Jackie Robinson

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 18: Butch Huskey #25 of the New York Mets looks on before a baseball game against the Houston Astros on June 18, 1995 at Shea Stadium in New York City. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

MLB Legend Dies at 54

Butch Huskey was the penultimate New York Mets player to wear Jackie Robinson’s number.

Tomas Thor

Donald Trump, ilustration

Trump-Tied Bets Firm Quietly Pulls Segregation Gambling Ad

Kalshi cast the end of baseball’s color line as a betting market—then the pages featuring Jackie Robinson quietly vanished.

Tom Latchem

Gerald Chaney singing the National Anthem.

MEDICAL EMERGENCY

National Anthem Singer Hospitalized After Collapsing

The singer stopped twice while performing and then fell to the ground near second base, as fans looked on in stunned silence.

Erkki Forster

John Ullyot

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Top Hegseth Aide Resigns After Jackie Robinson Controversy

Press secretary John Ullyot was sidelined after the purge of a web page about the legendary baseball star.

Tom Sanders

Jackie Robinson, in military uniform

Pentagon Spokesman Benched After Jackie Robinson Page Outcry

Press Secretary John Ullyot released a statement attacking what he called “Discriminatory Equity Ideology.”

Tom Sanders

Jackie Robinson, in military uniform

PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED

DOD Admits It Deleted a Webpage for Jackie Robinson

The sites were quietly restored Wednesday.

Erkki Forster