Community

It Stops With Me And You, Inc.  Has FREE SUMMER CAMPS for Foster Kids. Free Basketball, Soccer, Skating, Cooking, Arts, Music, and Field Trips. This is for foster children ONLY, so if you are the parent of a foster child or an agency who care’s for foster children please call 770-206-7777. We have 3 locations- Bouldercrest Road […]

National

Via: Eurweb Star Jones, one of the most drama prone celebrities known to reality television, is protesting the over-the-top reality show, “Basketball Wives.” She took to Twitter and has called on ‘high-profile’ black women to stand up and speak out against the ridiculousness of the show. She was quoted as saying, “It may be ‘comfortable’ […]

National

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University fired associate head basketball coach Bernie Fine on Sunday in the wake of an investigation of child molestation allegations against him. “At the direction of Chancellor Cantor, Bernie Fine’s employment with Syracuse University has been terminated, effective immediately,” Kevin Quinn, the school’s senior vice president for public affairs, said in […]

The Atlanta Dream have advanced to the WNBA Finals for the second year in a row after defeating the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis 83-67 on Tuesday night to win the series 2-1. The Dream will face the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA Finals. Game 1 of the best of five series is Sunday night. Making […]

Community

Date & Time: Saturday, September 17, 2011 Free Youth Tennis Clinic Ages 6 – 14        11:00am –  12:00noon Free Youth Basketball Clinic:                      12:00noon – 2:00pm Lunch for clinic attendants:                            2:00pm –    3:00pm Drum line competition:                                  3:00pm Celebrity All-Star Basketball Game:             4:00pm Location: Atlanta Metropolitan College – Gymnasium 1630 Metropolitan Parkway SW Atlanta, GA  […]

Atlanta, Community

MAY MADNESS 2011 Date & Time: Sunday, MAY 22, 2011 Game schedule as follows 12:00 p.m.: Atlanta Police Department vs. Dekalb Police Dept. 1:15 p.m.: Kappa Alpha Psi vs. Omega Psi Phi 2:30 p.m.: Hot 107.9 vs. V-103.3 3:45 p.m.: Semi Finals 5:00 p.m.: Championship Game Location: The B.E.S.T. Academy at Benjamin Carson Gymnasium 1890 […]

History

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 […]

General

Every hoops fan dreams of that one special birthday when his pro-ball heroes gather on a court to see if he’s got game. President Obama had that chance Sunday, assembling a virtual dream team of college and pro basketball players for a presidential pickup game in front of wounded veterans and participants in a White […]

From ESPN.com: Free agent Joe Johnson is staying with the Atlanta Hawks, his agent said in a blog published in the Huffington Post website on Sunday. Arn Tellem, Johnson’s agent, said that Johnson was impressed with the team’s commitment to him and would accept the club’s offer of the six years at the NBA’s maximum […]