Jackie Robinson had a great week, according to the SN archives (April 14, 1997, issue)
This story was first published in The Sporting News on April 14, 1997, on the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaching baseball’s color line. It was written by TSN archivist Steve Gietschier, a Brooklyn native who witnessed his first Dodgers game during the Robinson period. The New York Times’ sports columnist Arthur Daley treated the … Read more