(AP) – Donations poured in Wednesday to replace a destroyed statue of Jackie Robinson on what would have been the 105th birthday of the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier.
January 31 is the birthday of Jackie Robinson, the pioneering baseball player who broke the color barrier. The first time he did so was during spring training in Daytona Beach. That stadium is now ...
“I said, ‘She’s our Jackie Robinson of tennis, and she needs to be appreciated for it, and she’s not,’” King told The Undefeated website. “I wanted something there that was permanen ...