JACKIE ROBINSON RUMORS
Jackie Robinson UCLA Highlights to Make You Feel Like You've Never Accomplished Anything
Before Jackie Robinson was a blue "42" in every major league stadium he was a civil rights icon. Before that he was a Major League MVP, All Star, Rookie of the Year and World Series champion. Before that he was an officer in the U.S. Army who got court martialed for refusing to move to the back of an Army bus. But before all that Robinson was one of the greatest athletes...
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...
Did Jackie Robinson Impact Major League Baseball More than Any Other Player?
Jackie Robinson didn’t just say that; he lived it. Monday, April 15, 2013 marks the 66th anniversary of the pioneer who journeyed where no man had journeyed before him. If his life is measured by the impact it made on others, it is nothing short of monumental. Has anyone impacted Major League Baseball more than the man who stood alone and broke the color barrier?
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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...
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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Tigers great Willie Horton tells his '42' story
DETROIT Willie Horton was 4 years old when Jackie Robinson broke baseballs color barrier in 1947.
Horton was the youngest of 21 children in a coal-mining family in Arno, Va., and remembers his father, James, boarding a bus with some friends for a trip to see Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers play the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field.
Papa would tell me all about Jackie, Horton...
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April 11, 2013
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Newk: Why it had to be Jackie
Jackie Robinson's contribution to American history will be remembered with particular poignancy over the next several days, between the opening of the movie "42" and the 66th anniversary of his major-league debut.
Whether we see the film or reflect about the meaning of the "42" on every jersey across the major leagues on April 15, it's important to know...
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April 10, 2013
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A guide to exploring Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn
With the movie ''42'' bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the African-American athlete who integrated Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
In Coney Island, a statue portrays Robinson and Pee Wee Reese, the white Dodger who stood...
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April 10, 2013
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Jackie Robinson's lessons served Baylor well
PHOENIX -- Don Baylor was hit by 267 major league pitches, some thrown with malice. But nothing may have stung more than the hit he took one day in junior high in Austin, Texas.
Where is the 18th parallel? Baylors teacher asked, a question designed to humiliate.The teacher bopped Baylor on the head with a rolled up paper when he did not know the answer, as if every seventh-grader...
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April 09, 2013
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Boyd's controversial Robinson comments
Most current and former Major Leaguers share an open admiration and fondness for Jackie Robinson. Well, Oil Can Boyd isn't most major leaguers.
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