Journalist Jim Becker has died at 98. He traveled the world as an Associated Press reporter, and covered Jackie Robinson’s ...
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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 ...
HONOLULU — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's big-league baseball ... an underdog Hawaii high school football team that won a league championship, a tale ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson ... He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League baseball team when editors sent ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league ... hired to start the next day. He watched Robinson become the first Black player on a Major League ...
The team’s volunteer bus drivers all had day ... HONOLULU (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s ...
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.