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Cedar Beach was packed Thursday evening. And not everybody was playing games. Or walking. Or running. There were a lot of people grabbing free food in the overcrowded SportsFest hospitality tent. On the blacktop, there were high school basketball teams playing their hearts out…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The big dog — at least the biggest one on the University of Pittsburgh’s basketball squad — wanted the ball a whole lot more last season. It just didn’t happen. But 7-foot Aaron Gray, the former Emmaus High standout center, won’t have to beg for the ball much next season. Gray…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Darryl Dawkins is going across the ocean and Iraqi lines, where more than 1,600 American soldiers have died since President Bush deployed troops there in March of 2003. Dawkins is going there to crack jokes, raise spirits, and lace up his super-sized sneakers to conduct clinics.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lehigh coach Billy Taylor’s recruiting ability continues to be impressive. Otherwise, Lehigh would not be getting a 7-foot center who NCAA runner-up Illinois and powerhouse Oklahoma State were both recruiting. But John Gourlay, a 250-pound standout from Hot Springs Village,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Most minor league basketball players pray for an invitation to an NBA training camp. Allentown’s Sammy Barona just hoped for an opportunity to play for the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs of the United States Basketball League. He’s finally on the roster and more excited than ever…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The United States Basketball League has paid its rent at Dieruff High through seven games, guaranteeing that the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs will have a home gymnasium until at least late May. That may be good news for more than just the defending ValleyDawgs, who are being funded…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Arthur Perryman has probably looked down through the clouds countless times over the last 10 years to bless the people who once cheered and idolized him during his standout basketball career at East Stroudsburg High. Many of those people have refused to let memories of the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs’ potential new owner from Kentucky has backed out, and the navy blue and golden yellow uniforms the team wore the previous six seasons have disappeared. And are you ready for this? The 12 players who suited up in the ‘Dawgs’ United States Basketball…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →In with the new — and the old. The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs are under new ownership for the third time in their six-year existence as businesswoman Valerie McQueen from Newport, Ky., completed all transactions with the league late Tuesday. And Darryl Dawkins will remain as head…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The United States Basketball League enters its 20th season on shaky ground. It has shrunk from 11 teams to eight and went into the 11th hour to try to revive the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs, the team it once considered its flagship operation. As of Monday afternoon, the defending…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs may have finally secured financial backing to survive at least another season and are expected to open defense of their United States Basketball League championship Friday night at Dieruff High School. Service Electric Cable president John Walson…
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Read on mcall.com →Billy Taylor insists that he was not interested in the no-longer-available UNC-Greensboro job and that he’s not going to pursue any other vacancy. He’s excited about building for his fourth season, one that figures to be his most challenging as the Mountain Hawks try to rebound…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The first week of April is far from when you’d expect track and field athletes to be peaking. But Parkland junior Tyrone Faverey may have done just that in the high jump. The hope is that he’ll continue to improve, but it may be tough to surpass the 6 feet, 10 inches he posted…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →John Bryant stood by his cubicle in the locker room of Madison Square Garden Thursday night, reeling off a list of great memories — and not disappointing finishes — to his last two seasons. He talked about his pride in wearing the Saint Joseph’s uniform the last four seasons,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The scrapping, clawing fight finally ended with Saint Joseph’s getting caught with a haymaker Tuesday night. Great champions have fallen before at Madison Square Garden. Saint Joe’s did not end as a champ, but coach Phil Martelli believes his team played like one until the final…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Andrew Koeffer sat at the far end of the Saint Joseph’s bench Tuesday night, extremely proud to be wearing his crimson and gray uniform at Madison Square Garden. He only broke a sweat in warm-ups because he did not play in the Hawks’ National Invitation Tournament semifinal game…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Dwayne Jones was everywhere inside the lane that Saint Joseph’s needed him to be Tuesday night against Memphis at Madison Square Garden. He was on the boards, ripping down rebounds. He was rushing to the left and right side of the lane, blocking and altering shots. Jones was…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Madison Square Garden could provide the stage for Saint Joseph’s senior guard Pat Carroll to do something Hawks junior point guard Dwayne Lee has not seen too often the last three years. And that’s a Pat Carroll dunk. “You know what? I might have seen him dunk 10 times since…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →They have no fear of North Carolina. Not of Sean May, the Tar Heels’ dominating wide-bodied center. Not of Rashad McCants, the guard with incredible speed and shooting range. In fact, the Villanova Wildcats fear no player that will be wearing the Carolina baby blue uniform in…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Jason Fraser was once the shorter, younger, skinnier cousin. He always got picked on, but he never got dispirited because he figured that one day he’d be taller, stronger, and — more importantly — possess the type of game that his older cousins from Harlem, and other parts of…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →For the final time in his Saint Joseph’s career, senior guard Pat Carroll glistened as the student body he’s thrilled so much with his shooting began to chant, “The Hawks will never die.” Just eight seconds remained when Carroll exited the game, a hard-fought National Invitation…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The stage is not as big as the one Saint Joseph’s coach Phil Martelli and his players danced on last March. But it does not matter that the Hawks are in the National Invitation Tournament as opposed to competing in the NCAAs and it will not matter as long as they keep dancing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Members of Villanova’s 1985 national championship team developed a bond that extended way beyond the court. That’s because they were more than just teammates. “It was like a family, a brotherhood, a fraternity, whatever you want to call it,” said Chuck Everson, a reserve center…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Jackie Adamshick sat silently, her hands clutched as she nervously watched the NCAA women’s selection show on ESPN Sunday night at the Pavilion. Adamshick, a redshirt sophomore from Central Catholic High, did not expect to be disappointed, not with Villanova having posted a…
· Andre D. Williams
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