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How Sam Lacy helped integrate Major League Baseball
Like most films depicting historic accounts of real-life events, the bio-epic "42" carries the immediate disclaimer that it is based on a true story, leaving room for interpretive analysis and creative license. Consequently, dramatic interpretations are...
Tags: Entertainment, Baseball, Yankee Stadium, 42 (movie), Major League Baseball
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Honoring Sam Lacy's role in Jackie Robinson's success
Thanks for your wonderful article about Sam Lacy ("How Sam Lacy helped integrate baseball," April 22). My husband and I were privileged to know Mr. Lacy during the last decade of his life and to hear directly from him what it was like during the days when...Tags: Baseball, Sports
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Lacy deserved mention in '42'
Having just seen the wonderful film, "42," the other day, I, too, was struck by the absence of a mention of the Baltimore Afro-American's Sam Lacy in the sports reporting of such a momentous time in baseball, America's and civil rights history. Your...
Tags: Baseball, 42 (movie), Sports
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Who were the first black NBA players?
There has been a lot of recent publicity about Jackie Robinson being the first black player in Major League Baseball, thanks to the excellent movie "42" and fine articles such as those by John Kass (“’42’ may open the eyes of a new...Tags: National Basketball Association, Boston Celtics, Clifton, New York Knicks
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NBA Player's Coming Out A Big Step Among Many
Perhaps this is a Jackie Robinson moment, a historic point in time — but it doesn't feel like one. It feels so inevitable that we had to be reminded that it hadn't already happened. We refer of course to National Basketball Association player...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Sports Illustrated, National Basketball Association, Boston Celtics, Basketball
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Acceptance of gay players will be an issue in 'jungle' of male locker room
Jason Collins did the right thing. He did the courageous thing. And he should be applauded and accepted for what he did this week. But do not for a second believe that the uniform message of approval flooding in about Collins being the first openly gay...
Tags: Baseball, Stan Van Gundy, Football, New York Jets, Amway Center
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College Roundup: UCI baseball falls to UCLA
BASEBALL UCLA 8, UC Irvine 1 LOS ANGELES — Connor Spencer went two for four with one run batted in and Chris Rabago was two for four for the visiting Anteaters in the nonconference game Tuesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA (28-13) broke...Tags: Track and Field, UC Davis Aggies, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, College Sports, College Baseball
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Orlando Repertory Theatre announces 2013-14 season
Orlando Repertory Theatre's 2013-14 season is full of familiar names for children and their parents: baseball great Jackie Robinson, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Freckleface Strawberry and Richard Scarry's animals from Busytown. The Rep's 11th season...
Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment, Baseball, Julianne Moore, Arts and Culture
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Jason Collins Has No Team, But He'll Always Be A Trailblazer
The Hartford CourantHe is smart. He is a Stanford man. He is strong and he is aggressive. At 7 feet, 255 pounds, he led the NBA in personal fouls in 2004-2005. He is a veteran of 12 seasons, six teams, two NBA Finals, a teammate known for his commitment to his group's...Tags: Brooklyn Nets, Judges, Shaquille O'Neal, Doc Rivers, Sports Illustrated
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Tribeca 2013: In 'Trials of Muhammad Ali,' a counterpoint to '42'
NEW YORK--When a championship boxer like Muhammad Ali felt disrespected by another fighter, he might have been expected to do what most boxers would: knock his opponent's lights out. But the icon took a different route when faced with a rival he...
Tags: Malcolm X, Entertainment, Film Festivals, 42 (movie), Belief and Faith
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'42' in the Windy City
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers brought their historic roadshow to Chicago a few weeks into the 1947 season, a record crowd of 46,572 people crammed into Wrigley Field, and 20,000 more stood outside wishing they could get in. After the game,...Tags: Baseball, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Jesse Jackson, Chicago Cubs
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Jackie Robinson's Legacy As 'The Greatest'
The Hartford CourantYears ago, sportscaster Howard Cosell was asked to name his all-time favorite athlete. Obviously, the most prominent sports journalist of his era would name the man who made Cosell famous: Ali. Wrong. "That's an easy one,'' Cosell said, spacing...Tags: Entertainment, Baseball, Arts and Culture, 42 (movie), Culture
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Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Daily Pilot
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Apr 30, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Apr 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Apr 28, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
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