i heard about jacki robinson. >> that puts into context how important jacki robinson was in american. we've been highlighting a lot of big moments significant times in the civil rights movements this is an unbelievably significant part in the movement. you saw the movie. how was it--start with strictly from an entertainment standpoint. >> i did a review of it on the show we do, "what the flick today" with a couple other critics. the other is a baseball fan and one guy who knows nothing about sports whatsoever. he really enjoyed it. i was looking for some of the things from a baseball point of view that i knew would irritate me but there really weren't that many. if you can let it go, they had to obviously train these guys to look like ball players, it's a pretty compelling story. if i were--if they had asked my opinion, which they did not little less disney and a little more real. we don't need to disney up this story. this is one of the most powerful stories in american history. and it had a disney quality to it. >> michael: you mentioned there were one other movie the jacki robinso

he wanted the focus to be on jackie robinson, but he also did not want the distraction of having, for instance, harrison ford in his movie. i fully understood and agreed with him. risk in that,s a though. there is a risk in being able to disappear in that character. you are not intimidated about that at all? >> no, i thought it was great fun. the first time i was on stage i had a pillow under my jacket and power in my hair. that is the fun of it, the whole game for me. tavis: what is your read of the significance of this moment in history? >> i think it accelerated the opportunities for the civil- rights movement and for racial progress to be made. if it had not happen in baseball, i think it would have been a number of years before the progress that was made by the civil rights movement would have started. yous: what does that say to then about the power of sport? >> it is extraordinary. , youngerto remember people might not remember, -- >> did you just call me an old man? [laughter] >> ipod uf fellow traveler. -- i called you a fellow traveler. i am talking about something i think i

[laughter] >> i can't follow jackie robinson with that. you have to sort of a respect to what you just came from. and a lot of times, you know, what i have also seen is really disturbing. you will see people within the industry who almost three you like a person who got to sit down in a restaurant -- the owner set you in this seat, but then the host is, like, how did you get past me? how did you get past me to sit in the seat? i want to back outside -- and they want to see you back outside and put you in your proper place. and that is really disturbing. you have to remember, oh, no, this is what i just did and this is what i aspire to do. take up to one of your -- tavis: to your earlier point, you just hit the send and zell is a good example as well. zel is a good example as well. ,he name is chadwick boseman the start of the new film about the life and legacy of jackie robinson, "42." it is well on its way to making a lot more money. great to see you. that is our show for tonight. thank's for watching. till next time, keep the faith. >> f

joining us for a special conversation jackie robinson's wife of 26 years, rachel robinson, and historian and documentary filmmaker ken burns. >>> and good sunday morning the excuse my laryngitis. on tuesday a bipartisan group of senators will present its lo long-awaited plan for immigration reform, the so-called gang of eight, has wrapped up months of negotiations and will present a bill that includes a pathway to s citizenship for many of the 11 million immigrants who are here without documentation. with us now the man at the center of bringing this group together, republican senator from florida, marco rubio. senator, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> i have to apologize for sounding like peter brady from "the brady buncbunch" this morn. so bear with me. >> i just thought were you getting emotional. >> let's get to immigration and the so-called gang of eight. if we were to sum up this proposal it would be to beef up border security, at the same time create a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants now in the country. why would you support th

too young to know or too remember put this day in perspective for us and a little bit about jackie robinson'sacy. >> yes, it's the 66th anniversary of jackie robinsonon breaking the color barrier in major league baseball which was the american pasttime in 1947. so the impact of his integrating baseball and doing it with grace and courage really impacted our entire social fabric. in fact jackie robinson has beee described as the freedom rider before freedom rides, if will you which means he laid the foundation for the modern civil rights era. if -- and i encourage everyone, especially young people to see the film because it's an aughtentic representation of that point in history which really has impacted the entire, as i said the entire social fabric of our country and the world. he was -- he laid the foundation for the modern civil righter are and martin luther king himselfsf acknowledges he could not haveae done what he did without jackiei >> we'll talk about your foundition and the work that yoh all do. not only in honoring him but in helping some of our younger people advance.pe >> i'll ma

