The inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic will be held on January 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, featuring four prestigious programs: Baylor, Maryland, Texas, and UCLA. The showcase will air on the FOX broadcast network.

The first of its kind in the nation, the memorial garden honors the late Coretta Scott King and features an eternal fountain, a biographical plaque entitled "Her Story," and a number of quotes. It is on the grounds of Sojourner Douglass College.

Jan 17, 2025 · COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The No. 8-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (16-1, 6-1 B1G) will take on No. 7 Texas (17-2, 4-1 SEC) Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The Terps and the Longhorns will tip off at 5:30 p.m. ET on FOX.

Sep 24, 2024 · NEWARK, NJ -- The Maryland women's basketball team will play in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 with the Terrapins taking on Texas at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

Sep 24, 2024 · UCLA will play Baylor and Texas will face Maryland in a women's basketball doubleheader in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic on Jan. 20, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Apr 28, 2011 · Coretta Scott King carried on her husband's fight for peace for three decades after his death. Thursday, a garden was dedicated in her honor south of Annapolis. Her daughter Dr. Bernice King...

Jan 20, 2025 · The Prudential Center in Newark, NJ hosts the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic, which will feature three top-10 teams. First, No. 1 UCLA meets Baylor. No. 7 Texas and No. 8 Maryland...

Feb 27, 2011 · Sims is one of dozens of Marylanders who gathered Sunday in Edgewater to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Coretta Scott King Memorial Gardens, a $200,000 “living memorial” to the...

Apr 28, 2011 · The creation of a memorial garden to honor Coretta Scott King will ensure “that generations are going to know this incredible woman,” King’s daughter told a crowd of hundreds Thursday.

Jul 25, 2011 · ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- It's been more than a year in the making, but a memorial garden has been completed to honor the late Coretta Scott King. The tribute is located in Anne Arundel...