John Glenn keeps making 11-foot plays on a 10-foot rim. And that’s all part of a season of rare air for the Bobcats. With ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died. He was 66.

The 1991 crime thriller starred Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Chris Rock and became a cultural gem in cinema. Cooper continued to shape the landscape of Black storytelling with Sugar Hill (1993), starring ...

AUBURN, Ala. – For his final season of college basketball, Ja’Heim “Turtle” Hudson wanted an opportunity to win. “I chose to play at Auburn in my last year because I really wanted to win ...

who is equally comfortable finishing at the rim with either hand. “Being able to go to my right and left at any time is a blessing.” Pettiford burst onto the college basketball stage by ...

Jeff Pollack, the director for favored Hip-Hop movies, Above the Rim and Booty Call as well as a producer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air has died at the age of 54.

It's a place called "above the rim." Sure, the ability to powerfully drive to the basket or thread the needle for a perfect pass would be nice, but we all know that true roundball glory (cue the ...

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Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his "Harlem trilogy" consisting of the films "New Jack City" (1991), "Sugar Hill" and "Above the Rim" (both 1994), died Wednesday of ...

Cooper was more than a screenwriter. He was a storyteller whose pen immortalized Harlem’s struggles and triumphs. With New ...

Barry Michael Cooper, an investigative reporter turned screenwriter known for the films “New Jack City,” “Above the Rim” and “Sugar Hill,” has died. Cooper died Tuesday, a spokesperson ...