The speeches start early in "42," a laudatory biography of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. In the movie's opening minutes, Dodgers ...

The Jackie Robinson biopic “42” hit a grand slam at the box office with a $27.3 million opening weekend. The film about the legendary Brooklyn Dodger who shattered baseball’s colo… ...

Each April 15 marks two occasions, one sacred and the other lamentable in the extreme. The sacred occasion is Jackie Robinson Day, which commemorates the major-league debut of a genuine baseball ...

The Jackie Robinson biopic "42" hit it out of the box-office ballpark this weekend. Its $27 million debut is the best any baseball film has ever managed.

A moving, all-around terrific telling of Jackie Robinson’s first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and his breaking of baseball’s color line in 1947, “42” is an all-star drama that covers ...

On June 24, 1947, Jackie Robinson broke from third base and stole home plate for the first time in his Major League career. The exhilarating play additionally was the first stolen base of Robinson ...

Directed and written by Brian Helgeland, “42” tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in American Major League Baseball. Audiences will also get the chance to ...

Jackie Robinson biopic ‘42’ not a home run, but a solid base hit. REVIEW - Jackie Robinson was a legendary baseball player and a trail-blazing athlete – but his epic story retold in Brian ...

Robinson defied the odds becoming the Rookie of the Year in 1947 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. A Jackie Robinson biopic has been in the works since 2005.

A Jackie Robinson Home Run: ’42’ Scores Big. ... The hunk power of Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper could make this brooding, sprawling epic the year’s first indie hit.

Robinson Cano honored his namesake’s historic anniversary Friday with his first big league home run in nearly 20 months. Cano, who was named after Jackie Robinson, went deep in the fourth inning ...