here with me documentary filmmaker ken burns and jackie robinson's wife of 26 years, rachel robinson. an honor too much you here. thank you very much. >> oh, thank you for having me. i'm so thrilled about the film that i love talking about it. >> and, ken, always great to see you. let me start with you, mrs. robinson. it construction me that you were recently at the white house and the first lady spoke so enthusiastically about this film. she made the observation about how much has changed since jackie robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. what strikes you about how relevant jackie robinson's story is even today? >> oh, i think it is relevant. i think one needs to know, particularly young people, need to know the history of that era so that they can make comparisons between then and now and we have made a lot of progress in america, but we still have a long way to go before we can say that we have equality of opportunity for everyone. >> it is amazing, ken burns, the first african-american president and first lady. and yet the relevance of this story is perhaps swrund lined by

talking about jackie robinson and a lot of people. >> jackie robinson came before dr. sit in the back of the bus and refused to get up and was prosecuted for it before rosa parks. >> ten years before rosa parks. >> yeah. >> he was -- i don't think people really realize how huge jackie robinson was. not only did he integrate baseball, not only did he integrate sports, he integrated society. >> yeah. >> he was huge. >> i was listening to george will this morning. he said jackie robinson was the second most important african-american figure in history. and i was like, who was number one? >> probably dr. king. >> has to be dr. king. is it dr. king or the person who was president who would be barack obama? but without -- >> without dr. king, there would not be an obama. you know, you can make the case either dr. king and jackie robinson were 1a paand 1b. >> good stuff. thank you, jackie robinson. >> thank you. >> we stand on the shoulders of giants. >>> a song about racial harmony now turning into comedy fodder. next, hear and see how much fun "saturday night live" had with

founder of the jackie robinson foundation, assistant professor of nursing at yale university, and recipient, education has always been at the forefront of rachel robinson's mind. >> i was destined to go to college. there was no doubt about it. my mother and father were going to see to it. and i joined them in that desire. >> it was her freshman year at the university of california where rachel met the senior, jackie robinson. >> he was big man on campus anyway because he played four major sports, and i thought, okay, this is going to be -- this is not going to be so easy. well, i was totally shocked and totally wrong because everything about him was ideal and wonderful. and i was surprised. >> robinson proposed almost immediately. but after being drafted into the army, the couple waited five years to get married. but they knew they wanted to start a family. >> being a planner, i knew that i needed to spend those first five years with the family at home and then i would get a job. >> in 1945, after playing professionally for the negro league, jackie robinson was the first african-american to

how important is it that the kids are playing on a field named after jackie robinson when most of them have no idea who he was? >> you're right. most of them don't. that's why we're really excited about this movie coming out, that will help us teach the history. >> reporter: robinson's history still resonates, even for 8-year-old claude knight. >> white men did not like to play with black men, but he overcame those challenges and became one of the greatest baseball players. >> reporter: the movie celebrates the player, who helped changehe game, and set the stage for changing the country. >> maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42. that way they can'tl u apart. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news,york. >>> that'snighy news" for this saturday. i'm lester ht reporting from new yo. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." and then right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> her story is a troubling one and it has provoked emotions from people across the nation. >> today, we learned another memorial is being planned for 15-year-old audria pott, earlier this week, three teenage boys were con

just get him out. >> that was a clip from the new movie, "42," telling the story of jackie robinson breakingr barrier. tomorrow, all major league players will wear robinson's number in tribute. but there's only one player that wears 42 in every game. yankee legend mariano rivera. we caught up with him at yankee stadium earlier this week. >> just a perfectly executed pitch. >> you are the last major league baseball player that will ever wear the number 42. >> yes. i have the privilege to be the last one. >> what does that mean to you? >> it's not only a privilege, and satisfaction. i accept the challenge, to carry what mr. jackie robinson represented and what he did. and the legacy he has for us. he left for us, as a minority. i come from panama. and to be the last one to wear number 42, i think it's a lot of pressure in there. i have tried my best and tried to keep the civility and do my job well. >> you do all right. >> i try. i try. >> and now, you've got every stadium in major league baseball, number 42 is out there, retired. >> yes. yes, it is. and you've got it on your back. >> the only

