AUBURN, Ala. – For his final season of college basketball, Ja’Heim “Turtle” Hudson wanted an opportunity to win. “I chose to play at Auburn in my last year because I really wanted to win ...

In the 7-foot Williams, the Lakers believe they found a center who caters to the style that newly acquired All-Star Luka ...

Cooper’s third film, Above the Rim, was released in theaters a few months after Sugar Hill, was met with a much more positive reception. Adapted from a story by Benny Medina, Above the Rim was ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the acclaimed screenwriter best known for his “Harlem trilogy” consisting of the films “New Jack City” (1991), “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim” (both 1994), died Wednesday of ...

John Glenn keeps making 11-foot plays on a 10-foot rim. And that’s all part of a season of rare air for the Bobcats. With three high-flying dunks – a new element to Glenn’s basketball repertoire this ...

He also wrote the 1994 film Above The Rim, a basketball drama led by Tupac Shakur and based on a story by Jennifer Lopez' longtime manager Benny Medina. More recently, he served as a producer on ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the screenwriter behind the influential “Harlem Trilogy” of films New Jack City, Sugar Hill and Above the Rim and the man who coined the term New Jack Swing, has died.

born-and-raised journalist turned screenwriter who penned “New Jack City,” “Sugar Hill,” and “Above The Rim.” Cooper, who moved to Baltimore in the mid 1980s, passed away on January 21 ...

The Harlem journalist who coined the phrase “New Jack Swing” while writing a profile passed away in Maryland. There is no ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' has died at age 66. 'Will never be another,' his son says.

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer who co-wrote the blaxploitation ’90s classic “New Jack City” and finished his “Harlem trilogy” writing “Sugar Hill” and “Above the Rim ...