"Roger wanted to be more than a basketball ... part of the newly founded ABA, took Brown as their first player on the advice of Oscar Robertson, who grew up in Indianapolis. The Pacers never ...

Roger Brown, a 1950s New York City schoolboy legend, robbed of his prime playing years at age 19 by a baseless NBA blacklist, led the Indiana Pacers of the fledgling ABA, to three titles and five ...