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ADMISSION 2 1/2 stars. Tina Fey stars as a Princeton admissions officer, Paul Rudd is a hippie-dippie progressive school head lobbying for one of his students, in this odd mix of romantic comedy, improbable soap and Ivy League satire. 1 hr. 57 PG-13 (sex,...
Jackie Robinson never appears in Brian Golden’s “Cooperstown,” currently enjoying its West Coast premiere at the Road Theatre Company’s shiny new second stage, but the very idea of him is enough to catalyze powerful changes for the...
TWO OLDER AND WISER MEN -- comedian Bill Cosby and Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig -- gave their advice during ceremonies Sunday in Milwaukee on how college graduates should conduct their lives.
Cosby told Marquette University graduates...
The Jackie Robinson story, "42," is surely the top sports movie of the year. It could rank as one of the top religion movies as well.
The most obvious reference to religion occurs early, when Branch Rickey, Dodgers general manager, proclaims, "He's a...
"If you didn't leave the theater thinking, reflecting, interrupted and physically, emotionally and spiritually moved by the film, then you need to go have a little checkup," asserted Dr. Gary Rapkin about the impact of the biopic "42. "
When one...
Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts.
Baseball biographies and autobiographies have a similar success rate. Too many are publicity-...
We recently asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time, and vote you did, as we received an amazing 12,231 ballots. So many people voted that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20. Each weekday at...
Tom Girardi woke up at 5:30 a.m. on April 1. As always, he had a lot on his mind. But today, he also had a heavy heart. It was Opening Day of the Los Angeles Dodgers 2013 season, a celebration the former aspiring big league baseball player used to revel...
“42” reminds how far we’ve come on race
Dear Editor, The other night my wife Kristen and I went to see the movie42, the Jackie Robinson story. Being the son of a baseball coach and having played baseball in high school, I am...
Cardinals GM John Mozeliak often sports a flamboyant bow tie when he goes to work at Busch Stadium, but there's no truth to the rumor that he's instructed team employees to call him "Branch Rickey" or "Mahatma."
If the bow tie fits, wear it.
Rickey is...
Jason Collins is no Jackie Robinson. Repeat, Jason Collins, the NBA player who came out as the first openly gay athlete in a major sport, is no Jackie Robinson.
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in sports when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as the...
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball court, bouncing around underneath rusted backboards and chain nets, acting out a typical inner-city scene, with...
