Branch Rickey changed the face of baseball in 1947 when he promoted Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was his greatest act in a lifetime filled with many exemplary acts.

Branch Rickey was the front-office executive making a courageous call. Robinson was the strong-willed player who stood up to the challenges of breaking the color barrier. Robinson made his Dodgers ...

Branch Rickey is most famous for helping break Major League Baseball’s color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson to a minor league contract while he was general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in ...

Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, pointed a professional finger at his office in Ebbetts Field, Jan. 8, 1943, Brooklyn, N.Y. when he said training sites under consideration for his ...

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers' second baseman, has a wide smile that almost matches the wide eyes of Dodgers president Branch Rickey as they get together on Jackie's 1950 contract in the ...

The Branch Rickey Miracle Jackie Robinson deservedly is credited as a pioneering hero, but the man who put him in the position to do so risked a great deal as well. By Steven Goldman Apr 10, 2013 ...

A year ago, the Library of Congress finished digitizing nearly 2,000 scouting reports written by Branch Rickey, the former Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates general manager who helped break ...

Branch Rickey became president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942, succeeding Larry MacPhail, who had left the team to serve in World War II.

Providing viewpoint from inside the family, Branch Rickey III gives the movie “42” a 10. Rickey III is the grandson of Branch Rickey, one of the important characters in the movie as the man ...

Branch Rickey was the front-office executive making a courageous call. Robinson was the strong-willed player who stood up to the challenges of breaking the color barrier. Robinson made his Dodgers ...