martin luther king said he learned from jackie robinson, the idea of nonviolence. eing that wasn't as good as he was, would have exploded at some of this stuff. king learned a lot from him, i think a lot of people did. >> i think one reason why it was able to happen in sports sooner than politics is because there's no democrats in sports. >> i ask you a serious question. >> i think he's to be admired as much for his athletic prowess, and ability on the field as he is for his character as a man. i mean, he's a religious man, great family life. and really endured so much as -- the racism and growing up and working through that, he said he had to do a lot to overcome his resentment and anger, the way he felt, the way he was treated. he was able to do that and still perform. i think that's admirable. >> and let's keep in mind it was after baseball was over, he was active in the civil rights movement until the day he died. he is a remarkable. was a remarkable human being, deserves every credit he gets. one more thing is up next. [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ indistinct sho

>> jimmy: the jackie robinson story, "42." i don't know his kwhoel life story.> yeah, he was a devout methodist. sounds moneyny to be a devout methodist. methodist seems like enough. he was the kind of guy, he never traveled with the team. he always was home for dinner with mrs. ricky and he never went to a game on sunday. i think he really was motivated by moral and ethical concerns. . he felt that it was the right thing to do, but he was also a baseball businessman. and he understood that there was an enormous pool of talent in the negro leagues. so he was motivated by his desire to have a better team and to win. but he also -- i think he had a real social conscious. and there wasn't any basketball or any football. as a metaphor for america, he felt it ought to be fair. thank god he did that because i think without what happened in baseball, it would have been a long time before the civil rites movement gained traction. baseball really made a huge contribution. >> jimmy: and specifically jackie robinson. >> i think branch ricky figured that he was smart, reall

our look at the new film about the life and times of jackie robinson.

jackie robinson. >> yeah, the movie is called "42." that's the number robinson wore.ars he broke the color barrier. even today there are players who thank robinson when they take the field and muhammad lila spoke with a couple and is here right now. >> good morning, guys. this is someone that the entire country really owes a debt of gratitude not only to jackie robinson breaking baseball's color barrier, he shattered it, his life and career now the subject of a movie named after his jersey, 42. he was a legend not just on the diamond but across america and around the world. "42," the movie about jackie robinson's journey to breaking baseball's color barrier opened friday night to rave reviews. >> i thought it was fantastic. it was a home run. >> rell figure of american history. >> symbolizes overcoming obstacles. >> harrison ford plays in the movie who signed him as the first african-american to play in the big leagues. >> fight back. >> no, i want a player who has the guts not to fight back. >> reporter: this week ford spoke to "good morning america" about the role a

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the movie is a biography on the jackie robinson story. 15th, 1947, he put on a brooklyn dodgers uniform and broke the color line in america's pastime. today the first lady praised his fight and honored robinson's widow, 90-year-old rachel robinson. >> i want to pay special thanks to a woman that i am totally in awe of. i'm not going to get emotional. i'm going to say that now. because, you know, i can tend to get emotional. we have with us mrs. rachel robinson. >> and the first lady wondered how the robinson family endured all that they faced. >> how did they do it? how did they endure the taunts and the bigotry for all of that time? jackie and rachel robinson's story reminds us how much -- how much hard work it takes to move a

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today is major league baseball's jackie robinson day.l wear number 42 in today's games. meanwhile, at rob. son's alma mater, ucla, they've unveiled a new mural in his honor. >>> time now for more sports. a big day in golf as top players competed in the masters tournament. the latest from espn news. >>> with your "sportscenter"up date, i'm criss hassel. what a finish to the masters on sunday. needed more than 72 holes. more than 73, in fact. adam scott this to take the lead, gets to 9 under. cabrera, back this the fairway. watching all this go down. he needs to get up and down. to force a playoff. cabrera. ranked 269th in the world. looking like number one with that shot. he would birdie. we go to a playoff. and back to the 18th. both players short of the green. cabrera chipping. third shot. is it in? almost. cabrera trying to become the second oldest to win the masters. at the age of 43. scott, he can win it. just short. both parred. we head to the 74th hole. sunday death playoff number when. cabrera, a 20-foot birdie putt, up the hill,

