WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It has been one year since the League 42 Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from its place in McAdams Park. On Jan. 25, 2024, a pair of shoes was all that was left of a ...
A statue of baseball legend Jackie Robinson stolen from a Kansas park was found dismantled and burned in a trash can fire ...
Robinson was the first Black player to break major league baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers Montreal ...
The film tells the story of the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue from local youth baseball organization League 42. The Orpheum Theatre in Wichita will be the site on Saturday of the big screen ...
The company contacted the nonprofit group after the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue in 2024 outside the league’s home field, asking how they could help. League 42 is a Little League baseball ...
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
Jackie Robinson’s journey to the majors was anything but easy. As the first Black player in the modern era of Major League Baseball, he endured racial slurs, hate mail, death threats ...
CAIRO, Ga. (WCTV) - The Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club’s “Diamond Affair” event featured former Atlanta Brave Chipper Jones as the keynote speaker. Friday’s fundraiser happened on ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
JB Lacroix//Getty Images Her ensemble was ivory and monochrome, the centerpiece being a silky floor-length dress with a straight high neckline and thin straps. The piece hails from Brunello ...