Basketball legend Wataru "Wat" Misaka turned 88 last month, and he still wakes up every weekday at 5:30 a.m. to work as an electrical engineer in Utah, 35 miles outside of Ogden, where he was born.

The 5ft 7in point guard’s career took him from Utah to New York City and a national title. But he was the last person to boast about his achievements On 24 March 1947, Wataru “Wat” Misaka, a Japanese ...

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 ...