NBA fans and players all over the world wear the No. 30 in honor of Stephen Curry, the greatest shooter in basketball history. Seth Curry, Stephen’s brother, has also worn the No. 30 for most of his NBA career and was the last to don it for the Charlotte Hornets. For the Golden State Warriors...
Desmond Cambridge Sr. could see the signs of a winner in his daughter Jaloni early on. Cambridge remembers a summer workout in 2008 when he was practicing with his oldest daughter, Jordyn, on an indoor court in their hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. They were working on ballhandling, specifically dribbling through the legs. In the corner,...
For six decades, America has remembered Texas Western University’s men’s basketball victory over the University of Kentucky as a seminal racial moment in sports. What often gets lost is how badly the Miners were misread. Before the NCAA title game on March 19, 1966, some in the majority-white press reduced coach Don Haskins’ team to...
Michelle Cadeau sat outside the soundproof booth watching her 4-year-old son through the glass. An audiologist tested what a school nurse had flagged days earlier when she could not get a reading from Elliot’s right ear. Michelle hoped the specialist would reach a different finding. Inside the booth, the doctor asked Elliot to repeat a...
The madness has begun. Every March, fans all around the world sit back and watch history unfold. There is something magical about March Madness, where we see the most dominant teams raise a trophy or go home in shock. It’s the Cinderella stories that pave the way for smaller schools in the future. It’s what...
March Madness has arrived. Last season, a new women’s NCAA tournament record was set with 16 Black coaches leading teams to the Big Dance. While this year’s total isn’t as large, the group is diverse, with coaches with an array of tournament experience. There are tournament veterans such as South Carolina’s Dawn Staley and Kentucky’s...
Featuring four blue bloods, two of the likely top three draft picks and the program that has won two of the last three titles, the East Region will be a battle. Which top dog will cut down the nets in D.C. and head to Indy? (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) Men’s East Regional Top seed:...
At Duke, they call it the Brotherhood — a bond built on familial bonds, blood, championships, mentorship and expectations shared among former Duke basketball players. For Howard men’s basketball head coach Kenneth “Kenny” Blakeney and Tennessee State head coach Nolan Smith, lessons learned at Cameron Indoor Stadium prepared them for their head coaching careers. The...
The NCAA Men’s Tournament’s West region is paced by the Arizona Wildcats, though they’re being relentlessly pursued by trains and dogs. Cue the music, sharpen your pencil, and let it fly … March Madness is finally here. The college basketball season is on pace for an explosive conclusion, one set to a sound track of...
Lego sets. A TheraFace mask. An Osmo camera for vlogging. And UGGs. For some of the athletes headed to the NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament, those are just a few of the essentials also making the trip. March Madness means long travel days, unfamiliar hotel rooms and weeks spent living out of a suitcase,...