It would take 18 more years for the league to put a Black referee on the court for a regular-season game. It happened on Feb.

Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

Her power and delivery earned her the grand prize Earl Lloyd Award, a $25,000 scholarship to pursue her dream of opening her own radiology clinic to help people battling cancer. “I feel like ...

And even Smith learned something new while looking around the museum. "My victory stance pose was not the first time," he said during the Earl Lloyd Sports Legacy Symposium on Monday at FedExForum.

Basketball Icons Sheryl Miller and Amar'e Stoudemire, along with Olympic Legend Tommie Smith delivered powerful messages echoing the words of Dr. King. Trump to create task force ‘to eradicate a ...

"My victory stance pose was not the first time," he said during the Earl Lloyd Sports Legacy Symposium on Monday at FedExForum. "There were kids before me that did the same pose. And I didn't know ...

Serving as judges for the Detroit Pistons' annual Black History Month Scholarship event was compelling to Melanie Harris and ...

The 20th annual Earl Lloyd Sports Legacy Symposium takes place before the game at noon (FanDuel Sports Network Southeast) and features Tommie Smith, Amar’e Stoudemire and Cheryl Miller ...

The 20th annual Earl Lloyd Sports Legacy Symposium takes place before the game at noon (FanDuel Sports Network Southeast) and features Tommie Smith, Amar’e Stoudemire and Cheryl Miller, honorees of ...

Five years after a tragedy that horrified the nation and shattered a close-knit Queensland family, Lloyd and Sue Clarke are ...