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MLB Mount Rushmore: Jackie Robinson’s Lasting Impact Deserves Recognition
Willie Mays deserves an apology.
Mays, considered by many to be the greatest all-around player in baseball history, didn’t make the final cut for NESN.com’s MLB Mount Rushmore. That’s because after hours of agony, there were four others — Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson — whose overall credentials were difficult to ignore.
Mount Rushmore — as a...
Michael Sam: The Next Jackie Robinson?
“I’m Gay and I’m gonna play”!
I remember that line from the movie Valentines Day a few years ago. While I sat in the dark theather and watched that terrible movie, I remember laughing at this great one liner, but thought to myself “is there a gay player in the NFL”? The answer could finally be a yes after NFL Draft prospect Michael Sam announced earlier this week...
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Larry Doby may not be household name, but should be
When we think of the integration of baseball, the name that comes to mind for most is that of Jackie Robinson. And while Robinson's accomplishments in breaking baseball's color barrier should never be marginalized, there's another legend that perhaps deserves more credit for how he changed the game.
On July 5, 1947, 11 weeks after Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn...
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February 03, 2014
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Dodgers fan has epic back tattoo with Scully, Jackie Robinson
No joke: pitchers and catchers report in three weeks…unless you are the Arizona Diamondbacks or the L.A. Dodgers, whose players will report in…
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January 24, 2014
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Former NBA player Robinson proposes new arena on Vegas Strip
A former NBA player says he wants to build a $1.3 billion arena and hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas basketball player and businessman Jackie Robinson announced the project this week.
It's tentatively called the All Net Arena and Resort, and would be built on the site of a former water park near the renovated SLS Las Vegas hotel-casino and the Fontainebleau tower.
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Via AP on Fox
December 25, 2013
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Statue of Jackie Robinson at MCU park defaced
A statue of Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese that is on display outside MCU Park in Brooklyn has been defaced. The statue which features Reese with his arm around Robinson was littered with racial and anti-semiotic epithets as well as a swastika. Among the hate-filled messages written in black marker on the monument to Robinson and his Brooklyn Dodgers teammate Pee Wee Reese were: [...]
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August 07, 2013
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Jackie Robinson statue vandalized
A statue of Jackie Robinson outside of the Brookyn Cyclones' ballpark - a Mets minor league affiliate -- has been vandalized with swastikas and racial epithets.
Via The Outside Corner
August 07, 2013
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Video: USC Releases Footage Of Jackie Robinson Playing Football For UCLA
Jackie Robinson, football star? Yup, once upon a time. USC released footage of a game in 1939 between the Trojans and the UCLA Bruins, Robinson’s team, which resulted in a 0-0 tie but had some pretty good action.
In the video, you can see Robinson break a few tackles and launch a vicious hit to pop the ball loose when USC was threatening to score.
As great as Robinson looks on...
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April 17, 2013
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Jackie Robinson’s Letter To President Johnson
When I think of the late Jackie Robinson, the first thing that comes to mind is breaking the baseball color line. Brooklyn Dodgers President, Branch Rickey,help integrate Robinson into major league baseball on April 15, 1947. Later on that year, Jackie was named the MLB Rookie of The Year. Two years later her won a batting title that led to the National League MVP award...
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April 16, 2013
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UCLA unveils Jackie Robinson mural
In the forgotten sport of college baseball, there once existed a hero whose legacy will never be forgotten. Before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, forever cementing his legacy as a cultural hero, he was a Bruin. On Sunday afternoon before the UCLA baseball team took on Loyola Marymount, the program honored him in a ceremony at the stadium of his...
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April 14, 2013
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