(AP) — A Department of Defense webpage describing baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson’s military service was restored Wednesday after it was missing earlier in the day. That ...
For me, Jackie Robinson was one of the first people that I knew was a hero. His time in the Army in the 1940s and then being the Black player in modern Major League Baseball should have granted ...
Yes, that Jackie Robinson. His military service during World War II was flushed down the Orwellian memory hole some time on Tuesday. We think it was Tuesday. An ESPN reporter noticed that Jackie ...
On Wednesday, MLB great Jackie Robinson became the talk of the town after the US Department of Defense (DoD) removed his military page amid the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) purge. Following ...
Among them was a page about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947 following service in the U.S. Army. In a statement after the article’s removal ...
Former NFL quarterback and currently unemployed sports analyst Robert Griffin III went viral on social media for suggesting that the accomplishments of athletes such as Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens ...
Retired NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III faced intense heat on social media when he said Jackie Robinson breaking the MLB’s color barrier wasn’t political. Robinson has been at the center of ...
This tweet is not about Jackie Robinson. His significance can never and should never be erased. Breaking the color barrier in baseball in itself is not political. Jesse Owens winning 4 Gold Medals ...
The Pentagon removed a webpage honoring Jackie Robinson, stating that 'DEI is dead.' The removed page, celebrating Robinson's achievements and military service, was part of an article titled ...
Robert Griffin III has once again found himself on the business end of public outrage after making some proudly obtuse comments about Jackie Robinson’s historic color-barrier-breaking career in Major ...
The Pentagon deleted pages dedicated to baseball great Jackie Robinson, who served as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army and fought ardently for civil rights. Here's why that matters. Bettmann / NBC via ...