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 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 III runs the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. His grandfather, Branch Rickey, created the minor league system.

Branch Rickey’s grandson calls Jackie Robinson movie “42” a big hit Chadwick Boseman, left, who plays Jackie Robinson, and Harrison Ford, as Branch Rickey, nail their roles in the movie ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

We continue the 25 greatest Dodgers of all time countdown with one of the key front office people in their history.

Brooklyn Dodgers’ president Branch Rickey, right, and star Jackie Robinson confer at the Chicago Baseball Writers’ Association annual dinner in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 18, 1948.

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 ...