Getting the news of a cancer diagnosis is never a good one. Sometimes the biology of this illness will dictate the course of events that are often beyond one’s control. Still, no matter how difficult the circumstances may seem, one […]
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Here’s a list of milestones that helped break the NBA color barrier
In 2015 the racial make-up of players in the NBA was 74.4 percent black players, 23.3 percent white, 1.8 percent Latino, and 0.2 percent Asian. That is obviously a very different picture than the early days when non-white players were […]
Boston Celtics Made NBA History By Starting 5 Black Players in 1964-65
As Black History Month officially comes to a close today, we’re taking a look back at one of the most historic, progressive and monumentally significant moments in NBA history – the first game to feature an all African-American starting five. […]
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