Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army ...
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Before Becoming an MLB Pioneer, Jackie Robinson Was a Minor League Idol
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In Jackie Robinson's GA hometown, Chipper honors 'trailblazer of epic proportion'
A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...
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In Jackie Robinson’s Georgia hometown, Chipper Jones honors ‘trailblazer of epic proportion’
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Jackie Robinson: Before the Dodgers, a 4-sport star at UCLA
Every MLB team has retired his No. 42 jersey, and on the anniversary of his first appearance for the Dodgers, every MLB player wears the number for “Jackie Robinson Day.” In his 10-year career ...
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Before Becoming an MLB Pioneer, Jackie Robinson Was a Minor League Idol
Dodgers great Jackie Robinson was a household name before he broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947. In Montreal, at least, where the fans accepted and revered him. That’s where ...
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Dodgers greats Newcombe and Campanella made history as Minors teammates
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Jackie Robinson’s baseball career started in N.J. He just got a floating honor here.
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Who was Jim Becker? AP Journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's Major League debut dies at 98
Jim Becker, a long-time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for the Associated Press (AP), died at age 98 in Honolulu due to natural cause ...