Today in 1924, the first game between two fully-professional African American basketball teams was played, at the Renaissance Casino in Harlem.
Pro Basketball Without Full-Year Guaranteed Contracts?
by Claude Johnson February 19, 1937, was a big night in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. That’s because the local basketball team, the all-white Oshkosh All Stars, was on the eve of playing in a “World Series of Basketball” that would put the small city and the state of Wisconsin on the national professional basketball map. Their opponent:… Read more »
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.
The New York All Stars were the first African American basketball team to play the sport for financial gain.
These the term ‘sidebar’ is used often in connection with blogging and online advertising, but actually it is an old newspaper term that’s been around for a long time.
I did this interview and put it in the vault (Summer ’07) but it’s worth dusting off … [display_podcast] This is a thorough interview on a popular daily lunch time radio show called “The Beat” with Mike Wesson. It has a little bit on how Black Fives was created, and some more on how Washington,… Read more »
The grand opening of the Renaissance Theater on Seventh Avenue between 137th and 138th Streets was on January 15, 1921.
Monticello Athletic Association’s black national basketball championship in 1912 paved the way for other African American teams, by showing that determined teams from any city could win.
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?
Bill Rhoden’s latest column will likely make you disappointed in David Stern and his N.B.A., or the Rev. Calvin Butts III and his Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC).