Major League Baseball warned Los Angeles Dodger slugger Carl Crawford against wearing the special edition Jackie Robinson cleats he wore as a tribute on Monday. Crawford was among several major league players who received two pairs of the special edition No. 42 cleats produced by Nike Air Jordan — one pair in Brooklyn Dodgers blue, [...]
42 Reasons to Commemorate Jackie Robinson
April 15, 2013 | Posted by
On April 15, Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. On that day 66 years ago, Robinson broke the baseball color line and became the first African-American to play on a major sports team. Today, “42″ — a biopic about the Baseball Hall of Famer and civil rights pioneer, whose jersey was emblazoned with the number [...]
5 Issues That Hollywood May Omit in ’42′
April 4, 2013 | Posted by
I’m both excited and apprehensive about the upcoming Jackie Robinson biopic, 42. I’m excited because any high-profile film and attendant discussion about the man Martin Luther King, Jr., called “a freedom rider before freedom rides” should be a positive. I’m excited because the film might stir people to read brilliant books like Jules Tygiel’s Baseball’s Great Experiment, [...]
Michelle Obama Says Jackie Robinson Biopic Delivers Important Message
April 3, 2013 | Posted by
During a private screening event for 42, a biopic detailing the life of Jackie Robinson, first lady Michelle Obama Tuesday told an audience of students that watching the depiction of racism in the tale of baseball’s integration was upsetting. The first lady and President Barack Obama viewed the movie over the weekend, and she said [...]
’42′ Soundtrack Includes Great Sampling of Period Jazz
March 23, 2013 | Posted by
The past two years has seen two high-profile baseball-themed movies: one good, 2011’s “Moneyball,” and the other less-than-good, last year’s Clint Eastwood-starring “Trouble With The Curve.” While the latter film was a disappointment for the studio, Warner Brothers is hoping they’ll hit a homerun (see what we did there?) with the Jackie Robinson biopic “42.” [...]
Rachel Robinson Grateful Mariano Rivera Last to Wear No. 42
March 8, 2013 | Posted by
Rachel Robinson, the wife of baseball trailblazer Jackie Robinson, said she was glad that the last New York Yankee to wear her husband’s No. 42 will be pitcher Mariano Rivera, who plans to announce his retirement Saturday after this season. “I’ve always been proud and pleased that Mariano was the one chosen to wear that [...]
Pres. Obama Wants to Visit Atlanta Set of Jackie Robinson Bio-Pic, ’42′
June 24, 2012 | Posted by
President Barack Obama heads back to Atlanta for more fundraising this week, and reportedly wants to visit the set of a movie filming here. Deadline reports that Obama wants to visit the set of “42,” the movie about baseball great Jackie Robinson. Actor Chadwick Boseman plays the athlete who broke MLB’s color line by joining [...]
