Uecker's oldest daughter, Leann, died in 2022 from ALS ... Uecker was married to his first wife, Joyce, from 1956 to 1975. His was married to his second wife, Judy, for 25 years until their ...

There are many influential African Americans in US History. Many have stood up against slavery, segregation and racial legacy ...

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 ...

COURTESY PHOTO Jim Becker at his surprise 98th birthday party last August. Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous historic events around the world, but might be most remembered in ...

HONOLULU – Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army ...

Before Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in Major League Baseball and embarked on a Hall-of-Fame MLB career, he was a four-sport star at UCLA ...

Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete ... Major League Baseball celebrates that groundbreaking day every April 15. Robinson died in 1972 at the age of 53, but his legacy has lived on for ...

January 31 is the birthday of Jackie Robinson, the pioneering baseball player who broke the color barrier. The first time he did so was during spring training in Daytona Beach. That stadium is now ...

“They [lawyers] did ring me when they were doing this new deal and said ‘Jackie wants this [death] clause’,” Sandilands said. “I said, ‘I’ve had this for years.’” Kyle Sandilands ...