it's a nice tribute that we pay to the legacy of jackie robinson. we also, novel -- unfortunately, lost two long time fans, matthew hersl who was killed when a char struck him near city hall tommy cornelius, a long time fan who many fans would recognize. the two will be honored in addition to those affected by the tragedy in boston tonight with a moment of silence. >> reporter: vice-president of communications for the baltimore orioles. the game starts at 7:00. the gates are open. a little heightened security but it's not going to stop you from getting into camden yards. >> can you grab greg again and ask him, are they going to play sweet caroline? it's been sweeping around the major league ballparks. >> reporter: i've heard about that at other stadiums. you've heard about other stadiums playing sweet caroline. planning on doing that. >>> i'm in the aware of the plans. the moment of tribute and silence is what we have planned. >> reporter: there we have this, jamie. back to you. >> we'll have more from camden yards. log on to abc2news.com and follow

there is a movie about jackie robinson opening this weekend. great hero and pioneer, baseball's first black player. but he didn't do it alone. and david wright is with the woman who brings us the secrets of a marriage founded on bravery, as well as love. >> one ball, one strike. >> reporter: jackie robinson was the trail blazer who transformed america's past time. >> the home run parade is under way in earnest. ♪ when jackie comes running home ♪ >> reporter: as a powerful new movie makes clear, it took nearly super-human courage for him and his wife. >> we don't want you here! >> reporter: did you love or hate coming to the ballpark? >> coming to the ballpark? i loved coming to -- i wouldn't -- you couldn't have kept me away. >> reporter: rachel robinson's a strong woman. the day her husband put on that brooklyn dodgers uniform is really the start of the civil rights movement. >> people aren't going to like this. they're going to do anything to get you to react. echo a curse with a curse, and they'll hear only yours. follow a blow with a blow a

, but jackie robinson didn't have to come out. he was started by the brooklyn dodgers and everyone knew he was black. wouldn't it be not an nfl player in the nfl coming out, but actually an nfl team signing an openly gay player? know what i am talking about? >> i was talking about jakay in 227. remember the sassy one? loved by everyone in the neighborhood but mary. mary didn't like her. everyone else did, especially the old lady in the window. >> next story and dems less critical than republicans. matt, you said there is really no internal debate among liberals. is that really true? what about who is dreamier, rachel maddow or -- >> chris hayes. >> you knew what i was going for. i president could think. i couldn't think. my next point i can't say because i think kennedy's comment is going to be cut out of the show. but kennedy, i will say there are still three weegers in gitmo. all others have been released. the final three have filed cases in court to be brought to the u.s. they are petitioning to bring them to their communitiese

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. >> jackie robinson changed america's game, america itself. how the league is honoring him as the movie 42 premiers. >> at 4:30 a different type of baseball story. check this out. fall out after the bench is cleared during dodgers game. >> and michael finney taking your questions and will be here them to answer them live in just a few minutes. >> and approaching 4:10 friday, look at the skyway in san francisco. slow going and on the left heading to the bay bridge. >>> the krcht eo of american airlines will not be getting his $20 million severance package for now. a judge blocked a proposed payment the airline was preparing to give chief executive tom whartton ruling that payment would exceed limits for cases in 2005. he is said to be replaced as america's ceo. >> twitter expecting to launch a music service, soon. that would suggest artists and songs based on accounts users follow. several reports say users will be able to listen to tracks through third party services a new web site popped up featuring hash tag music. >>. >>> a potential deal c

this year's jackie robinson day comes after the film about him earning an estimated $27 million at the box office, the highest grossing debate, ever, for a baseball movie. >> amazing. and the teams that don't play today like the giants will wear "42" tomorrow the. >> absolutely, and 1997 they retired the number, but, still only one player left still has that number and he is retiring this year. >> if you are going to the oakland a's game, how will it be? >> windy? >> and cold. >> one of the colder ones like an october game rather than early or mid-april. >> here is live doppler 7 hd and the rain fell overnight and it is going. the winds of change have brought dry air but they have brought the threat of gusty winds all that area you see in tan is where we have the wind advisory from 11:00, so it just started until 9:00 this evening and it is for the north bay mountains, the coastal section of the bay area and, also, the bayshore line, it does not include the north bay valley or the each bay valley. what you can specific, gusts up to 45 miles per hour over the ocean and near our beaches,

