Television
And here’s to you, Mr. Robinson.
May 29, 2015
Dodgers
In 1963, Jackie Robinson hosted a jazz concert in the backyard of his Connecticut home.
Jan. 9, 2019
Seventy-five years ago Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier. Fifty years ago he returned to Dodger Stadium, a thaw in a frosty relationship.
April 14, 2022
High School Sports
News flash: Charismatic, past-his-prime, snack-loving celebrity with sideburns chooses desert oasis to revive career.
Aug. 27, 1999
Sports
Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson, the only major leaguer to be named most valuable player in both the National and American leagues and the first African American to manage in the big leagues, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a long illness, according to Major League Baseball.
Feb. 7, 2019
Five years ago, when Frank Robinson was fired as manager of the San Francisco Giants, there was a sense that the man with the Hall of Fame standards was, perhaps, too difficult, too demanding, too forceful to succeed as a manager.
July 6, 1989
In Eddie Robinson’s 57th and Last Season at Grambling, the Coach is Willing but the Record is Weak
Nov. 16, 1997
Politics
He sounded like some alley tough boasting that he was going to beat the daylights out of the red-haired bully who had just moved down the block.
May 28, 1986
Jackie Robinson is immortalized by statues in Canada, Connecticut, Florida and New Jersey, and by two statues in New York.
April 11, 2017
His cherubic likeness adorned the cover of a California Journal issue on the “rising stars” of state politics.
Oct. 28, 1985