CLEVELAND, Ohio – This week is big for two drafts. All eyes are on the NFL Draft, which takes place in Green Bay with a lot of hoopla leading to televised rounds over three days beginning Thursday, ...

The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball ...

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Back in the 1950s, the NBA was at its lowest point. Not only was it almost irrelevant compared to other national sports like baseball, football and hockey, but far from what it is now in terms of ...

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players to ...

The five greatest scorers in every era between the 1950s and 2020s are named and yield some interesting results. Taking into account a player’s points per game average over a decade with at least 200 ...

Seventy-five years ago, Chuck Cooper, Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton, and Earl Lloyd became pioneers in the NBA. These three Black players were the first to break the league's color barrier during the ...

Rudy Gobert was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth time in his career, joining only Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace for the most all-time. Gobert spearheaded the Minnesota ...

Vince Boryla of the New York Knickerbockers (in white) and Chuck Cooper of the Boston Celtics battle for the ball during 1950 game at Madison Square Garden Getty EXCLUSIVE: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is ...

The date was Oct. 31, 1950. Instead of a Halloween costume, Earl Francis Lloyd wore a Washington Capitols basketball uniform as he took his well-earned place on a court at Edgerton Park Sports Arena ...

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players to ...