Weekly sports trivia quiz _ Jackie Robinson and Hot Topics.

Knight Ridder/Tribune;  April 20, 2007 ;     348 words ......1.) In how many World Series did Jackie Robinson participate in with the Brooklyn Dodgers...Baseball commissioner Bud Selig retired Jackie Robinson's No. 42 in perpetuity during Robinson...number on their jerseys? 3.) Where was Jackie Robinson born? 4.) In what year was ...

THE MAYOR'S CORNER: Jackie Robinson changed the baseball world

Filipino Reporter;  May 1, 1997 ;     515 words ......Reporter 05-01-1997 THE MAYOR'S CORNER: Jackie Robinson changed the baseball world forever...New York. In 1947, when I was a kid, Jackie Robinson broke into baseball, and he changed...Martin Luther King, Jr., there was Jackie Robinson. He was an extraordinary ballplayer...

A Test of Courage: Jackie Robinson's Rookie Year

Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR);  April 15, 2007 ;   LIANE HANSEN;   787 words ......Test of Courage: Jackie Robinson's Rookie Year Host...baseball season. Jackie Robinson, the man Red Barber...was integrated. Jonathan Eig has just written...Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season...the program. Mr. JONATHAN EIG (Author, "Opening ...

Pelosi Honors Jackie Robinson at Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

U.S. Newswire;  March 2, 2005 ;     787 words ......and President Bush today honored Jackie Robinson with the Congressional Gold Medal...we bare witness to the greatness of Jackie Robinson. Throughout his life, Jackie credited...Representative from Kentucky. "When Jackie Robinson was signed, the courageous Dodger...

STUDENTS HAVE WORDS OF PRAISE FOR JACKIE ROBINSON

ABC World News This Morning;  April 15, 1997 ;   MARK MULLEN;   380 words ......MARK MULLEN: Fifty years ago today, Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbetts Field in Brooklyn...SINGERS: (singing) Can`t you see Jackie Robinson hit that ball. Can he hit it? Yes...BERLINDA JOSEPH, 12-Year-Old: I am Jackie Robinson. I am from the home of the free and...

The Jackie Robinson Foundation; Salutes Holly Robinson Peete and Richard...

Washington Afro-American;  June 10, 2005 ;     365 words ......Century Plaza Hotel to pay homage to Jackie Robinson by saluting actress-philanthropist...actor Blair Underwood, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in the 1996 made-for-television film...Larry King was on hand to introduce Jackie Robinson's widow, Rachel Robinson, who celebrated...

Robinson, Jackie: Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First...

Biography;  June 22, 2007 ;   Jennings, Jay;   138 words ...Robinson, Jackie Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season. Jonathan Eig. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. 323 pp. $26.00. Eig's analysis and prose are hit-and-miss. His structural gambit of interviewing...

PELOSI HONORS JACKIE ROBINSON AT CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL CEREMONY

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  March 2, 2005 ;     787 words ......For Immediate Release Pelosi Honors Jackie Robinson at Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony...and President Bush today honored Jackie Robinson with the Congressional Gold Medal...we bare witness to the greatness of Jackie Robinson. Throughout his life, Jackie credited...

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  May 11, 2007 ;   John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News;   348 words ...* Nonfiction. By Jonathan Eig. Simon & Schuster, $26. Grade: B- Book in a nutshell: Eig...Street Journal, revisits the memorable 1947 season in which Jackie Robinson not only became the first black to play in the majors since...

Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season.(Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 11, 2007 ;   Ensslin, John C.;   355 words ...Byline: John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News * Nonfiction. By Jonathan Eig. Simon & Schuster, $26. Grade: B Book in a nutshell...Street Journal, revisits the memorable 1947 season in which Jackie Robinson not only became the first black to play in the majors since...

A Tribute: Jackie Robinson

Atlanta Inquirer;  May 3, 1997 ;     298 words ...Atlanta Inquirer 05-03-1997 A Tribute: Jackie Robinson On Tuesday April 15 the New York Mets...years ago April 15 marked the day jackie Robinson crossed the color barrier by playing his first Major League Baseball game. Jackie Robinson played with the Brooklyn Dodgers...

His influence is bigger than baseball: Jackie Robinson opened doors to all...

Charleston Daily Mail;  April 16, 2007 ;   Bill Plaschke;   787 words ......years later, is it any surprise that Jackie Robinson fooled everyone again? In festivities...and speeches and standing ovations, Jackie Robinson came alive. In the one place where...bust of a man who barely looks like Jackie Robinson. But underneath his face, the words...

The Jackie Robinson Foundation (JRF) to Host Third Annual JAZZ on the...

U.S. Newswire;  August 4, 2008 ;     667 words ......1-201-697-6828, both of The Jackie Robinson Foundation LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Jackie Robinson Foundation will host its third...star-studded event will benefit the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a college scholarship...

Schumer pushes for congressional medal award for Jackie Robinson

New York Beacon, The;  May 14, 2003 ;     644 words ......Schumer - joined by baseball legend Jackie Robinson's daughter Sharon, representatives...Congressional Gold Medal to baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Schumer is an original co-sponsor...it soon spread across the world." Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier and...

JACKIE ROBINSON: LEGACY LIVES ON ... Jackie Robinson Trivia Answers

New Haven Register;  April 15, 2007 ;     131 words ......Page D11: In what year did Jackie Robinson win the National League...Answer: 1949. - Page D12: Jackie Robinson earned his spot in Baseball...D13: With which team did Jackie Robinson play in the Negro Leagues...