Ermes Effron Borgnino, known as Ernest Borgnine (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was born on this date 108 years ago. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1955 for Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series McHale’s Navy and co-starred in the mid…Read More

The first all-Black professional basketball team was organized on Feb. 13, 1923.
The New York Renaissance, commonly called the Rens, become one of the dominant teams of the 1920s and 1930s. The team’s founder was Robert L. Douglas, whose primary objective was to give New York City’s male, Black athletes opportunities to better themselves. In…Read More