Only The Ball Was Brown ®️
@steveholroyd.bsky.social
Musician. Misanthrope. Lawyer. Font of useless information. 🇨🇦/🇺🇸 #HoopsHistory
Host of Only The Ball Was Brown: https://youtube.com/@inthelowpost?si=Vorpxmh_TaguuCm6
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My name is Steve Holroyd. Labor lawyer by day, hoops historian in my free time
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Happy heavenly birthday to Earl Lloyd, overlooked @sixers legend and the first African American to play in an #NBA game
A 9th round pick by the Washington Capitols
The “Big Cat” was an exemplar of class
#HoopsHistory
A 9th round pick by the Washington Capitols
The “Big Cat” was an exemplar of class
#HoopsHistory
April 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Happy heavenly birthday to Earl Lloyd, overlooked @sixers legend and the first African American to play in an #NBA game
A 9th round pick by the Washington Capitols
The “Big Cat” was an exemplar of class
#HoopsHistory
A 9th round pick by the Washington Capitols
The “Big Cat” was an exemplar of class
#HoopsHistory
This Sacramento Kings legend learned today that his AAFC stats now count in NFL records
He’d like to see his NBL stats (and the stats of ABA players) count in the NBA
#HoopsHistory
He’d like to see his NBL stats (and the stats of ABA players) count in the NBA
#HoopsHistory
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This Sacramento Kings legend learned today that his AAFC stats now count in NFL records
He’d like to see his NBL stats (and the stats of ABA players) count in the NBA
#HoopsHistory
He’d like to see his NBL stats (and the stats of ABA players) count in the NBA
#HoopsHistory
Fear not…the NBA will not do the same for NBL or ABA
"For historians of professional football, the decision to open up the record book to the AAFC is significant, and makes the league’s official records a fuller picture of the history of the sport." (@michaeldavidsmith.bsky.social) www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...
NFL will include stats from 1946-49 All-America Football Conference in official records
Statistics from the All-America Football Conference, a pro football league that existed from 1946 to 1949 until some of its teams were folded into the NFL, will count toward the NFL's official records...
www.nbcsports.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fear not…the NBA will not do the same for NBL or ABA
Second half of the 1929-30 American Basketball League season finds everyone gunning for the champs
#HoopsHistory
#HoopsHistory
April 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Second half of the 1929-30 American Basketball League season finds everyone gunning for the champs
#HoopsHistory
#HoopsHistory
We’re not talking enough about how hard Musk flopped here
BREAKING NEWS: Susan Crawford WINS the Wisconsin Supreme Court election DEFEATING Elon Musk puppet Brad Schimel!
Congratulations Judge Crawford!
Congratulations Judge Crawford!
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We’re not talking enough about how hard Musk flopped here
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I remember hearing a rumor that Melo was always kinda pissed he couldn't do this. Maybe it was a blessing and it saved him from doing Palm'd jab-steps into hilarious turnovers.
March 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I remember hearing a rumor that Melo was always kinda pissed he couldn't do this. Maybe it was a blessing and it saved him from doing Palm'd jab-steps into hilarious turnovers.
March 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Congratulations on an incredible shot you have won a terrible punishment
March 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Congratulations on an incredible shot you have won a terrible punishment
Sad but true
“Checks and balances” aren’t self-enforcing…they require people to agree to play along
In theory, two branches should restrain the third…but our legislature has checked out
So you have a Constitutional crisis
Which will require military intervention
“Checks and balances” aren’t self-enforcing…they require people to agree to play along
In theory, two branches should restrain the third…but our legislature has checked out
So you have a Constitutional crisis
Which will require military intervention
If Roberts can't rebuke him, literally nothing short of a military overthrow can.
How can there be “rule of law” when the president is ‘DEMANDING that the Supreme Court rein in judge who are ruling to uphold the Constitution? If Roberts cannot rebuke such nonsense, he is unfit for the job.
March 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Sad but true
“Checks and balances” aren’t self-enforcing…they require people to agree to play along
In theory, two branches should restrain the third…but our legislature has checked out
So you have a Constitutional crisis
Which will require military intervention
“Checks and balances” aren’t self-enforcing…they require people to agree to play along
In theory, two branches should restrain the third…but our legislature has checked out
So you have a Constitutional crisis
Which will require military intervention
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The New York Times is in denial about its own role in 2024.
March 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The New York Times is in denial about its own role in 2024.
March 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
March 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trunks and socks: blue and white
Jersey: white with a red rose
Player: Joe Lapchick
Team: Cleveland Rosenblums
Year: 1929-30
#HoopsHistory
Jersey: white with a red rose
Player: Joe Lapchick
Team: Cleveland Rosenblums
Year: 1929-30
#HoopsHistory
March 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trunks and socks: blue and white
Jersey: white with a red rose
Player: Joe Lapchick
Team: Cleveland Rosenblums
Year: 1929-30
#HoopsHistory
Jersey: white with a red rose
Player: Joe Lapchick
Team: Cleveland Rosenblums
Year: 1929-30
#HoopsHistory
The 1926 Chicago Bruins
Jimmy Campbell was from Camden, NJ
You get one guess what his nickname was
#HoopsHistory
Jimmy Campbell was from Camden, NJ
You get one guess what his nickname was
#HoopsHistory
March 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The 1926 Chicago Bruins
Jimmy Campbell was from Camden, NJ
You get one guess what his nickname was
#HoopsHistory
Jimmy Campbell was from Camden, NJ
You get one guess what his nickname was
#HoopsHistory
Me in the National Security Team group chat
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Me in the National Security Team group chat
As per Ernie D, he only wore this game in two exhibitions before Buffalo switched to their iconic powder blues
#NBA #HoopsHistory
#NBA #HoopsHistory
March 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
As per Ernie D, he only wore this game in two exhibitions before Buffalo switched to their iconic powder blues
#NBA #HoopsHistory
#NBA #HoopsHistory
March 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Some people know that Senator John Y. Brown, Jr. owned the Kentucky Colonels, Buffalo Braves
But who can name the US President who was a general manager for a pro hoops team?
#HoopsHistory
But who can name the US President who was a general manager for a pro hoops team?
#HoopsHistory
March 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Some people know that Senator John Y. Brown, Jr. owned the Kentucky Colonels, Buffalo Braves
But who can name the US President who was a general manager for a pro hoops team?
#HoopsHistory
But who can name the US President who was a general manager for a pro hoops team?
#HoopsHistory
This is, in fact, a pretty accurate depiction of Davey Banks, who was built like a fire hydrant but was still able to finish at the top of the American Basketball League scoring board every year
(from November 1929)
#HoopsHistory
(from November 1929)
#HoopsHistory
March 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is, in fact, a pretty accurate depiction of Davey Banks, who was built like a fire hydrant but was still able to finish at the top of the American Basketball League scoring board every year
(from November 1929)
#HoopsHistory
(from November 1929)
#HoopsHistory
Listen now!
This week: the 1949 merger that birthed the modern-day NBA - with hoops historian Josh Elias; NOW wherever you pod, YouTube or https://tinyurl.com/ynxcjtpk #GoodSeats 🏀🎟️🎙️🎧
March 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Having won the 1929 ABL title, the Cleveland Rosenblums adopted new uniforms that employed a rose (“in bloom”) instead of the owner’s name
Blue and white trunks and socks and the red rose made for an attractive combo
#HoopsHistory
Blue and white trunks and socks and the red rose made for an attractive combo
#HoopsHistory
March 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Having won the 1929 ABL title, the Cleveland Rosenblums adopted new uniforms that employed a rose (“in bloom”) instead of the owner’s name
Blue and white trunks and socks and the red rose made for an attractive combo
#HoopsHistory
Blue and white trunks and socks and the red rose made for an attractive combo
#HoopsHistory
Today I got to the opening of the penultimate ABL season in my book draft, so enjoy this footage from the opener, the only existing footage from the league
#HoopsHistory
youtu.be/zUkeRcKvw78?...
#HoopsHistory
youtu.be/zUkeRcKvw78?...
Rochester Centrals @ New York (“Original”) Celtics, 16 Nov 1929 American Basketball League IN COLOR
YouTube video by Only The Ball Was Brown
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March 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Today I got to the opening of the penultimate ABL season in my book draft, so enjoy this footage from the opener, the only existing footage from the league
#HoopsHistory
youtu.be/zUkeRcKvw78?...
#HoopsHistory
youtu.be/zUkeRcKvw78?...
Tired of #NBA players making shot after shot?
Take a look at the shooting percentages during the 1929 American Basketball League finals
#HoopsHistory
Take a look at the shooting percentages during the 1929 American Basketball League finals
#HoopsHistory
March 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Tired of #NBA players making shot after shot?
Take a look at the shooting percentages during the 1929 American Basketball League finals
#HoopsHistory
Take a look at the shooting percentages during the 1929 American Basketball League finals
#HoopsHistory
Only one #USMNT player in history has also played major league professional basketball. Who can name him?
First correct answer gets a No-Prize
#HoopsHistory
First correct answer gets a No-Prize
#HoopsHistory
March 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Only one #USMNT player in history has also played major league professional basketball. Who can name him?
First correct answer gets a No-Prize
#HoopsHistory
First correct answer gets a No-Prize
#HoopsHistory
Kelly McBride was bounced from the team the year it debuted in the American Basketball League, but his photo provides a good colorization of the Cleveland Rosenblums uniform
#HoopsHistory
#HoopsHistory
March 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Kelly McBride was bounced from the team the year it debuted in the American Basketball League, but his photo provides a good colorization of the Cleveland Rosenblums uniform
#HoopsHistory
#HoopsHistory