Brandon Bellamy owns the Gastonia Honey Hunters and is the only Black majority owner currently in professional baseball. The team name pays homage to Ransom Hunter, who is believed to be first freed slave and Black landowner in Gaston County, NC. | SportsCenter

🏀🎂On July 24, 1939 the late Walt Bellamy was born in New Bern, North Carolina. Bellamy graduated from Indiana University in 1961 with the most school rebounds in a career with 1,087 in only 70 games, or 15.5 per game. He also averaged 20.6 points per game and shot 51.7% from the floor for his college career. As a senior, Bellamy averaged 17.8 rebounds per game (still Indiana's record). Bellamy had a stellar 14-year career in the NBA, and was the NBA first overall draft pick in 1961. Bellamy wa