Wataru "Wat" Misaka, the first non-white athlete to play in the NBA, died at age 95 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

The man credited with breaking professional basketball’s color barrier has died. The University of Utah announced on Thursday that Wataru "Wat" Misaka died at 95 years old in Salt Lake City on ...

Former University of Utah and New York Knicks basketball player Wat Misaka talks with a co-director of a film made about him at his home Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, in Bountiful, Utah. Although he’s ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Former University of Utah and New York Knicks basketball player Wat Misaka, with his wife Katie of 56 years, talks to documentary film co-directors at his ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Wataru "Wat" Misaka, the first player of Japanese descent to play in the league that was the predecessor to the NBA, has died. He was 95. The University of Utah athletic department ...

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, the first person of Japanese descent to play in the NBA, died at the age of 95 on Wednesday, the University of Utah announced in a news release. Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first ...

The latest installment of the Searching for Asian America film series is the documentary Transcending: The Wat Misaka Story. A chronicle of the first man of color ever to be drafted into the NBA, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Wataru “Wat” Misaka, the first player of Japanese descent to play in the league that was the predecessor to the NBA, has died. He was 95. The University of Utah athletic department ...

Wataru "Wat" Misaka never demanded the spotlight nor shouted from the roof tops seeking attention. But the reserved, humble man gained a measure of fame late in life when a documentary, "Transcending: ...