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Former Allen High basketball star Ray Barbosa received the phone call Wednesday night that he hoped he’d get nearly his whole life. His agent, Pedro Perez, called Barbosa and told him he’d been drafted by the Bayamon Cowboys of the National Superior Basketball League in Puerto…
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Read on mcall.com →Philadelphia Force assistant general manager Erin Statmore is looking for a big sparkle in her life. She’ll have it if the Force win the National Pro Fastpitch league championship tournament in Kimberly, Wisc. this weekend. “I’m looking to fly back with a diamond ring on the…
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Read on mcall.com →Ray Barbosa did not pack light. The University of Maryland Baltimore County guard has enjoyed the aura that surrounds the NCAA Tournament ever since arriving here Wednesday night and plans on soaking up as much of it as possible. UMBC, seeded 15th in the Midwest Region, plays…
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Read on mcall.com →Terrence Roderick has finally moved on to a bigger stage, albeit a stage that is 800 miles away from Allentown, his closest friends and the guarantee that he could get a nice, fresh haircut any time he wanted it. But the former Allen High basketball star is happy with the…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has his first fan in Chicago, and it’s a guy who for 24 years had held the distinction of being the last Lehigh Valley athlete drafted into the NBA. Now 46 years old and with a surgically repaired left knee that prevents him from playing basketball anymore, former…
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Read on mcall.com →Thaddeus Young had a curfew that extended past midnight when he was in high school in Memphis, Tenn. But don’t think the 76ers’ first-round draft pick (12th overall) was out doing something wrong. Quite the contrary. Young, who turned 19 on June 21, could be found in the…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray waited while Ohio State’s Greg Oden, Florida’s Joakim Noah, China’s Yi Jianlian and four other 7 footers were drafted into the NBA in the first and second rounds Thursday night. Gray, a 7-2 center from Emmaus High and the University of Pittsburgh, had been projected…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray is on board with draft analysts, who are predicting Ohio State’s Greg Oden and Texas’ Kevin Durant to go No. 1 and 2 in tonight’s NBA draft. “They can play basketball and they will be great,” Gray said. “They will be the No. 1 and 2 picks in the draft, let’s face it.”…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray is now two days away from a new basketball home. The 7-2 center from Emmaus High School and the University of Pittsburgh has traveled all over the country since the first week of June to work out for NBA teams. He makes his last stop today in Utah, and then he’ll fly…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray didn’t attempt a 3-point field goal in his college career at the University of Pittsburgh, except in practice. But he seemed comfortable shooting from beyond the arc in a four-player workout before Philadelphia 76ers’ assistant coaches Thursday in the team’s practice…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray is not out to prove anybody wrong, especially mock draft experts, who each week post on Web sites their predictions of where players will likely be drafted in next month’s NBA draft. Gray is not out to prove them wrong because he doesn’t care what they think. “If you…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray had another night of honors, winning an award that was based as much on his academic excellence as his athletic accomplishments on Tuesday night in New York. Gray, the University of Pittsburgh’s 7-0 senior center and Emmaus High graduate, received the Aeropostale…
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Read on mcall.com →It didn’t take long for Aaron Gray to be spotted and asked for his autograph on a cold, snowy Monday. In fact, less than a minute after Gray walked down his slippery steps and up an icy hill, he was warmly greeted by his neighbor. She had a special request from her son. “DeAndre…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray plans to buy his mother, Sandy, a 41-foot boat, and his father, Michael, a plain white Ford truck. Gray plans to buy those gifts next year, because he’s likely to be quite wealthy after the NBA draft in June. Gray has a bright future as a professional basketball…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray has a passion for everything in the city of Pittsburgh, except the Super Bowl-champion Steelers. “I was never an Eagles fan,” Gray said with laughter. “I was never a Steelers fan. I’m a Raiders fan.” But Gray loves the fans who cheer on the Steelers because a lot of…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray will try to lead Pittsburgh to the Big East Conference title before trying to play center in the NBA. The 7-0 Emmaus High graduate decided on Sunday to return for his senior season at Pitt. The NBA’s early entry draft deadline was 5 p.m. Sunday. Since Gray did not…
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Read on mcall.com →Breathe easy, Lafayette. Fran O’Hanlon won’t be cleaning out his office anytime soon — not even for the temptation to return to Philadelphia. O’Hanlon said Monday that he’s happy as Lafayette’s men’s basketball coach and not a candidate for the vacant job at the University of…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray is closer than ever to turning his childhood dream to play in the NBA into reality. The 7-foot center from Emmaus is coming off a standout junior season at Pittsburgh and is being projected by some NBA draft experts as a mid-to-late first-round pick in June. Gray…
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Read on mcall.com →Baseball Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins, a former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, and former Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins both went straight from high school to their respective professional leagues. Neither got to experience college, something both men said Thursday…
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Read on mcall.com →Lehigh’s student fans have a chance to prove that they are more loyal than fairweather Wednesday night. They have a chance to get rowdy and become a more effective “sixth man.” They have chance to prove that Stabler Arena is a place you need to bring earplugs to rather than a…
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Read on mcall.com →Aaron Gray tried to bring down the basket early in the game Wednesday night. He got the ball just outside the lane, made a swift move, then rose way over Rutgers center Byron Joynes to dunk. But Joynes fouled Gray, preventing the emphatic finish. But Gray stayed aggressive,…
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Read on mcall.com →This college basketball season will not be devoid of upsets. They’re already happening, and the biggest so far was Bucknell’s 74-69 win over Syracuse in the Carrier Dome last Tuesday. Lafayette pulled off another stunner on Sunday afternoon, beating favored Princeton on the…
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Read on mcall.com →Temple coach John Chaney wants the names of the eight Atlantic 10 coaches and media members who picked the Owls as the league’s preseason favorite. Better yet, he’d like them to have psychological check-ups, because he’s not sure they were thinking clearly when they gave the…
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Read on mcall.com →Darryl Dawkins coached the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs to United States Basketball League titles in 2001 and 2004, and had hoped that his success would land him a job as a head coach in the NBA Development League. He’s still hoping. In the meantime, Dawkins will try to win another…
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