The 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s historic Major League Baseball debut took place on April 15th with the entire league honoring the late second baseman’s contribution to the sport. Becoming the first Black player to star in the MLB, Robinson endured taunts and threats, choosing a silent grace away from the field but aggressive […]
An opera about Negro Leagues slugger Josh Gibson will premiere in Pittsburgh in April 2017.
April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day, and the most famous number 42 in sports had such an impact that he not only changed baseball, but changed…
Little League International stripped Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League of the 2014 United States title and vacated all the games it won for using ineligible…
The Jackie Robinson statue that sits outside MCU Park in Coney Island was found defaced with racial slurs and graffiti Wednesday, according to the NY…
The biopic about the trailblazing baseball player Jackie Robinson is catching some heat for the characterization of other baseball players in the film. The family…
Looks like the Jackie Robinson biopic, “42″, stunned everyone when it came in number one at the box office this weekend, making $9.1 million. It…
When it comes to the issue of race in America, Hollywood can never quite get it right. Most mainstream screenwriters and directors are either too…
On April 12 Director Brian Helk brings the life story of Jackie Robinson and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers to the big screen…
Talk about a biopic of the life of Jackie Robinson has hit fever pitch. After months of speculation as to how the film titled “42″…
