The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association hope to make their first African American pioneers — Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, Chuck Cooper and Earl Lloyd — household names amongst their teams, players and all NBA fans just like Jackie Robinson is with Major League Baseball. The NBA plans to celebrate the anniversary of the drafting...
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JACKSON, Miss. — Inside John W. Dixon Hall at Jackson State University, a couple of black Maybelle telephones rested on a table in the lobby on the morning of Jan. 28, 1975, as Jackson State running back Walter Payton and middle linebacker Robert Brazile waited for two important phone calls. “Nobody could be on the...
Bryceson Melvin, 6-foot-5 senior (2025) guard from RWG Stem Academy (Arlington, Texas) has committed to Stephen F. Austin. Melvin announced on April 21 he will play for newly acquired Head Coach Matt Braeuer in Nacogdoches. He and his father, Marcus Melvin, talked to Ballislife about the pledge to the Lumberjacks. “I feel it’s a great...
Jackson State safety Robert McDaniel can’t exactly pinpoint where his aggressive on-the-field persona comes from, but he believes it has something to do with his favorite rapper: Kendrick Lamar. Lamar’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” McDaniel’s pregame song, sets the tone on game days. Like his musical playlist, he said, he can turn his aggressiveness...
Duke-bound power forward from FAB 50 national champ Columbus (Fla.) makes history in being named 2025 Mr. Basketball USA by Ballislife.com. Cameron Boozer concludes a spectacular career with a memorable senior season that ends with the Explorers finishing No. 1 in the FAB 50 National Team Rankings. Also the 2023 Mr. Basketball USA choice, Boozer...
Ice Cube has had a long love affair with sports. Pick a sport. Any sport. And if that sport is representing his beloved home of Los Angeles or, at the very least, the great state of California? Even better. But now, Cube — who together with his groundbreaking NWA rap collective made the all-black Raiders...
Walter Clayton Jr’s Clutch Play Lifts Florida Past Houston For NCAA Championship Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. spent most of Monday night’s NCAA men’s national championship game being relentlessly hounded and frustrated by Houston’s defense. Yet in the game’s defining moment, Clayton came up with the defensive play of the night to seal a win....
RABAT, Morocco – A familiar face appeared on a television while George King was enjoying some down time from playing pro basketball in the Middle East. To the American’s delight, it was Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, and King videotaped his ex-University of Colorado teammate with his cell phone. King is enjoying Morocco while playing...
Chipotle Nationals closed out the 2024-25 season and it’s now time to publish our final FAB 50 National Team Rankings powered by Ballislife.com. Columbus of Florida met its season-long goal of winning the prestigious tournament to cap off a season in which it finished ranked No. 1 in the country. The results of the 10-team...