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

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 ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, legendary Celtics forward John Havlicek died in 2019 after a long fight with Parkinson ...

Being Genius Is Not Enough, It Takes Courage To Change People's Hearts.” Remember this fine line from Green Book? The post ...

All-Stars Stephen Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaylen Brown introduce us to the pioneers who broke the NBAs color barrier in 1950: Chuck Cooper, Nat Sweetwater Clifton and Earl Lloyd New Yorks ...

On the 75th anniversary of the 1950 NBA Draft, which integrated the NBA, Isiah Thomas and Jalen Rose discuss the impact of those early pioneers.

Introducing the NBA Pioneers. All-Stars Stephen Curry, Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaylen Brown introduce us to the pioneers who broke the NBAs color barrier in 1950: Chuck Cooper, Nat ...

Duquesne's Chuck Cooper, a second-team All-American, becomes the first African-American drafted by an NBA team when he's selected in the second round by the Boston Celtics. Other African-Americans ...