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DeShaun Foster Discusses UCLA Legend Jackie Robinson's Impact
UCLA football coach DeShaun Foster has been a major advocate for honoring one of the greatest athletes and cultural figures ...
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On Jackie Robinson Day in L.A., Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls Trump anti-DEI policies ‘a ruse to discriminate’
LOS ANGELES — The 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of Major League Baseball’s color barrier centered on the Los Angeles Dodgers, as it always does. But on Tuesday, the league ...
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April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Robinson ... the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Robinson participated in football, baseball, basketball and track at Pasadena Junior College and UCLA, where he became a ...
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Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson’s legacy on 78th anniversary of breaking color barrier
LOS ANGELES — Jackie Robinson was the first ... Abdul-Jabbar followed in Robinson’s footsteps as a sports star at UCLA, then known as Lew Alcindor, where he won three national championships ...
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Jackie Robinson Was No DEI Hire
April 15th was Tax Day, but it was also Jackie Robinson Day. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers General Manager and President Branch Rickey hired Robinson to be the first black major league player ...
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Aaron Judge reflects on the 'humbling' impact of Jackie Robinson Day
On Jackie Robinson Day, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge expressed his gratitude for Robinson's groundbreaking legacy. Judge, along with all MLB players, wore the number 42 jersey, a tribute ...