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-league baseball debut and the U.S.
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
He died of natural causes at a Honolulu hospital, said his goddaughter Carla Escoda Brooks ... recalled seeing Robinson emerge from the first base dugout and begin to play catch with a player ...