Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton Archives

‘This is a special game’: NBA Pioneers Classic gives league’s first Black players their respect

Families of Chuck Cooper, Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton and Earl Lloyd on hand for inaugural game to start Black History Month

Ron Thomas

3 months ago Sports

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

8 months ago Sports

Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton, Chuck Cooper and Earl Lloyd’s children remember barrier-breaking fathers

1 year ago Sports

The story of Nat Clifton breaking the NBA’s color barrier with the New York Knicks is finally told on the big screen

3 years ago Sports