VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach artist's passion project is making a positive impact at local schools and their surrounding neighborhoods. Troy Summerell beautifies basketball boards and ...

As a visual street artist and a native New Orleanian, Brandan "Bmike" Odums scopes out projects that celebrate and uplift the Black community. So when Odums learned of the opportunity to transform old ...

Beyond the overgrown weeds and a leaning chain-link fence, colorful painted basketball backboards stand out in a neighborhood park. The bold red, blue and yellow patterns are outlined in black – the ...

It's one of the most exciting highlights to see in basketball — a player goes up for a big dunk, there's a pop, and the glass backboard is shattered. When it happens, the crowd goes wild, the ...

After designing a curved basketball backboard that redirects every shot through the hoop, Shane Wighton has engineered a new and improved version that’s even more forgiving by actively tracking a ball ...