This Date in Baseball, April 10 - Jackie Robinson becomes the 1st black player to sign a Major League contract ...

Before he broke barriers and records with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was a four-sport phenom at UCLA, starring in football, basketball, track and field, and of course, baseball.

1947 — Jackie Robinson becomes first black player of the 20th century to sign an MLB contract. 1949 — Sam Snead wins the Masters, beating Lloyd Mangrum and Johnny Bulla by three strokes.

The historic Jackie Robinson Training Complex holds special significance in Robinson’s legacy, as it was an integrated spring ...

1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player ... Philadelphia’s Don Money hit the first home run. 1973 — The first game at Royals Stadium is played. John Mayberry hit a home run ...

Duke, who finished the first round with consecutive 300s, opens the second round with his third perfect game of the day. 2005 — Tiger Woods wins the Masters with a spectacular finish of birdies ...

The Jackie Robinson Celebration Game will be ... as it was an integrated spring training facility in the South. The first official spring training game there was played on March 31, 1948, a ...

Charlie Gardiner gets the shutout and Mush March scores the winning goal at 30:05 of overtime. It’s the final NHL game for Gardiner, who dies of a brain hemorrhage two months later.

Walter Johnson allowed an unearned run in the first inning. He did not yield another run for 56 consecutive innings. 1947 — Jackie Robinson became the first black player of the 20th century to ...