In his first start he played behind Sandy Koufax and batted behind Maury Wills, Jim Gilliam and Tommy Davis. The Dodgers went to the World Series the following two seasons and their players ...

Years later, in 1955, the Dodgers won the World Series for the first time in their history, and on that team, in addition to Robinson, other African American players stood out such as Roy Campanella, ...

The only longer Dodgers run-scoring streaks to open a season are eight games by Mookie Betts in 2021, and seven-game streaks by Jackie Robinson (1947) and Jim Gilliam (1953), the latter two in the ...

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Penn State made Jim Knowles the nation's highest-paid assistant coach in January. What's his early impact on the defense, the ...

Dodgers general manager Buzzie Bavasi said that he personally approached two of the more prominent African-American players -- Willie Davis and Jim Gilliam -- and both wanted to play the game. (This ...

“Jim is a man of few words ... Redshirt freshman Xavier Gilliam (6-foot-2, 300 pounds) has been praised by teammates and coaches in winter workouts and early in spring practice.

Jim Knowles has a reputation for building elite ... safety Zakee Wheatley and defensive lineman Xavier Gilliam have been praised by Knowles. Franklin also has noticed Knowles’ attention to ...

“Xavier Gilliam’s been a guy that ... The new DC’s influence. Jim Knowles, architect of 2024 national champion Ohio State’s defense, is Penn State’s third defensive coordinator in ...