Michael Cooper was a defensive menace on the court, but off the court, he’s one of the funniest personalities in basketball history. Whether it’s roasting teammates or sharing wild NBA stories, Cooper ...

Michael Cooper, a 75-year-old inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary, died on February 4, 2025, at a local hospital, according ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a writer and producer known for 'New Jack City,' 'Sugar Hill' and 'Above the Rim,' dies at age 66.

Five-time NBA champion Michael Cooper recalled the time he was tasked with defending a teenaged Kobe Bryant during his pre-draft workout.

Michael Cooper remembers the first interaction he ever had with Kareem-Abdul Jabbar and how it went exactly as you would ...

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, ...

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

Influential screenwriter and music journalist Barry Michael Cooper died last month at age 66, and there’s no better way to ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a screenwriter who penned screenplays for New Jack City and other notable Black films, has died.

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and producer behind the classics New Jack City, Sugar Hill, and Above the Rim has died at ...