basketball

A group of exceptional young men brought national recognition to a small college in Roxbury. All but two members of the 13-man squad of Roxbury Community College hailed from Roxbury or Dorchester.

The 6-foot-8-inch high school basketball phenom has been rated as one of the best prep players to hit the roundball scene. In a recent conversation, Boston University head basketball coach Joe Jones said, “He is legitimately one of the best high school players in America. And he is just a freshman.”

The deal is done. Jaylen Brown has got his fortune for playing a child’s game at the professional level. His new $304 million contract extension makes him the second highest paid player, (behind recently signed Anthony Davis of the Lakers) in the NBA — for the moment!

Growing up in Turkey, a young Enes Kanter could sense the authoritative hand being thrust down on his society. An independent thinker, Kanter, who now goes by Enes Kanter Freedom, early on seemed imbued to challenge his peers when he differed with their mode of expression.

The first time Brendan Kent laid eyes on Bruce Brown on a basketball court, he knew he was in trouble.

fter what can only be labeled an out-of-control, roller-coaster NBA season, the 2022-23 Boston Celtics crash-landed by virtue of an embarrassing 103–84 defeat at the hands of the Miami Heat at the T.D. Bank Garden on May 29.

While Black Americans still make up more than 73% of the NBA's players, two European stars — Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo and Serbian Nikola Jokic — have won the last four regular-season NBA MVP honors.