Jackie Robinson was a hero and a pioneer in baseball history, but on the field, he can make a legitimate claim to being one of the game's best players.
Scroll through our best work chronicling the life and legacy of No. 42.
MLB players chimed in in remembrance of Jackie Robinson, 70 years after he broke baseball’s color barrier.
The author recreates what it would have been like to see Jackie Robinson's major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
From the SI Vault: William Nack's story of the stretch in May 1947 when Jackie Robinson showed he could play major league baseball, paving the way for other African-Americans to follow.
After unsatisfactorily covering Jackie Robinson in his seminal documentary on baseball, Ken Burns decided to take a more comprehensive look at the man who broke MLB’s color barrier. Burns discusses his new film Jackie Robinson in this week’s Media Circus.
