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Do today’s black athletes fall short on being socially responsible and aware? Pro football Hall of Famer Jim Brown‘s recent remarks about basketball star Kobe Bryant…

The mother of Chauncey Hardy, the Connecticut basketball prodigy who died after he was brutally beaten and forsaken in the hospital in Romania, is looking for answers. Olamae Hardy, 45, who buried her son earlier this month at a funeral with over 2,000 attendees, promised that she would continue to seek justice for her son […]

NEW YORK — A top-ranked woman’s high school basketball player was killed in Harlem in what her parents are saying is a case of mistaken identity. Witnesses claim Tayshana Murphy was killed in the Grant housing projects after rival gang members from another project building misidentified her under her hooded sweatshirt. The New York Daily […]

Sacramento Kings fans will likely bid farewell to their beloved underdog basketball team as it heads to new digs in Anaheim. In what many speculate would be the team’s final game, the Kings refused to lay down quietly for the Los Angeles Lakers as the matchup went into overtime. Though the Kings fell eight points […]

No sport has been more celebrated in the black community than the game of basketball. From the gifted athletes, to the way the players transcended their sport and became celebrities for their athletic talents, basketball, if not America’s game, is black America’s game. Here are nine basketball players who made it so. Related: 25 Reasons […]

WEST VIRGINIA-WOWKTV Kenneth Ziegler, the father of NBA player O.J. Mayo was charged with attempted murder, possession, obstructing and fleeing in a vehicle and on foot after police officers attempted to accost him. WOWKTV reports: Huntington police arrested Kenneth Ziegler early Thursday morning after a brief chase. Chief Skip Holbrook said Ziegler was observed in […]

Via: http://www.sports.espn.go.com LeBron James was greeted with boos and all kinds of obscene gestures from salty Cleveland. LeBron came with nothing short of his A-Game and reminded Cleveland of what they missed. Mo Williams said: “It’s almost like your ex-girlfriend coming to your wedding.” Returning to his native state and the city he scorned this […]

People are already anointing the Miami Heat as the greatest NBA team of all time. Even if they play their best with no injuries or chemistry issues, I doubt they could have beat the Top 3 Teams listed here. Here are the Top 10 NBA Teams of All Time. sorry old folks but I don’t […]

NEW YORK — The Nielsen Co. estimates that 9.95 million people watched LeBron James announce on ESPN that he’s leaving Cleveland to play for the Miami Heat, making it the third-most-watched program on cable television this year.

From ESPN: LeBron James put the NBA on notice Thursday night, joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.