A former NBA player repeatedly promised to build a resort-arena on the Las Vegas Strip. Investors and Nevada officials ...
In 2013, former UNLV basketball player Jackie Robinson announced an ... as a global hub for sports and entertainment, Robinson’s failed project serves as a reminder of the high stakes involved ...
Segerblom said the project had been “dear to me” since he was elected to the commission five years ago. “I’ve worked with Jackie (Robinson) and with the team, and I honestly believe that ...
History came to life at Wells Academy as third-grade students participated in a wax museum project, depicting famous African ...
Jackie Robinson was an exceptional athlete and a civil rights leader. On April 15, 1947, he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he trotted out to first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
"Jackie Robinson's impact was greater than just that of baseball. He was a transforming agent and in the face of such hostility and such meanness and violence, he did it with such amazing dignity.
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 ...
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson, who broke the sport's color barrier in 1947, made several important stops in Louisville and Kentucky. Before he wore No. 42 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ...