The National Basketball Association is a multi-billion-dollar industry driven by Black athletes with global influence. But as our guest Theresa Runstedtler argues, the success of today’s NBA players rests on the labor activism of 1970s NBA stars who fought with...
It sure looks like it. In 1976, four teams from the American Basketball Association joined the National Basketball Association. Learn more about the ABA and the merger here or you can listen to our forthcoming podcast interview with Theresa Runstedtler,...
At his Substack, Kareem sets the record straight on a lot of the rumors. He is happy LeBron broke his scoring record. He corrects his old teammate Magic Johnson. He says he is more focused right now on his activism...
They may need a miracle on Saturday when they play third-seeded Arkansas in the round of 16 at the 2021 NCAA basketball tournament. Here is Baylor University sports historian Paul Putz and Oral Roberts biographer Jonathan Root at Christianity Today:...
Some of you may remember back in April 2018 when Grand Canyon University, a for-profit Christian university in Phoenix, surpassed Liberty University as the “world’s largest Christian university.” Jerry Falwell Jr., who was then the president of Liberty, did not...
When I was a Lilly Fellow in Humanities and the Arts at Valparaiso University we attended almost every Valparaiso Crusader home basketball game during the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 seasons. As a faculty member, we got free admission and the ARC...
Bluefield College is a Christian college located in Bluefield, Virginia. (Bluefield College is not to be confused with Bluefield State College, a Historical Black College and University). It is a member of the Council of Christian Colleges & Universities. Recently,...
Asia Todd announced that she is leaving Liberty University’s women’s basketball team because of the university administration’s “racial insensitivities.” She is most likely referring to this tweet from Liberty president Jerry Falwell Jr.: Falwell Jr. has since apologized for the...
Yes, they were better than O’Neal, Chamberlain, Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, Ewing, Walton, Unseld, Reed, Robinson, Mikan, Webber, Hayes, and (Karl) Malone. Discuss. I could watch these highlight videos all day: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJxWXbGD-s&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWXCu1Dv8Mo&w=560&h=315] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMpOrXQnac&w=560&h=315]...
Many of you watched the ten-part ESPN documentary, “The Last Dance.” It covered the career of Michael Jordan and his six championship runs with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. I was riveted to the television set for the last...
If there was ever a time for a change:...
Here is “Dear Basketball”: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziUc0OCDmoU&w=560&h=315]...
This looks amazing. Watch the last 45 seconds for the star-studded lineup. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peh9Yqf1GXc&w=560&h=315]...
The defending national champs will not be going to the White House. Here is a taste of Mike Barber’s reporting at the Richmond Times-Dispatch: CHARLOTTESVILLE — After winning the national championship, the Virginia basketball team won’t be following the tradition of...
Thomas Jefferson, the founder of the University of Virginia, was no evangelical. But he was a champion of religious liberty and had a lot of support among Virginia evangelicals when he ran for president in 1800. So it is unclear...
Compliments of University of Virginia coach Tony Bennett who played this song for his team before tonight’s win: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4rRCjrAyCs&w=560&h=315] Wells is a Christian artist. Bennett is an evangelical Christian....
Annie Thorn is a first-year history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. As part of her internship she will be writing a weekly column for us titled “Out of the Zoo.” It will...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsADQpw-dD8&w=560&h=315] I’m not sure what to make of this. Writer Mike Olson seems happy that his team has such a “hungry heart.” Here is a taste: Love him or hate him, Bruce Springsteen is notorious for his dedication to...
I believe that is Don Criqui with the call: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCk7SjkSE4c&w=560&h=315]...
If you are a basketball fan–especially an NBA fan–you know about Doris Burke. You may recognize her as the sideline reporter during ABC’s coverage of the NBA finals. But did you know she grew up on the New Jersey shore,...
