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Earl Lloyd

NBA commissioner Adam Silver honors NBA pioneers Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nat Clifton in the first round of the NBA draft Sports

Inaugural NBA Pioneers Classic to celebrate Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd, Nathaniel ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton

Game in Feb. 2026 will honor first African Americans to play in NBA

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Making the case for Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla

In 1972, Ray Scott — the NBA’s first Black Coach of the Year — was a young assistant thrust into the head job. He thinks Boston’s coach is heading in the right direction.

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When T.C. Williams High School — yes, the one from ‘Remember the Titans’ — named its court after Earl Lloyd

Ten years ago, the school honored the first black player in the NBA even though he attended Parker-Gray, the all-black high school

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Who should replace Jerry West on a new NBA logo?

The choice is yours

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Kawhi Leonard’s passion for Earl Lloyd documentary comes through loud and clear

Quiet Spurs star is co-executive producer of film about NBA’s first black player

The Uplift

Today in black history: Earl Lloyd dies, Fats Domino and Marshall Faulk are born and more

Black History Month: The Undefeated edition Feb. 26

HBCU

If the best HBCU basketball players of all time played 5-on-5, who’d win?

The Undefeated’s top 20 HBCU basketball players of all time

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Earl Lloyd’s son maintains his legacy as an NBA icon

Kevin Lloyd is making sure the world knows his father’s impact — from the league, to players and more

HBCU

Earl Lloyd’s son pushes for historic U.S. stamp

The NBA pioneer’s son seeks support to get stamp for dad, who was first black player