Some of Hollywood's heavy hitters are starring in the new sports drama, "42." Harrison Ford plays famed Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey, who signed baseball great Jackie Robinson to his ...

2. since 2004, every year on April 15 on what is known as “Jackie Robinson Day,” every player wears that number in tribute to Jackie Robinson in recognition of the anniversary of his debut in ...

The No. 42 worn by Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in the Dodgers annals, affixed to a Dodger Stadium wall, and deemed untouchable by any Dodgers player since then. Well, almost untouchable.

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’ manager. It ...