If Roger Ebert were still with us, the hunch here is that he'd give "42" a thumbs up, and it would be next-to-impossible, and pointless, to disagree. Starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, who ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Jackie Robinson was remembered across Major League Baseball Monday as part of the league's annual "Jackie Robinson Day" ...

The most famous uniform number in baseball, not to mention all of sports, is 42, and with good reason. It is the number Jackie Robinson wore when he made his Brooklyn Dodgers debut on April 15, 1947, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP)-- There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies' ...

CHADWICK BOSEMAN as Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ drama “42,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. CHADWICK BOSEMAN as Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and ...

Today, and every April 15 since 2004, Major League Baseball has honored the legacy of Jackie Robinson. After making his Major League debut in 1947 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he would go on to play 10 ...

NEW YORK -- On Jackie Robinson Day, all of baseball joined Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in wearing the cherished No. 42. Everyone in uniform had Robinson's number on their jerseys Thursday, honoring ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jackie Robinson Day was celebrated even in space this year. While Rachel Robinson, the player's widow, and commissioner Rob Manfred were set to honor Robinson in a ceremony at Dodger ...