The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first observance of the federal holiday. Speaking at ...

OPINION: Donna Brazile, who worked with Coretta Scott King to make MLK Day a federal holiday ... Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author ...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the UCLA women’s basketball team will take the court for a momentous occasion in the first-ever Coretta Scott King Classic. The classic will feature two games held ...

The No. 8 Terps (15-1) will meet No. 7 Texas (16-2) in the second game of a doubleheader of the Coretta Scott King Classic. The matchup, which is scheduled to tip off at 5:30 p.m., will follow the ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Madison Booker scored 28 points and No. 7 Texas routed eighth-ranked Maryland 89-51 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic. The doubleheader that also featured No ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Lauren Betts had 24 points, nine rebounds and a school-record nine blocks to help No. 1 UCLA beat 25th-ranked Baylor 72-57 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic.