Black Fives » Los Angeles Red Devils http://www.blackfives.com Make History Now! Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:56:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 NBA-Insider David Aldridge On BlackFives.com http://www.blackfives.com/nba-insider-david-aldridge-on-blackfives-com/ http://www.blackfives.com/nba-insider-david-aldridge-on-blackfives-com/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:23:46 +0000 Black Fives http://www.blackfives.com/?p=4960 By Claude Johnson

David AldridgeDavid Aldridge.

Did you see what “NBA-Insider” David Aldridge wrote about me and BlackFives.com in his column on NBA.com this week? He referred

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George CroweGeorge Crowe.

George is the last

]]> http://www.blackfives.com/prayers-george-crowe/feed/ 21 Jackie Robinson http://www.blackfives.com/players/jackie-robinson/ http://www.blackfives.com/players/jackie-robinson/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:30:17 +0000 Black Fives http://66.147.242.168/~blackfi1/?page_id=885 _______________

“But scoring is the least of the dusky marvel’s accomplishments. A lightning dribbler and glue-fingered ball handler, his terrific speed makes it impossible for one man to hold him in check.”
– Chicago Defender, 1946

“Robinson, who was outstanding in four spots at UCLA, has this year made the transition from baseball to basketball without the slightest hitch; and with more than a dozen pro games under his belt, is destined to be one of the game’s outstanding forwards.”
– Cleveland Call & Post, 1946

Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson

Team: Los Angeles Red Devils
Born: 1919, in Cairo, Georgia
Died: 1972, in Stamford, Connecticut

Jackie Robinson was much better at basketball than he was at baseball and may have been the finest player in the game, of his time.

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Iowa Colored Ghosts Play In Sparks Soon

Local basketball fans will have at least one more chance to see a hoop contest this season. The well-known Iowa Colored Ghosts will be in Sparks next

]]> http://www.blackfives.com/iowa-colored-ghosts-play-sparks/feed/ 3 R.I.P. Hank DeZonie, Harlem Rens Star, Among First Four Blacks In NBA http://www.blackfives.com/hank-dezonie-blacks-nba-birthday-today-death/ http://www.blackfives.com/hank-dezonie-blacks-nba-birthday-today-death/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:49:28 +0000 Black Fives http://blackfivesblog.com/?p=899 Henry “Hank” DeZonie, who was a star basketball player with the Harlem Yankees, New York Renaissance, Dayton Rens of the National Basketball League, and Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball Association, died January 2, 2009, at Lenox Hill Hospital in Harlem. He would have been 87 years old yesterday. According to his wife and friends, DeZonie, a quiet man who had been ailing for years with emphysema and asthma, said he “wanted to go.” He left behind his wife Ethel DeZonie, and his sons Hank, Jr. of Harlem and Richard of the Bronx.

Hank DeZonieHank DeZonie, 1922-2009

Outside of Harlem, his long time residence, DeZonie is best known

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]]> http://www.blackfives.com/sunday-free-throws/feed/ 6 September Birthdays, Black Fives Era Basketball Pioneers http://www.blackfives.com/september-birthdays-black-fives-era-basketball-pioneers/ http://www.blackfives.com/september-birthdays-black-fives-era-basketball-pioneers/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:21:11 +0000 Black Fives http://blackfivesblog.com/?p=525 Here are some September birthdays.

John IsaacsJohn Isaacs.
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Jackie RobinsonJackie Robinson, who had David Thompson-like hops, drops 20 in action against Cal.

Did you know that Jackie Robinson was much better at basketball than he

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