All-Star Damian Lillard seeks to make college more attainable for kids in native Bay Area
The All-Star guard paid a visit to his high school in Oakland and set up 9 nine students with $25,000 scholarships.
In 1968, a southern Illinois native broke a major NBA color barrier
Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.
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Black History Month: List of first Black players to reach NBA milestones
The Oakland native ... from players such as Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell played a role in Jackie White becoming the first African-American to work as an NBA official on ...
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Arlington native Cade Cunningham is Pistons’ first All-Star since 2019: ‘A great feeling’
He is on pace for a career high in assists and ranks third in the NBA behind Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic. He’s one of only eight players in NBA history ...
Kyrie Irving’s Latest Sneakers Honor His Native American Heritage
The 32-year-old guard has weathered scandals, criticism, and multiple ill-fated forays onto different rosters in his ...