Spalding once supplied the official “jockey suspensory” for all of basketball.
What was New York City like in 1916? To get an idea, let’s take a look inside this guide for tourists and visitors. It’s filled with information that you’ll probably find both interesting and surprising, especially compared to today. Here are some of the highlights: there were 4 elevated railways, the Third Avenue and Bronx [...]
Facebook I’ve got my Facebook profile updated now, after neglecting it for a while! It now includes a separate Black Fives page where you can go nuts adding your fan photos and videos and stuff like that. I’m still having fun messin’ with it myself! So, please feel free to visit and connect. Monday’s Jeter-Jordan [...]
You can tell a lot about someone by their office. Or study. What’s in it, how it’s kept, what’s on the walls … these are all clues. This is a photo of Andrew Carnegie’s study, around 1905. It was inside his mansion on Fifth Avenue in New York City. That’s where Carnegie lived after selling [...]
Was their ever a time when black folks came from actual neighborhoods, before it was collectively called the ‘hood? Maybe so. Introducing the Neighborhood A. C. of New York City, perhaps the first organization to represent, well, the ‘hood. The Neighborhood Athletic Club of New York City, circa 1912. Somebody help me out, is that [...]
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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