Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S.
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In Jackie Robinson’s Georgia hometown, Chipper Jones honors ‘trailblazer of epic proportion’
A little more than a century after Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga., Chipper Jones traveled to the rural southwest ...
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Who was Jim Becker? AP Journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's Major League debut dies at 98
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 ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league ... They didn’t have children but became godparents to Brooks, her sister Cristina Escoda ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98. He died of natural ...
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Jackie Robinson Celebration Game Returns to Holman Stadium in 2025
Baseball fans on the Treasure Coast have something to celebrate! The beloved Jackie Robinson Celebration Game is making its comeback on Tuesday, April 15, ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
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Jackie Robinson’s impact still felt today
Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. By now, most — if not all — of you are surrounded by homage to the break-down of the color barrier in baseball.
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
(AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy) Jim Becker, a former Associated Press journalist, holds a painting depicting Jackie Robinson’s Major League Baseball debut in 1947, at his home in Kaneohe, Hawaii, May 21, ...