Fab five: pioneering sociocultural influence within the culture of basketball and American society

• Main Authors: M. Fennell (Author), C. K. Harrison (Author), R. D. Manning (Author), J. Boyd (Author), O. Stuart (Author), D. Scott (Author), M. Martin (Author), K. Dwyer (Author), L. Proctor (Author), S. Bukstein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Dating back to when the inventor of the game, James Naismith, developed a mentoring relationship with John McClendon one of the African American pioneers in basketball (founder of the "fast-break"), there are countless examples of these intersections. Entering the college basketball cultur...