Will Robinson was the first African American basketball coach in NCAA Division I history.
Spencer Haywood
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The Spencer Haywood story continues: Only one regret
Spencer Haywood found great success in his 12 years in the NBA, but he paid a personal price.
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The Spencer Haywood story continues: The rise to stardom
Fresh off his 1968 Olympics performance, Spencer Haywood resumed his college playing, this time back home in Motown at the city’s only Division I school.
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The Spencer Haywood story continues: The 1968 Olympics showdown
The third installment in multi-series about Spencer Haywood.
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The Spencer Haywood story continues: Back to basics in Detroit
A continuation of a series delving further into the little known story of Spencer Haywood.
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The little known story of Spencer Haywood
First in a multi-part series I know both Marc Spears and Gary Washburn, as we all are National Association of Black Journalists [NABJ] Sports Task Force members. Both are veteran journalists who Spencer Haywood wanted to pen his life story. Black journalists don’t often get a chance to help write a legend’s autobiography, the co-authors […]
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‘You can’t talk basketball without talking Detroit!’
Sports writer Charles Hallman explores how Detroit basketball impacted both the city and NBA.
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‘There’s no city like Detroit’
If you ever lived and worked there for any amount of time, and especially if you are Detroit born and made like this columnist, no matter where you are, you carry ‘The D’ with a strong sense of pride
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‘Haywood Rule’ overturned NBA age restrictions
You won’t hear NBA legend and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Spencer Haywood bemoan the state of today’s pro hoops players. “Basketball is at its best right now,” Haywood said in a recent MSR phone interview. Today’s players “are so conditioned in what they do. It’s a different style. The evolution of the game is so much better.” […]