. >> jackie robinson cruises to a win but people are talking about another movie looming on the horizonup next, >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, we told you about these targets and the police officer that was fired for having them. why he says it was all a misunderstanding. plus, you'll be shelling out money to uncle sam. so why not get something for yourself? tax freebies that you can collect, that is coming up at "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> a baseball flick blew away expectations, 42 that tells the story of jackie robinson. topped the box office. they expected less than $20 million because it's a sports million. instead it brought in $27 million. scary movie came in second place the crews and g.i. joe round out the top five. what to expect next weekend. tom cruise's movie oblivion earned $55 million. >> everybody say see 42. >> all right. that is it for "abc 7 news" at 9:00. next newscast is at 11:00 over at channel 7.

i just followed jackie robinson., my uncle, my friend. >> oh, that is so sweet. so what is it about him that you really wanted to emulate, you know, as an athlete, really as an ambassador of sport given that he had this kind of reach not just on the field but beyond? >> yes. he had that beyond because he trained people when he played for the dodgers, how to get along. a lot of players didn't like him, was against him, leo was the manager, and he was that way with the players and got along well with them and tried to get hem to understand and houls his own family and most of all jackie wanted to make this a better world. he worked with kids to get through college. he believed in education for kids, and he got a lot of young kids through college. >> and mr. solomon, you had the honor and the pleasure of watching 42 with jackie robinson's widow rachel. what was that like? did you feel like you were able to really enjoy the movie? do you feel like you had a special, much more special connection to that movie and all that

during a workshop about the new jackie robinson movie, mrs.ntroduced a special guest. >> i want to thank harrison ford. i wanted to say that for awhile. harson ford, you think you trip because i'm here? i'm tripping out because he's here. >> first lady is tripping. he plays ricky in the film, which chronicles jackie robinson and his journey to becoming the first african-american major leaguer in 1947. mrs. obama saw the film with her husband. jackie robinson's wife was there sharing personal stories as well. why are you awake? we keep asking this question. it still doesn't make sense to us. your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. "morning joe" is moments away. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually all your important legal matters in just minutes. protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. and launch your dreams. we replaced people with a machine.r, what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, y

only glove that jackie robinson used in the world series. it's still in existence. it's set to hit the auction block. we'll have it here in the studio. we'll try to put a price on it. who knows? before that, there's a 1.7% deal on the 10-year note. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known?

on this day in 1947, jackie robinson made his major league debut.reaking the color barrier in baseball and forever changing the way the game is played. today, robinson's life is being celebrated in chicago and a neighborhood on the south side is getting a baseball park makeover. wgn's randi belisomo is live at gately park in pullman with details. randi? 66 anniversary of jackie robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. baseball parks across the country are getting a makeover. including this one. retired major league players met kids from the school. this part is getting a $20,000 refurbishment from corporate partners with wal-mart. it coincides with the release of 42. which tells the story of jackie robinson and branch rickey. these fields were not sand and clay. i made a promise that once i became an alderman i was going to make sure that our communities have the same exact field as everybody else if not better. you all deserve it. >> every major league player playing today across the league will be wearing the no. 42 in honor of jackie robinson.

