98.7 FM ESPN Radio “New York Sports and Beyond” host Larry Hardesty discusses updates from the Black Fives Foundation with special guest Claude Johnson.
98.7 FM ESPN Radio, Special Guest: Claude Johnson
Celebrating the birthday of 2X World Pro Basketball Champion and Basketball Hall of Fame member John “Boy Wonder” Isaacs.
Claude Johnson’s profile of African American basketball pioneer Clarence “Fats” Jenkins for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 Enshrinement Weekend Program.
Carmelo Anthony has a new magazine called “Melo” and one of its latest features is about our involvement in the efforts to preserve the historically important Renaissance Ballroom in Harlem.
We’re glad to report that former New York Rens and Washington Bears player John “Boy Wonder” Isaacs has been elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame!
Today is the anniversary (1939) of the all-black New York Renaissance (a.k.a. “Harlem Rens”) winning the first World Championship of Pro Basketball.
George Crowe, the last surviving member of the New York Rens all-black pro basketball team, would have been 90 years old today. He died earlier this year.
Introducing the official new Facebook fan page for the New York Renaissance a.k.a. Harlem Rens vintage all-black professional basketball team of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
This fine clip from ESPN.com honors Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, one of the first three African Americans to play in the NBA. Clifton played for the New York Rens and the Harlem Globetrotters before signing with the Knicks in 1950.
Indy Star: George Crowe’s place in history was cemented when he won the first Indianapolis Star Indiana Mr. Basketball honor while playing for Franklin High School in 1939.