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Rachel Robinson met Jackie Robinson at UCLA in the 1940s. This past weekend Rachel Robinson celebrated her 103rd birthday ...
Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson's April 15th, 1947 debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers were heralded for the ...
In November 2014, UCLA officially named 22 of its facilities as the Jackie Robinson Athletics and Recreation Complex. An in-ground bronze plaque with the number 42 marks each entrance to these ...
LOS ANGELES — In the stadium that bears his name on a weekend meant to remember him and his historic struggle to integrate major league baseball, Jackie Robinson and his legacy were alive and ...
From 1939 to 1941, Robinson, a Pasadena native, competed in four sports at UCLA. A decorated athlete, he won an NCAA title in broad jump, was an honorable mention All-American football player and ...
UCLA has retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 across all sports, honoring the former four-star athlete and civil rights pioneer 75 years after he first enrolled as a Bruin. The school announced the ...
UCLA announced Wednesday several planned improvements to Jackie Robinson Stadium, including a new state-of-the-art practice infield that will be called Branca Family Field in honor of former ...
"UCLA leases Jackie Robinson Stadium from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but the university does not own the stadium or its parking lot. From time to time, ...
The Bruins play in Jackie Robinson Stadium, where a statue of him overlooks the playing field. UCLA retired the number 42 in all sports in 2014, the 75th anniversary of his arrival at the school.
UCLA leases Jackie Robinson stadium from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, but the university does not own the stadium or its parking lot. From time to time, ...
WEST LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A federal judge late Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to lock down UCLA's Jackie Robinson Stadium on the VA's West Los Angeles campus at noon ...
Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 in 1997 and now his alma mater, UCLA, is doing the same, it was announced Saturday.