ROBINSON, FRANK (31 August 1935-7 February 2019) was a Hall of Fame baseball player and the first African-American manager in the major leagues, for the CLEVELAND INDIANS. Robinson was born in ...

Frank Robinson, a gay man who was a well-known science fiction writer and a major contributor to slain gay icon Harvey Milk's legacy, died Monday, June 30. He was 87. Mr. Robinson, who wrote speeches ...

The only player to be named the MVP in both leagues. The sport’s first African-American manager. A first-ballot Hall of Famer. A unique, irrepressible force on and off the field, Frank Robinson was ...

Frank Robinson was one tough individual. Covering him and becoming good friends with him during his career as a manager and executive over 35-odd years, I found it easy to recognize that. He had to be ...

Robinson kissed his wife, Barbara, on the forehead and left his family at the hotel where they were staying before heading to Municipal Stadium. When he arrived, the 39-year-old two-time MVP went ...

Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982 Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles Bureau as a writer and reporter in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Look no further than the statue of Frank Robinson situated in the center of Heritage Park at Progressive Field to understand how much of an impact the Hall of Famer had during his ...