By JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves GM Milt Newton and his wife, Shalaun, hosted six children from the U.S. Virgin Islands this past week as part of the next phase of their Emerald Gems Foundation dedicated to giving back to children from Milt Newton's homeland. They selected six high school juniors [...]
CREDIT: Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Minnesota Timberwolves GM Milt Newton and his wife, Shalaun, hosted six children from the U.S. Virgin Islands this past week as part of the next phase of their Emerald Gems Foundation dedicated to giving back to children from Milt Newton’s homeland. They selected six high school juniors from St. [...]
There’s a meticulousness to everything Milt Newton does, from the way he dresses to the way he keeps his office.Photo Credit: KYNDELL HARKNESS • KYNDELL.HARKNESS@STARTRIBUNE.COM CREDIT: Jim Souhan, Star Tribune He had no shoes to fill, no footsteps to follow. Maybe that’s why owning his own Pro-Keds became so important, why as an [...]
CREDIT: Jon Krawczynski, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kent Amos sat in his Washington, D.C., living room 36 years ago, three lost boys standing before him. Amos and his wife Carmen were embarking on a new mentoring program for wayward children, and 14-year-old Milt Newton was among the first three candidates to receive the family's help. [...]
(Original story credit: Matt Schoch of the Virgin Islands Daily News) ST. THOMAS - Milt Newton's park is now Milt Newton Park. The Bordeaux basketball court where he fell in love with the game was rededicated to the Virgin Islands native in a ceremony Friday night in his old west St. Thomas neighborhood. "I'm proud [...]
(Original story credit: Matt Schoch of the Virgin Islands Daily News) ST. THOMAS - One of the greatest coaches in basketball history came to Ivanna Eudora Kean High School on Thursday to give local coaches a free clinic on how to mold young players and young people. As Milt Newton said as he introduced his [...]
It is Emerald Gems' hope to renovate this playground in St. Thomas, USVI.
