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Rogers says Yankees are cause of instant replay - Baseball - NBCSports.com
Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson safely steals home plate under the tag attempt of Yankees catcher Yogi Berra in the eighth inning of the World Series opener Sept. 28, 1955 in New York's Yankee Stadium. With pinch-hitter Frank Kellert at bat, ...
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From serious to silly, we got links. Starting with the serious. Dugout Central has an impassioned response to Jesse Jackson Jr.’s comparison of Barack Obama in 2008 to Jackie Robinson in 1947. What is Fantasy Humor? For my rivals last year, ...
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Stop the Jackie Robinson/Barack Obama Comparisons. Now.
I don't think Barack has a cakewalk as the first serious (sorry, Jesse) black president. But the author is right - it's nowhere near what Jackie experienced.
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 Phil Mickelson Got "Jackie Robinson Off His Back"
Phil Mickelson Got "Jackie Robinson Off His Back"
Um, say what? Dan O'Neill, a contributor to NBCSports.com, is either dumb, or racist, or both, based on his column from the PGA Championship that ran Sunday afternoon.
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 NBC Writer Uses 'Jackie Robinson' as Synonym for 'Monkey', Probably Getting Fired
NBC Writer Uses 'Jackie Robinson' as Synonym for 'Monkey', Probably Getting Fired
I don't know this for a fact, but I think that golf writer Dan O'Neill (if that is your real name, Wanny ) has probably written his last column for NBC. Why do I think that? Well, Dan, in an attempt to discuss Sergio Garcia 's on-course struggles ...
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Bugs & Cranks » Honor Larry Doby, Jackie Robinson And All People: Retire Chief Wahoo
Two great pioneers, but still another symbol of racism remains in view (it's on Doby's sleeve in this photo). It was easy to miss yesterday’s 60th anniversary of Larry Doby becoming the American League’s first African-American player. The team he ...
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 THT Live:Bring Cuban to the Cubs
THT Live:Bring Cuban to the Cubs
Do you want the Lords of Baseball to allow Mark Cuban into the club? If so, you can now do something about it. Just drop by the Bring Cuban to the Cubs website and put your money where you mouth is. BCC is collecting pledges from interested parties. If Cuban is allowed to buy the Cubs, all of the donations will go to the Jackie Robinson Foundation. If not, the pledges will be untouched.  ...