Every April 15, MLB celebrates Jackie ... that a Robinson statute was cut off at the literal ankles and stolen from a Little League baseball field at McAdams Park in Wichita, Kansas.

The documentary, made by The Wichita Eagle, tells the story of the theft of League 42’s Jackie Robinson statue.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It has been one year since the League 42 Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from its place in McAdams Park. On Jan. 25, 2024, a pair of shoes was all that was left of a ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Boeing has donated over $82,000 to fund an education program from League 42. The company contacted the nonprofit group after the theft of the Jackie Robinson statue in ...

The statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen from a Wichita, Kansas, park last week and was found burned and dismantled on Tuesday will be replaced by Major League Baseball and the 30 clubs. The ...

League 42 was able to replace its statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen. The story of the theft is told in The Wichita Eagle’s new documentary “More Like Jackie.” ...

Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson has been immortalized in many ways — movies, with a larger than life statue in Jersey City, and baseball players all wear his number 42 on ...

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.