What would Jackie have done about Imus?

By Ray McNulty

WWJD? What would Jackie do?

Can we spend a few moments on this special day — the 60th anniversary of the most important event in the history of American sport — thinking about that?

Can we look back on all the commotion of the past couple of weeks and ask ourselves: What would Jackie Robinson do?
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Can we try to imagine what this wonderful athlete, this courageous pioneer, this great man would've done if confronted with the issues that generated so many headlines on the way to today's celebration?

Certainly, it's something worth pondering. And, maybe, we'll be better for it — because Robinson, who broke the color barrier in major league baseball on this date six decades ago at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, was so much more than a historic sports figure.

He was, arguably, the most compelling role model the sports world has given us. He was a man of strong character and tough discipline and tremendous class, filled with grace, dignity and poise. He was the type of principled person all of us should strive to be.

That he also was the greatest all-around athlete this country has produced merely provided him with a stage.

It was his mental and emotional makeup, as much as his physical talents, that made him the perfect choice for a mission that forever changed the fabric of America.

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source: msnbc.com