More On Forgotten Black Fives Era Phenom Sidat-Singh

On May 22, 2008, in Basic, Community, Goodwill, History, Race, Relationships, by Black Fives

Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, a former star athlete at Syracuse, spectacular pro hoops player with the New York Rens and Washington Bears, and former Tuskegee Airman, died in a plane crash while on an Army training mission in 1941.

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First In War, First In Peace, First In Basketball

On February 11, 2008, in Gear, Goodwill, Humor, International, Premium, Race, by Black Fives

Washington, D.C. (as well as Maryland and Virginia) will figure prominently in political news tomorrow. Which makes me realize that in this blog we haven’t mentioned one of the best basketball teams ever to play in the nation’s capitol. The Washington Bears. The Bears won the 1943 World Professional Basketball Tournament. There’s a ton of [...]

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