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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about Jackie Robinson
An Asterisk Runs Through It
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9-1-2009
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns doesn’t rewrite history. He brings the past to life.
Article Excerpts:
...Jefferson, Mark Twain, Frank Lloyd Wright,
Jackie Robinson
, and Lewis and Clark, among others. In 2007,...
...I was 11 -- I don’t even remember a moment when
Jackie Robinson
wasn’t just sick but dying ,” Burns recalls.
...difficult and tragic tone for our family. After
Jackie Robinson
died, my father set a very strict curfew for my...
Hot Ink & High Notes
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4-1-2002
Our take on new releases printed and recorded.
Article Excerpts:
...the Newark Eagles play in the days before
Jackie Robinson
shattered the color line. Indispensable works...
If You Build It, Will They Come?
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4-1-2007
That's the question people are asking about the baseball cathedrals planned for the Yankees and Mets in New York, the first new ballparks for the city in almost 50 years. But they're not talking about fans; its the business community that they need.
Article Excerpts:
...not be an exact replica of the stadium where
Jackie Robinson
, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, and the other boys of...
Road Trip
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5-15-2008
After 12 years in pinstripes, Joe Torre finds himself 3,000 miles away, in the land of sunshine, palm trees, and Paris Hilton. Will the consummate New Yawker really be able to bleed Dodger blue?
Article Excerpts:
...the beloved hometown franchise of his youth:
Jackie Robinson
and Duke Snider and, later, Sandy Koufax. But at...