Ever wonder where the basketball term “flush” came from? What if it came from these early bottomless basketball baskets? Antique urinal. After each made field goal, a referee had to stop play in order to pull the draw string that tipped the basket just enough for the ball to fall out. The ball would go… Read more »
Toilet Style Basketball Hoops; The Original Flush?
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Unseen Stitches: The Black Fives x Gee’s Bend Masterpiece QuiltNovember 1, 2026The Black Fives x Gee’s Bend Masterpiece Quilt, created by the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective from Black Fives throwback basketball jersey remnants, brings together two extraordinary African American cultural traditions. Its more than 68,000 stitches reveal a powerful metaphor for the often unseen contributions that hold families, communities, and American history together. […]
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One of the over 150 historical items from the Black Fives Era of basketball that was in the Black Fives exhibition at the New York Historical Society Museum from March–July 2014. (Black Fives Archives)
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