Hmm … I think one modern day dunk from any number of current players would smash this apparatus to bits.
Bask-O-Lite: Basketball's Great Innovation
Beside their football team popularized by Jim Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian School of the 1910s also had a talented Native American basketball team.
So you think you want more burn? In the early days of basketball, that meant literally more burn! Games were played in cages. Mostly to protect the players from the spectators. But not from each other. And not from the pot belly stoves on all 4 sides of the court. Or the cigars of opposing… Read more »
I forgot to mention these important birthdays of famous and in some cases forgotten pioneering African American basketball stars: George Crowe. March 22, 1921: George Crowe, a native of Whiteland, Indiana, is a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Crowe played for the New York Rens, the Los Angeles Red Devils (alongside Jackie… Read more »
William “Dolly” King, the 6-foot 4-inch, 220-lb. star center and captain of the undefeated LIU Blackbirds, left his team mid-season to join the all-black New York Rens.
Today in 1924, the first game between two fully-professional African American basketball teams was played, at the Renaissance Casino in Harlem.
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.
The New York All Stars were the first African American basketball team to play the sport for financial gain.
In the early 1900s, the Christian origins of basketball (in the YMCA) spawned an unwritten rule: playing the game was forbidden during Lent.
Jackie Robinson was much better at basketball than at baseball, and may have been the finest hoops player of his time.