Celebrating key Black players, coaches and referees who ... Jackson Award in 2009 by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. First Black female referee: Violet Palmer made history as ...

But in 1962, Wade Houston, Eddie Whitehead and Sam Smith became the first Black basketball players to don the Cardinals’ uniform. Smith sadly passed in 2022, but Whitehead and Houston talk about ...

who became the first Black basketball player in the SEC and the first Black athlete to play a full four-year career in the SEC in any sport. "My life has changed so much over the last two years ...

Okoroma tried out for the soccer team and earned a spot as a forward, making him the first Black varsity athlete to play at ...

Ninety-five years ago, the former coach and athletics director was born. He played a prominent role in integrating college ...

One of his star players called him “more of a life coach than a basketball coach.” Another said he was “simply the best.” One friend called him “a civil rights ...

Charlie Scott is without question one of the 10 best players in North Carolina Basketball history, and likely merits the added distinction of being the most important. As the first black varsity ...

Even the stubborn Rupp learned a lesson from Haskins—three years later, in 1969, Kentucky recruited its first black basketball player. At the time of the championship game, starting five black ...