Jay-Z’s Link To Brooklyn’s Century-Old Black Basketball History

On September 29, 2011, in Business, Community, Culture, History, NBA, by Claude Johnson

Jay-Z’s co-ownership of the Brooklyn Nets reminds us of the Smart Set Athletic Club — America’s first all-black basketball team — whose players lived a short stroll away from the Marcy Housing Projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant where he grew up.

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Toward Making Up With Kareem (We Hope)

On August 11, 2011, in Business, Community, Culture, Film, Goodwill, History, Motivation, Relationships, by Claude Johnson

I want us to reconcile with Kareem, because instead of arguing we should be teaming up.

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Did A Punch By A Basketball Hall Of Famer Threaten Jackie Robinson’s MLB Debut?

On April 15, 2009, in Culture, History, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

Did one devastating punch thrown by a future Basketball Hall of Fame player in an unrelated game threaten to derail Jackie Robinson’s baseball debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers?

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Basketball Hall Of Fame Flashback: Bob Douglas Voted In (1972)

On April 6, 2009, in Culture, History, NBA, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

But now it’s as if the Hall mistakenly thinks that its progress regarding the election of African Americans in general somehow goes toward satisfying the need to consider specific deserving black pioneers from the earlier time.

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