Wataru "Wat" Misaka, the first non-white athlete to play in the NBA, died at age 95 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday. Misaka's death was announced Thursday by the University of Utah Athletics ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A fundraiser in Little Tokyo will be held Saturday night for a brand new sports complex in the community, and the guest of honor is a trailblazer who helped pave a way for ...

Wataru “Wat” Misaka, an Ogden native who was recognized as the first person of color to play in the NBA, died Wednesday in Salt Lake City, the University of Utah announced. Misaka was 95. A graduate ...

If we're being honest here, the Legend of Lin also comes with built-in accelerator clauses. If he plays in Memphis or Milwaukee, and not in the country's media epicenter of New York, his story doesn't ...

The first player of color in the Basketball Association of America, the precusor to the NBA? Wataru "Kilo Wat" Misaka, the University of Utah's 5-foot-7 star forward, was the New York Knicks' No. 1 ...

Basketball legend Wataru "Wat" Misaka turned 88 last month, and he still wakes up every weekday at 5:30 a.m. to work as an electrical engineer in Utah, 35 miles outside of Ogden, where he was born.