Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players to ...

Chuck Cooper, number 11, plays for the Boston Celtics as they take on the Syracuse Nationals at the Garden in an undated photo. Basketball was a very different game in 1950. The NBA was a fledgling ...

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 ...

The NBA has recently celebrated and acknowledged the 75th anniversary of the first three Black players to take the court for ...

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.

Charles "Chuck" Cooper's son, Chuck Cooper III, talks about what it means for his father to be enshrined into the Hall of Fame.

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 ...

And for today's article, we will continue with the fifth of 29 people to wear the No. 11 jersey, Hall of Fame Boston forward ...

Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton transformed the NBA in 1950 as the league's first Black players. Steve Aschburner Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton were the first 3 Black players ...