Earl Lloyd, N.B.A.’s First Black Player, Dies at 86
Earl Lloyd, who became the first black player to appear in an N.B.A. game when he took the court for the Washington Capitols in October 1950, three and a half…
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Earl Lloyd, First Black Player In The NBA, Dead At 86
Earl Lloyd, the first black player in NBA history, died Thursday. He was 86. Lloyd’s alma mater, West Virginia State, confirmed the death. It did not provide details. – Lloyd,…
Lyon Sisters’ 1975 Disappearance May Soon Be Solved As Police Zero In On Persons Of Interest
Police say they’re closer than ever to solving the mysterious disappearance of Sheila and Katherine Lyon, the young sisters who vanished almost 40 years ago from a suburban Washington, D.C.,…
Where’s the alleged smoking gun in Aaron Hernandez case?
In a Massachusetts court Tuesday, during testimony by one of three cleaning ladies in the Hernandez household, prosecutors showed video of Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, taking a trash bag from…
Aaron Hernandez’s Housekeepers Saw 2 Guns In House Before Murder
Two people who cleaned Aaron Hernandez’s house testified Monday that they’d seen guns there starting a little more than a month before Odin Lloyd was killed. Marilia Prinholato and Grazielli…
Mother of victim in Aaron Hernandez trial composed on stand
“You are not to cry,” the judge said. “Yes, your honor,” Ward replied during her brief appearance as a prosecution witness in the murder trial of former New England Patriots…
Juror dismissed in Aaron Hernandez murder trial
Juror 96 was dismissed as one of 18 potential jurors and alternates on the panel after Garsh had earlier ordered the public out of the Massachusetts courtroom for a hearing…
Judge to Aaron Hernandez jury: Enjoy Super Bowl but be vigilant
That is the dilemma for 12 jurors and six alternates in the Massachusetts murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez when the region’s beloved Patriots play in…
Ex-Patriots Star Aaron Hernandez Goes On Trial On Murder Charges
With his old team about to play in the Super Bowl, former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez went on trial on murder charges Thursday, watching from the defense table…
Aaron Hernandez case: Who’s who?
By the end of his second season, he inked a five-year contract extension worth $40 million. But less than a year later, he was charged with first-degree murder in the…