To celebrate the start of Black History Month 2016, we launched a new feature called the Artifact of the Week.
Artifact of the Week (1): Press Badge
One is a media pass to a history-making event. The other was an “errant” pass that may have changed history.
When SLAM asked me to write something about 93-year-old former professional basketball player John Isaacs, I wanted to go beyond what’s been told (and retold) before. I wanted to tell what matters most.
In 1943 the Washington Bears, an all-black basketball team, went 41-0 while winning the World Professional Basketball Tournament, the nation’s highest basketball title.