J.J. Redick is trusting the process. Gordon Hayward got his sales pitch from Miami. And David West, finally a champion, is coming back for one last season. The first day of NBA free agency Saturday saw things starting to take shape, though there’s still dozens more moves to come in the next few days. After […]
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2 Black Coaches Face Off in NBA Finals for First Time in 42 Years
As the 2017 NBA Finals tipped off on June 1, two names you may hear mentioned at least once during the broadcasts are Al Attles and KC Jones. Most fans of this younger generation of basketball players may not know exactly who those men are, but for historians of the sport those names mentioned together […]
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Another Viewpoint: ‘Heroes: Introducing Rube Foster’
By Tim Lacy Before I was interrupted in our last edition, I was taking you into the world of the Negro Leagues. I was about to introduce you to Andrew “Rube” Foster. Rube is most famous for his role as one of the people behind the scenes that helped establish the Negro Leagues in 1920. […]
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Pete Brown, First Black Player to Win PGA Tour Event, Dies at 80
By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Pete Brown, the first Black player to win a PGA Tour event, died May 1. He was 80. PGA Tour officials say Brown died in Augusta. Details on the cause of death weren’t immediately available. Brown won the 1964 Waco Turner Open in Burneyville, Okla., and the 1970 […]