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Doug Glanville with Rachel Robinson in Cuba in 2016. Doug Glanville. LIKE MY KIDS, I was introduced to Jackie Robinson's story when I was growing up in New Jersey.His story had always been larger ...
Less than 24 hours after Mina Kimes issued a monologue about Jackie Robinson, her former ESPN colleague, Robert Griffin III, said sports shows should not have politics involved.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier, ESPN will launch multi-month programming next week to honor the sports legend.
ESPN's Mina Kimes has taken aim at Donald Trump after the U.S. Department of Defense removed a story from their website about baseball trailblazer Jackie Robinson's time in the military ...
ESPN's Jeff Passan blasted the Defense Department for removing an article about Jackie Robinson's military service in a post on X.
The Pentagon is facing backlash after an article dedicated to baseball legend Jackie Robinson and his time in the Army was removed from the Department of Defense’s (DOD) website. ESPN baseball ...
Taking to X, ESPN's Jeff Passan called out the U.S. Department of Defense for removing an article regarding Jackie Robinson's Army history.
The Department of Defense has restored a story dedicated to the Army history of Jackie Robinson, who defiantly opposed racism in the military before breaking baseball's color barrier, on its website.
On March 18, 2025, ESPN baseball columnist Jeff Passan made an X post (archived) claiming that the U.S. Department of Defense removed a page about the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie ...
The stolen Jackie Robinson statue continues to go from a tragedy to one of the most inspirational stories in sports. Maybe in all of the country. ... Lutz told ESPN that the cleats, ...
Jackie Robinson poses in his army uniform in the 1950s. ... On Tuesday, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported that the Department of Defense had deleted an article covering Robinson's military service.