Fifty years ago, Rick Monday was minding his own business, tending to center field for the Chicago Cubs in a game at Dodger Stadium. What happened in the fourth inning of a Sunday afternoon game on ...

FILE - Outfielder Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs dashes between two men in the Dodger Stadium Outfield in Los Angeles, in this April 25, 1976 photo, snatching an American flag the men were about to ...

Fifty years ago on Saturday, an innocuous fourth inning at Dodger Stadium gave way to an indelible moment in baseball -- and American -- history. On April 25, 1976, the Dodgers hosted the Cubs in the ...

You might think the sociopolitical landscape 50 years ago was a lot different than it is today, and, in part, you would be right. I certainly think loving your country was a far more universally ...

The U.S. flag that Cubs outfielder Rick Monday saved from being burned during a game at Dodger Stadium on April 25, 1976, is displayed on the 50th anniversary along with a bronze sculpture of Monday's ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers marked the 50th anniversary of Rick Monday rescuing the American flag from being burned in a 1976 game against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Monday and his wife, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers marked the 50th anniversary of Rick Monday rescuing ...