Javier Wallace, a postdoctoral associate at Duke University, was digging through the school’s archives while doing research ...

Celebrating key Black players, coaches and referees who helped propel the sport of basketball and the ... becoming the first African-American to sign an NBA contract and catch on with a team.

C.B. Claiborne’s Duke basketball story is worth remembering, and preserving. After a film screening highlighting the Blue Devils’ first Black player, this year’s team wore warm-up shirts honoring his ...

(WAVE) - History was made at UofL in 2022 when Kenny Payne was named the first full-time African American ... Black players beloved by fans today. UofL is historically known as a basketball ...

One of his star players called him “more of a life coach than a basketball coach.” Another said he was “simply the best.” One friend called him “a civil rights ...