Jackie Robinson is best known for becoming the first Black player in Major League Baseball when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. But before…
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Stories about athletics in California
On March 18, 1947, a basketball game tips off at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Corona. It has all the makings of any high stakes game.…
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Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio is born in Martinez, California on November 25, 1914 to a fisherman father who sails the family cross the bay when Joe…
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In the view of many sportswriters and historians of the game, the University of San Francisco’s 1951 team is the greatest college football team ever. …
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In September 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation (AB 2022; Chapt. 479, Stats of 2022) which requires the term “squaw” to be removed from all…
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Growing up in Long Beach, Billie Jean King saves $8.29 in a Mason jar to buy her first tennis racquet, using nail polish to hold…
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That’s what quarterback Joe Montana says to tackle Harris Barton in the huddle in Super Bowl XXIII with 3:20 minutes left on the clock and…
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