More whites believe in ghosts than believe in racism.

We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

Lakers were able to maintain a certain level of talent and success and so were the Celtics. So after awhile it became part of people's sports lore...

In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.

I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

Your best athletes might give basketball a try just when they think, geez, this might be something that pays off for me in the end.