Did you see what “NBA-Insider” David Aldridge wrote about me and BlackFives.com in his column on NBA.com?
_______________ “Mr. Hudson Oliver has amazed the public by his wonderful playing and is looked upon as the best player of the six colored teams.” — The New York Age, 1909
Mr. Obama stopped at Ben’s Chili Bowl in D.C. this weekend, across the street from a historic black basketball site once known as True Reformer’s Hall.
The building’s gymnasium was the site of many early games between African American basketball teams, including the Washington 12 Streeters led by Edwin B. Henderson.
The Smart Set Athletic Club used the old 14th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn as its home court for basketball during the 1910s. The 14th Regiment Armory in Brooklyn opened in 1895.
This month, 96 years ago (April, 1912), the Twelfth Street Colored Y.M.C.A. of Washington, D.C. opened. Here’s some more about this landmark building. But first, some background. In 1853, ex-slave Anthony Bowen founded the first Colored Y.M.C.A.
A week ago I was in Falls Church, Virginia attending the 3rd Annual Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation’s Black History Month Celebration, Celebrity Basketball Game, and Awards Ceremony. I was invited down to participate in the panel discussion, and to
When 93-year-old James Henderson ran into soon-to-be 93-year-old John Isaacs last Friday in Falls Church, Virginia, the trash talking began instantly.
Our ranking of the most deserving Black Fives Era players and contributors who are not yet enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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