Who knew these treasures existed? Dozens of African American basketball teams from the early 1900s, lost in the sands of time. Buried for years beneath the publicity and hype of first the N.C.A.A., then the Harlem Globetrotters, then the N.B.A. I’m using the buried treasure analogy because on this day, November 26, 1922, American archaeologist… Read more »
Black Fives Are Like The King Tut Of Basketball
Though news coverage of the NBA’s upcoming racial integration was limited, there was enough to get a glimpse of what the milestone meant at the time.
Judging from what I saw at the 16th Annual John Henry “Pop” Lloyd Humanitarian and Youth Awards in Atlantic City last weekend, this event just keeps getting better.
Happy birthday to John Isaacs, former New York Rens basketball star, born September 30, 1915.
The Basketball Hall of Fame will form a special review committee to look at overlooked African American candidates, but there’s a catch.
Here are some September birthdays of Black Fives Era stars.
Jackie Robinson was much better at basketball than at baseball, and may have been the finest hoops player of his time.
In 1948, the New York Rens made history by replacing the Detroit Vagabond Kings of the National Basketball League as the Dayton Rens. But, was it a raw deal?