LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

This photograph of Rick Monday saving the American flag, taken by James Roark of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, was lauded by Times columnist Jim Murray as "the most famous picture of its kind since ...

Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of Rick Monday’s spontaneous act of heroism during a matchup between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in 1976.

Dodgers Announcer Rick Monday relives ICONIC Patriotic Moment on the Field | MLB on FOX Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Rick Monday reflected on his iconic patriotic moment when, as a player, he ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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.

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 ...