BROOKLYN, N.Y. (AP) – Jason Collins became the NBA’s first active openly gay player Sunday. His only focus was how he played basketball. “I don’t have time to really think about history right now,” he said. Collins signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets earlier Sunday and coach Jason Kidd said he would play in […]
Lance Thomas purchased five pieces of diamond jewelry at a cost of $97,800 on Dec. 21, 2009, in the middle of his senior season, according the lawsuit. (Photo: AP) A starter on Duke’s 2010 national championship team purchased nearly $100,000 in custom jewelry that season from a New York firm that caters to professional athletes […]
No hoopster from a black college has been chosen since the Milwaukee Bucks took Shaw guard Flip Murray in the second round a decade ago. That dubious streak is likely to end Thursday night with the drafting of Kyle O’Quinn. (Photo: AP) It has been a long, dry season for HBCUs when it comes to […]
This undated photo shows Tennessee State basketball coach John McClendon being celebrated by his players. Better late than never is Dr. Dick Barnett’s philosophy. That’s why the former NBA star is spearheading a campaign to have the 1957-59 Tennessee State basketball teams of which he was a member and John McLendon, their coach, enshrined in […]
Little did Grinter know a class would launch a career that has seen her become one of the top women’s basketball referees. Felicia Grinter was a point guard on the Volunteer State Community College women’s basketball team when she enrolled in a basketball officiating class because she needed a credit in health and physical education. […]
Patricia Cage Bibbs Monday night became the 27th active NCAA Division I women’s basketball coach to reach the 500-win plateau when North Carolina A&T defeated Savannah State 88-74 in Savannah, Georgia. “I feel relieved,” Bibbs said minutes after the milestone victory. “Everybody had been looking forward to it. I’m truly blessed to have the young […]
When Coach Dave Carasco started coming to visit the late Richard “Dickie” Wells, the age of black players being recruited in big numbers for white colleges had not yet dawned. It was just a couple years removed from the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregation in the public schools in America. […]
Morgan State tops top seed Bethune-Cookman 61-48 Kevin Thompson scored 22 points and Morgan State upset top-seeded Bethune-Cookman 61-48 in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference semifinal Friday night. Morgan State (17-13), the fourth seed, led most of the way, and never trailed by more than two points. Thompson’s layup with 6:08 left in the first half […]
Penn State coach Joe Paterno and his wife Sue on the front porch of their house, address students. The students yelled After nearly a half-century on the job, Joe Paterno says he is still getting used to the idea of not being Penn State’s football coach. So is the rest of the shaken campus, after […]
Rob Hampton hit a layup with 2 seconds remaining to lift Norfolk State over Coppin State 55-53 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. Rob Hampton hit a layup with 2 seconds remaining to lift Norfolk State over Coppin State 55-53 on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern […]
Hampton (22-8) advances to a Friday semifinal against the winner of Thursday’s game between sixth-seeded Norfolk State and third-seeded Coppin State. Darrion Pellum scored 23 points to lead Hampton to a 77-55 rout of Maryland-Eastern Shore Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. Hampton (22-8) advances to a Friday semifinal against […]
Grant Maxey scored 21 points to lead Jackson State to a 72-64 victory over Alabama A&M on Saturday. Tyrone Hanson added 19 points and six assists as the Tigers (16-14, 12-6 Southwestern Athletic Conference) ended a two-game losing streak and secured the second seed for the conference tournament, which begins Wednesday in Garland, Texas. Jackson […]
