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March 31, 2009
Mark Gray of historically famous radio station 1450 WOL-AM (Washington, D.C.) interviews Black Fives founder Claude Johnson on his show, Sports Groove. [More]
March 27, 2009
Popular website TheRoot.com publishes a home page article about Black Fives and the New York Renaissance. [More]
March 26, 2009
The Black Fives Blog posts the first of a series of articles about George Crowe, the last living New York Rens player. [More]
March 13, 2009
Community scholars remember basketball legend John Isaacs in a Falls Church, Virginia event. [More]
February 26, 2009
Robin Young of National Public Radio (N.P.R.) interviews Black Fives founder Claude Johnson about President Barack Obama’s affection for pickup basketball, on her show “Here and Now.” Sports Illustrated senior writer Alexander Wolff is also there. [More]
February 18, 2009
ESPN.com publishes an article honoring John Isaacs, “Rens’ Isaacs a world champion,” by Richard Lapchick, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport and the son of Basketball Hall of Fame member Joe Lapchick. [More]
February 9, 2009
RushmoreDrive.com, the new African American themed search engine website, publishes an article by Claude Johnson, “In Nation and Sport, Rebirth Requires Inner Component,” which uses history, basketball, and suggestions about enlightened thinking to connect the legacy of John Isaacs with the excitement of President Barack Obama and the challenges facing the world right now. [More]
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