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The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs spent about as much energy trying to beat the Adirondack Wildcats as Lehigh University officials probably used trying to keep Stabler Arena cool Sunday afternoon. Cool play that included slashes through the lane for baskets and high-flying dunks were…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs coach Darryl Dawkins might have pulled his hair out — if he had any — Friday night. And yanking some from his good friend Larry Holmes’ head appeared out of the question. That might have resulted in a fight, something most of the players Dawkins was…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Just about any style of guard the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs could ask for was in uniform for their United States Basketball League game against the Dodge City Legend Sunday night at Stabler Arena. They ranged in size from 5-10 to 6-7. What the ‘Dawgs didn’t have was somebody in…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The United States Basketball League’s decision to hold games on Mother’s Day didn’t help the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs at the Stabler Arena ticket window on Sunday. But, despite playing in front of only 712 fans, the ‘Dawgs (4-4) mustered up enough “Maxey” and execution in clutch…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The sluggishness is still there, otherwise a couple of Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs players would not have botched dunks on two-on-none breaks. “It was just missed concentration, trying to dunk it hard, that’s all,” said ‘Dawgs swingman Cory Hightower. Though comical, neither the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs are starting to look more like the “Breakfast Club” with the way their roster has been scrambled the last two weeks. No lineup has worked. No point guard has impressed coach Darryl Dawkins. No big man outside of 6-9 shot-blocker/rebounding horse…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Off to the side, Mark Lesko stood. Other players were loafing around, some were showboat dunking, throwing the ball off the back wall inside the Lehigh Carbon Community College gymnasium, catching it and then jamming. Others were swishing jumpers from way out. But some of those…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →You have to know that the United States Basketball League is all about giving unsuspecting players a chance to play professionally when a former towel boy is drafted by the defending league champion. Good thing it was in the seventh round, 61st pick overall that the Pennsylvania…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Some players have shown up at the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs tryout camps the last two weeks with a support team which has included girlfriends, wives and family members. Juwan Justice, a 6-4 guard from East Stroudsburg University, has traveled to Lehigh Carbon Community College…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The telephone at the Pennsylvania VallyDawgs headquarters in Easton rang more often than usual Tuesday, but not all the calls were from people wondering if head coach Darryl Dawkins was really serious about wanting to coach at Lehigh University. Inquiring minds, mostly those of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs knew whom they wanted most and they made all the chess moves earlier in the day to ensure they got him in Tuesday night’s United States Basketball League draft. Head coach Darryl Dawkins made the announcement at the ValleyDawgs’ draft headquarters at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The final 24 hours before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline were dreadful for Philadelphia 76ers coach Larry Brown. Almost as dreadful as they were for the players who were wondering if they were about to be dealt away from the team with the league’s best record and from teammates…
· Andre D. Williams
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