A Black University of Kentucky basketball player found himself apologizing after a hot mic picked up his “poor choice of words” towards his White opponent…
When Duke basketball player Rasheed Sulaimon was dropped from the team earlier this year by Coach Mike Krzyzewski, many people questioned his reasoning. The basketball program released a…
When Ted Gustus was a boy, he found his mother dead, lying on the floor of their railroad flat in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant. In the background,…
WNBA basketball player, Monica Wright ended her year long relationship with NBA All-Star and DC native, Kevin Durant. The ending of something as personal as a promise to marry one would think would be handled in private between the two. But basketball’s sweetheart duo’s relationship ended to much criticism and backlash primarily directed toward one person. That person […]
A local college basketball player has been drafted to play in the NBA next year. Semaj Christon, who played with the Xavier Musketeers, was originally the 55th pick by the Miami Heat. The team, later, traded Christon to the Charlotte Hornets for Shabazz Napier. Last season, Christon averaged 17 PPG, made the all-Big East first […]
Bobbito Garcia, an original member of the Rock Steady Crew and street baller, was on “NewsOne Now” to discuss his new PBS documentary, “Doin’ It…
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…
I don’t think you can say this was an accident. Yesterday, France and Spain were playing in the basketball quarter finals at the Summer Olympics. The game got pretty physical. It was so physical, you could almost call it basketBRAWL. Nic Batum, who also plays for the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, rushed over to Spain’s […]
As Anthony Davis put on that bright blue hat, strolled to the stage, and flashed that wide smile as he shook NBA Commissioner David Stern’s hand, it was clear a dream had been realized. Davis has probably hoped this moment would come to fruition his entire life. All the hard work he put in at […]
Charles Barkley, former NBA player and tv analyst, Â is a keeping it real kind of guy and that may be why the NBA palyer’s voted “Sir Charles” their favorite announcer. Read the entire story on Newsone.com
I’m surprised that it took this long but finally viewers are tired of the mean girls on reality tv. Sure at first it was like watching a train-wreck and that’s not even reason enough to justify watching the on-going, non-stop, ratchedness that takes place on Basketball Wives- but watch (some) we did. Now that a […]
Using a special basketball festooned with his own image, President Obama shot some hoop today with former NBA players, Harlem Globetrotters and kids attending the White House Easter Egg Hunt. The balls with the presidential face were brought for by the NBA players who came to the event, White House officials said. The “Shoot for […]
