42 is Not Just a Number

Which sportswriter committed his life to integrating Major League Baseball?

• Grantland Rice

• Red Smith

• Wendell Smith

• Shirley Povich

Which two men did Smith cite as examples of black athletes who were popular with white sports fans?

• Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods

• Muhammad Ali and Jackie Robinson

• LeBron James and Kobe Bryant

• Jesse Owens and Joe Louis

What did the 1942 Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw M. Landis, say about segregation in baseball?

What was the Ives-Quinn law?

Who was the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers?

• Branch Rickey

• Walter Alston

• Casey Stengel

• Tommy Lasorda

Which team from what city allowed three Negro league players to try out?

• New York Yankees

• Boston Red Sox

• Brooklyn Dodgers

• Chicago White Sox

How did Jackie feel about those tryouts?

Who replaced Landis as baseball commissioner and what was his reputation?

• Ford Frick,

• Happy Chandler

• Bowie Kuhn

• A. Bartlett Giamatti