Today is the anniversary of the first black players to play in the N.B.A. From the Chester (Pa.) Times, on October 20, 1950: Several Negro basketball stars will be members of the teams in the National Basketball Association for the first time this winter. Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton of the Harlem Globetrotters, and Chuck Cooper, Duquesne [...]
In George T. Hepbron’s “How To Play Basket Ball,” published in 1904 by the American Sports Publishing Co., then at 21 Warren Street in New York City, there’s a delightful segment about how one is to set up a “basket ball” court. In “The Grounds,” Hepbron, then the secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union Basket [...]
Yesterday, I mentioned the 112th anniversary of the founding of the St. Christopher Club, the black athletic club that took root in Harlem. Today I want to make you aware that the St. Christopher Club was more than just a basketball team, and was actually much more well known for its successes in track and [...]
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