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Current Providence College Friars’ basketball fans don’t think of Rhode Island high schools as fertile territory for PC Friar basketball teams. Three of the greatest PC basketball players, however, are from Rhody—Ernie DiGregorio, Marvin Barnes, and Joe H
150 years ago, the Colfax Massacre set the stage for Black voter suppression and 150 years of gun hysteria.
Skip to main content Currently Reading Bay Area's first pro basketball champion wasn't the Warriors - and the team left town 3 months later FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Rick Barry meets with Oakland Oaks owner Pat Boone on Oct. 13, 1967. Amid a string of court battles with the Warriors over his rights, Barry played just 35 games in two seasons with the Oaks.ApShow MoreShow Less 2of3 An Oakland Oaks team photo during their first season, when they finished 22-56.Jerry Telfer/sfcShow MoreShow Less 3of3 The Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association are a footnote in Bay Area sports history...