NEW YORK – The NBA Foundation today announced a total of $2 million in inaugural grants that will drive economic empowerment in Black communities through employment and career advancement. Seven organizations – exalt, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, Marcus Graham Project, Operation DREAM, TEAM Inc., The Knowledge House and the Youth Empowerment Project – have been selected as the recipients of the first grants from the Foundation.
Read MoreIn June, HUDL made a commitment: they’re not just sticking to sports anymore. Fighting against systemic racism and injustice is everyone’s responsibility, including ours. However, we’re definitely new to this fight, and we have a long way to go to get better at it.
Read MoreAlumni Youth Educators from TEAM, Inc. and The Hidden Genius Project share how their entrepreneurial experience and projects inspire change at the intersection of sports, tech, and social justice.
Read MoreTEAM Inc featured as Oakland A’s nonprofit of the game.
Read MoreIn Partnership with the Golden State Warriors and Google Cloud exposing underrepresented youth to the influence of technology in Sports and STEM
Read MoreAnwar McQueen remembers vividly when it all began. Spring of 2005.
At the time, he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at the University of San Francisco. Jessie Evans was the head coach, but McQueen became the protégé of fellow assistant Bill Johnson. McQueen and Johnson went to De La Salle High to watch Theo Robertson, a local hoops star high on USF’s wish list. Johnson had introduced McQueen to a new software for breaking down film. It was called SportsCode. So while Johnson drove — across the Bay Bridge, through the Caldecott Tunnel — McQueen was in the passenger seat, getting his mind blown.
Read MoreThe Detroit Pistons, in partnership with The Hidden Genius Project, TEAM, Inc. and Google hosted Tech Slam, presented by Rocket Fiber, hosted an event to demonstrate how technology and STEM influence sports.
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