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Article: LABOR OF LOVE : WIDOW KEEPS ALIVE THE LESSONS OF JACKIE ROBINSON.(SPORTS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- April 5, 1997
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Byline: Matt McHale Daily News Deputy Sports Editor
It's five hours before the curtain goes up and Rachel Robinson has 500 things to do.
On this day in early February, she has driven 80 miles from her home on the Connecticut coast to attend the announcement that her grandson Jesse Simms has accepted a football scholarship to UCLA. Four newspapers and three television stations want interviews. The Jackie Robinson Foundation has called twice.
That evening, she was honored at the ESPY Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City for the 50th anniversary of her late husband Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier.
In the past ...