During a basketball game Monday at Warrensburg High School in Missouri, White students turned their backs during the introduction of Center High School players, who are predominantly Black.
For many African-American men, basketball is more than a game — it’s a way of life. A new book claims that basketball is even a religious experience for many Black men. The spiritual relationship between Black men and basketball — specifically streetball — is detailed in the new book, Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop, and […]
PUERTO RICO – Former NBA player and University Of Michigan basketball player was found dead in his apartment in Isla Verde Puerto Rico, where he…
Today Duke plays Hampton is the NCAA tournament. Despite the fact that most basketball players are black, HBCUs have had a tough time competing with…
No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended…
No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended their sport and became celebrities for their athletic talents, basketball, if not America’s game, is black America’s game. Here are nine basketball players who made it so. Related: 25 Reasons […]
WEST VIRGINIA-WOWKTV Kenneth Ziegler, the father of NBA player O.J. Mayo was charged with attempted murder, possession, obstructing and fleeing in a vehicle and on foot after police officers attempted to accost him. WOWKTV reports: Huntington police arrested Kenneth Ziegler early Thursday morning after a brief chase. Chief Skip Holbrook said Ziegler was observed in […]
On Saturday, the First Family made a trip to Howard University’s Burr Gymnasium to watch Howard’s men’s basketball team play against Oregon State, where Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson is the head coach. President Obama, fresh off from getting 12 stitches after getting an elbow from his own basketball game, was very much the very enthused basketball fan […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: At their best, the Georgetown Hoyas are the antithesis of madness. When a game is all frenetic action and emotion, they are methodical and precise. But at their worst, that deliberateness becomes a liability, and coolness turns to lethargy. The Hoyas were at their worst against Ohio in the opening round […]
