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After more than a decade of planning and construction, a new museum has opened in New York, honoring a groundbreaking presence in the game of baseball.

Even if you're not heading to the movies on Monday or Tuesday, you'll be seeing "42" if you're a Major League Baseball fan. All players and on-field personnel will once again don the No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day on Monday and Tuesday to mark the 66th anniversary of the Dodger legend's breaking of the color barrier in baseball in 1947...

My grandmother, Rhoda Singer, died earlier this year. She lived much of her life in Brooklyn and was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. Her favorite player was Pee Wee Reese, the Dodgers' scrappy white shortstop who famously silenced a racist Cincinnati crowd by putting his arm around his black teammate Jackie Robinson during pre-game warmups. I thought about my grandmother a lot while watching '42,' the new

'42' looks fascinating, and not just for Harrison Ford's weird make-up. Relaying the biography of Jackie Robinson, it shows how the star baseball player (played by Chadwick Boseman) had to struggle against the prejudices that didn't want to see professional baseball become integrated. Now there's a featurette that plays up Robinson's historical significance.

Yankees pound Angels on MLB's Jackie Robinson Day.

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Neither the threats of rain nor hail could keep the Utica College Pioneers and the Hamilton College Continentals from playing the 25th annual Jackie Robinson Game.

Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Utica College baseball team will take on Hamilton College tomorrow in the 25th annual Jackie Robinson Game, sponsored by the Mohawk Valley Frontiersmen.

(WIBX950 Sports) The annual Jackie Robinson Game between Utica College and Hamilton scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed until Thursday.

(WIBX95o Sports) The Utica College Pioneers will travel up Route 12-B in Clinton to take on cross-town rival Hamilton College in the 24th Annual Jackie Robinson Game.