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.

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

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 ...