you had a little bit of a different take tweeting, huge difference between jackie robinson and jason collins robinson comes in advance of civil rights. collins, more of a reflection of struggle. i guess, my point is, are we as a collective making too big of a deal of him as a symbol? >> let me be very clear. absolutely not. i was just responding to a question like compare and contrast. jackie robinson appearing in 1947 in major league baseball eight years before the montgomery busboy cotts and the start of the civil rights movement. this is different. jason collins appearing in 2014, appearing loud and proud as an active gay athlete. 2013. sorry. it is a little early. coming out in 2013 really on a wave of what's been some mammouth changes over the last several years. that's a very different dynamic in terms of this kind of presence. we are not making too big of a deal out of it. oftentimes in the sports media world, we confuse hype with substance. look at tebow, tim, as an example of that. this is one of the cases where the substance is greater than the hype. this is truly a historic

this year's jackie robinson day comes after the film about him earning an estimated $27 million at theox office, the highest grossing debate, ever, for a baseball movie. >> amazing. and the teams that don't play today like the giants will wear "42" tomorrow the. >> absolutely, and 1997 they retired the number, but, still only one player left still has that number and he is retiring this year. >> if you are going to the oakland a's game, how will it be? >> windy? >> and cold. >> one of the colder ones like an october game rather than early or mid-april. >> here is live doppler 7 hd and the rain fell overnight and it is going. the winds of change have brought dry air but they have brought the threat of gusty winds all that area you see in tan is where we have the wind advisory from 11:00, so it just started until 9:00 this evening and it is for the north bay mountains, the coastal section of the bay area and, also, the bayshore line, it does not include the north bay valley or the each bay valley. what you can specific, gusts up to 45 miles per hour over the ocean and near our beaches, a

a new film out today that focuses on the life of pro baseball pioneer jackie robinson. >> robinson'spennacchio previews the movie and talks to the cast. >> give me the uniform. give me a number on my back. and i'll give you the guts. >> reporter: "42" takes us back to the early days of major league baseball when african-americans weren't allowed to play. brooklyn dodgers owner branch ricky played by harrison ford decided that needed to change. so he hired jackie robinson as baseball's first black major leaguer. >> >> they can say all they want. we're just here to play ball. >> reporter: the role of robinson wearing the number 42. >> you want people to understand like, the full scope of what he did. >> all we've got around here. >> thank you. >> he is a benchmark for baseball's history and also for american history. like -- we are where we are right now partially because of what he did. >> what are you going to do if one of the pitches goes through your head? >> i'll duck. >> reporter: the film is blunt with the use of the language of the time, the "n" word is heard a lot and there is

she was at the jackie robinson foundation.ded thousands of scholarships for kids to get into college because it's very porn. one of the phrases i like to use is that it is far more important to understand than to be understood. and so with an education, you take up and understand what the situation is. so you don't have to combat it. jackie was -- like i said the role model for kids of my age. that was 100 years ago. to know that the door is open. how to walk through it. i want to tell you how over the moon i have been since you agreed to join us and talk about jackie -- as rachel calls him jack robinson here. also thank you to jamell hill with me. stay with us. st scandal watch party is coming. kerry washington if you're out there, get on your twitter. we're going to talk about you. [ male announcer ] pearls. hairbands. and now hot pink toes. seems tough for a tough dog like duke. but when it has to do with gwen, he's putty in her hands. for a love this strong, duke's family only feeds him iams. compared to other leading bran

at jackie robinson park in harlem, black and white kids played the game together, the way robinson dreamed> he's a great hero. >> why? >> because he played really hard, even though the people were yelling at him. >> he overcame challenges and became one of the greatest baseball players. >> the movie celebrates robinson's life that inspired the country to think of itself in a different way. rehema ellis, nbc news. >> the cold cuts of the sequester are now leaving the fate of some schoolchildren up to chance. that's next. for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? >>> it's now 43 days since the government

the new movie called "42 documents: the rise of jackie robinson."for all that he accomplished and great strides made over the last two decades, there has been a major decline in the number of african-americans playing baseball today. kimberly tere shows us one of the possible reasons why. >> reporter: 42 brings us back to the 1940s, as jackie robinson was recruited to play for the brooklyn dodgers. the first black player in the major leagues, changed the game that had been divided by color. now nearly seven decades after robinson paved the way, major league baseball is seeing a drastic decline in the number of african-american players. >> jackie was an exception, a force for all americans. but if he came along in this day and age, he probably would be much more involved in football or basketball than america's first sport. and that's a sad commentary on where we seem to be headed. >> reporter: on this season's opening day roster, the percentage of african-american players was 8.5%, down from 90% in 1995. and 27% in 1975. the world champion giants a