“Schwarze Herren Schokolade” translates to “Black Man’s Chocolate” in English. This could come in handy, I thought, even if only for a devilish blog post.
Schwarze Herren Schokolade, Bitte.
Pioneering basketball referee Chris Huiswoud, of African descent, shows us how things were done during the Black Fives Era.
Hmm … I think one modern day dunk from any number of current players would smash this apparatus to bits.
Hey, why not? In a feature length article that appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune over the weekend, Black Fives got a nice mention. Derron Williams, Utah Jazz. That’s cool, because the Tribune is the largest newspaper in Utah. And it shows how far a good syndicated article can go if it has legs. So,… Read more »
YouTube didn’t like the video clip I included in my Pimp My Ride post from the other day! Viacom pimped Black Fives, so why can’t I pimp Viacom? They hated it so much, that I got this email: Dear Member: This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following… Read more »
It doesn’t work. The new Vogue Magazine cover featuring LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen is all wrong.
N.B.A. All Star Game M.V.P. LeBron James’ blog at LeBron on MSN has a nice mention of our website by former Vibe Magazine honcho Emil Wilbekin.
In the early 1900s, the Christian origins of basketball (in the YMCA) spawned an unwritten rule: playing the game was forbidden during Lent.
Basketball is a game of minutes, seconds, and fractions of a second. Timekeeping is a critical part of the game. Hometown timekeepers can help the home team win, or the visiting team lose by doing a little “home cooking” with the clock. This practice takes place everywhere. Even the National Basketball Association instituted a rule… Read more »
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