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Tommy Brown, last living member of historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, dead at 97
Tommy Brown, the last living member of the historic 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, died at the age of 97 this week. Brown, who played nine years in Major League Baseball in the 1940s and early ’50s and ...
Defense Department webpage on Jackie Robinson goes down, then returns amid DEI purge
Thousands of pages honoring contributions by women and minority groups have been taken down in efforts to delete material ...
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Fans of the New York Yankees, who entered 2025 with every expectation that their team would blaze a path straight back to the ...
Pentagon deletes, restores Jackie Robinson web page
The Defense Department deleted an article Wednesday about the military service of Jackie Robinson, the first Black player in ...
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1947: A Year in the Collections
Jackie Robinson made history on April 15, 1947, when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. While winning Rookie of the Year honors and helping the Dodgers ...
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Jackie Robinson's military profile restored on DOD website after removal
The profile of one of the greatest baseball players of all time is back on the U.S. Department of Defense’s website after it ...
Jackie Robinson article 'mistakenly removed' by DOD, as other DEI content purged
Before breaking the baseball color barrier, Jackie Robinson fought racism in the Army. Now a page dedicated to the former Connecticut man has been removed.
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Tommy Brown, youngest player to homer and last living member of historic 1947 Dodgers, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Brown, the youngest player to hit a home run in a major league game and the last living member of the landmark 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers team that included rookie Jackie ...