J. -- Seventy five years ago, Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier making America's pastime truly a game for all Americans. But Jackie was wasn't the only Negro ...

Larry Doby, the second Black player to break the MLB's color barrier, was posthumously honored by Congress on what would have been his 100th birthday. Doby received the Congressional Gold Medal on ...

Cleveland Indians center fielder Larry Doby swings and drives a single to right field in the fifth inning of World Series game opener at the Polo Grounds in New York, Sept. 29, 1954. New York Giants ...