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, 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 Thursday. Misaka led the school to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 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 ...

Wataru 'Wat' Misaka signs a toy basketball at the dedication of a new basketball court named in his honor at Liberty Park in Ogden on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Misaka grew up in Ogden and played ...

'I’d never think of registering at (the team hotel)", Misaka said in an interview. 'They didn’t let nonwhites stay there' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...

The man who broke the NBA's color barrier died this week at the age of 95. Wataru "Wat" Misaka got his start at the University of Utah, and then in 1947, the Japanese American was drafted by the New ...