The Yankees honored the late Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, with a plaque in Monument Park as part of their Jackie Robinson Day festivities. AP Photo/New York Yankees As the ...

The time and place are very significant because it was events on 25 July 1981 on the field at Rugby Park Hamilton which brought such joy and jubilation to Nelson Mandela who by that time had spent ...

A statue of Nelson Mandela in Atlanta's Piedmont Park gained new attention this week, as well-wishers sought ways to remember the former South African president, who died on Thursday. Soon after ...

To Mandela, he was a Yankee. So the club will honor the late South African president the best way it can — with a plaque in Monument Park in Yankee Stadium. The dedication will happen as part of ...

To commemorate that moment and the life of Mandela, the South African leader who died last week at 95, the Yankees will place a plaque in Monument Park. It will be unveiled on Jackie Robinson Day, ...