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Jackie Robinson's story, as told in "42," is incomplete and has some historical gaps, but it allows one father to begin a conversation with his son.

Major League Baseball and its 30 teams plan to take thousands of teenagers to see the Jackie Robinson film "42."

In the movie "42" (spoiler alert) there is a key scene when Jackie Robinson is being heckled by fans in Cincinnati. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese, from nearby Louisville, goes over to Robinson and puts his arm around him. The event has become a principal m...

In 2005, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg helped unveil a monument outside the Brooklyn Cyclones' home field depicting Hall of Famers (and former Brooklyn Dodgers) Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson with Reese's arm around Robinson. It was des...

The Jackie Robinson biopic "42" is set to open nationwide tomorrow. But Uni Watch readers, ever observant, have already spotted a historical inaccuracy in the film's uniforms. The issue involves the Brooklyn Dodgers' caps. If you're into collectin...

Jackie Robinson is in the air this time of year. Next Monday, April 15, will be the 66th anniversary of Robby's big league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and all MLB uniformed personnel will once again mark the occasion by wearing No. 42. Three day...

If you're an ESPN Insider, I hope you've been reading Buster Olney's "all-time greatest" series. He finished off today with his top 10 teams , and the 1998 Yankees were No. 1. No big argument there. When you see these lists, most experts usually g...

This story has been corrected. Read below As someone who has been close to the licensed sports business his entire life, Brian Rutt can't stand to see a sports logo that doesn't look right. So the man behind The Emblem Source, a Dallas-based c...

A couple weeks ago, Keith Law unveiled his annual list of the top 25 players under the age of 25 . Keith's list isn't a projection of the best players for 2013, but rather a projection and ordering of players if you were starting a franchise. I th...

Let's play a little Hall of Fame game. I'm going to present two players with similar statistics. One is in the Hall of Fame and the other is on this year's ballot. Presented two lines of numbers, can you guess which player is the Hall of Famer? Check...

From the Maryland "pride" football uniform and the new Northwestern football uniforms to the Brooklyn Dodgers-inspired design for the Maryland basketball team, Under Armour's uniforms have been causing a stir over the past few years. Some fans have l...

On Tuesday, the Brooklyn Nets held a ceremony to commemorate the new home of the Ebbets Field flagpole, just steps from Barclays Center.

The ESPN Hall of 100 will be unveiled all week on ESPN.com, starting with Tuesday's list of Nos. 100 through 76, plus the top 25 honorable mentions. Here are five guys who didn't crack the top 125 -- but should have. Carl Hubbell, No. 126 When I ...

Nov. 18, 1966: On this day 46 years ago, Sandy Koufax became one of sports' most notable early retirees, announcing he was stepping aside at age 30 due to arthritis in his left elbow. Koufax's line in his final season, all while battling the pain:...

There have been 626 World Series games, from Deacon Phillippe battling Cy Young at the Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds on Oct. 1, 1903, to Doug Fister facing Madison Bumgarner on a postcard evening in San Francisco. Whitey Ford has started the ...

Fifty-six years to the day Monday, Don Larsen walked into Yankee Stadium for Game 5 of the World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers, having no idea he was about to create one of the most memorable moments in baseball history.