Edwin B. Henderson was the first to introduce basketball to African Americans on a wide scale organized basis, becoming known as the “Father of Black Basketball.”
Edwin Bancroft Henderson was the man who, as a gym teacher in Washington, D.C. in 1904, became the first to introduce basketball to African Americans on a wide-scale organized basis. He is an unsung pioneer in the Black Fives Era who had many distinguished accomplishments in a lifelong career dedicated to the advancement of physical [...]
John Isaacs, a Tinner Hill 2008 Living Legacy award winner, will be remembered. A panel will discuss the implications of Mr. Isaacs’ gifts to the world and basketball, and film clips of his visit with us at the game last year will also be shown.
Team body language Watching the game last night, or if you go back and look at the tapes, did you notice how the Celtics’ team body language never showed any sign of frustration or defeat, even in the 2Q when down 24? Those moments almost seemed to give them more resolve, not less, didn’t they? [...]
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