On a Tuesday afternoon in 1950, April 25, in a board room jammed with owners and coaches of the fledgling league’s 12 (soon to be 11) teams, the Boston Celtics’ Walter Brown called out a name in the ...

Chuck Cooper was a rookie on the first Celtics team to end the season with a winning record. And a separate pick, Bob Cousy, ...

Did You Know? First Black Players to Win an NBA title. Golden States Steph Curry tells the story of the first Black players to win an NBA Championship in 1955, Earl Lloyd and Jim ...