Jackie Robinson, shown here in military uniform signing a contract with a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is among the veterans whose Department of Defense webpages were removed — and then restored — as part of the Trump administration's scrubbing of references to DEI material. /Bettmann Archive hide caption
Baseball catcher Josh Gibson in an undated photo. AP hide caption
A bronze statue of legendary baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson was stolen from a park in Wichita, Kan., during the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Travis Heying/AP hide caption
St. Louis Cardinals players Curt Flood, Bill White and Bob Gibson, pictured in 1966, 1962 and 1967, respectively. They are the focus of a new History Channel documentary about the Black baseball players who followed Jackie Robinson into the major league. AP hide caption
Michael Jordan, No. 23 of the Chicago Bulls, is seen in a game in 1984. An unused ticket from his first game as a Bull, Oct. 26, 1984, has sold for $468,000. Rick Stewart/Getty Images hide caption
American professional baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, dressed in a road uniform, crouches by the base and prepares to catch a ball in 1951. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
A Milwaukee Brewers player wears a Black Lives Matter shirt before a game with the Chicago White Sox earlier this month in Chicago. Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images hide caption
Pictured from left to right: catcher O'Neal Pullen, pitcher Ajay Johnson, shortstop Biz Mackey and manager Lonnie Goodwin Negro Leagues Baseball Museum/Courtesy of Bill Staples, Jr. hide caption
A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Before the damage: The statue of Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson, outside the stadium where the minor league Brooklyn Cyclones play. AP hide caption