Earl Monroe was one of the most exciting combo guards of his generation. He takes great pride in being a prolific scorer and ahead of his time in terms of beating his opponents in isolated, one-on-one ...

NEW YORK — He moved through the crowd slowly, pushing his walker across the Bronx asphalt until he reached a folding chair, ...

The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School — named after NBA Hall of Famer and Knicks champion Earl “The Pearl ...

Earl "The Pearl" Monroe was a major part of the golden era of New York Knicks basketball in the 1970's. The No. 2 overall pick in the 1967 NBA Draft out of Winston-Salem State began his career with ...

Earl Monroe of Winston-Salem State in 1967, the year he averaged 41.5 points per game before going on to a stellar NBA career. The News & Observer file photo Earl “The Pearl” Monroe turned 80 Thursday ...

This was a good week for Earl “The Pearl” Monroe. Each day, he received increasingly positive updates from China, where the basketball team for the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School was ...

To Baltimore basketball fans more than 40 years old, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe will forever remain the glorious guard with the reverse spin, the youthful magician who once spun 56 points on Jerry West ...

Like an exhilarating jazz interlude, Earl Monroe dazzled NBA fans on the court with his improvisational style of play. Before LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson or even Julius ...

Earl “The Pearl” Monroe turned 80 Thursday. And if you don’t know who that is, let’s change that. Before the NBA had a 3-point line, before players routinely dribbled behind their back to find space, ...