The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era

Vintage Swerve From The Antique Playbook

This book from 1928 reminds me of just how closely basketball was linked to spirituality, right up into the Great Depression and beyond. It also makes me realize (well, at least from Fig. 6) that the term “get your swerve on” might be a lot older than we first believed. It doesn’t get more fundamental… Read more »

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