20 Second Timeout (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... easily could have beaten Jordan's total if he had not missed 120-plus games during that period. Julius Erving spent his first five professional seasons in the ABA, so the methodology used to compile the above list essentially pretends that the first third of his career never happened. Erving had 39 40 point games in the ABA, including 30 prior to his 25th birthday, one on his...
Sneaker Files (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
It’s been a while since éS released some good looking skate shoes. Today, we have a look at the éS Erving, a basketball lifestyle-inspired skate shoe. The Erving takes after Dr. J a.k.a. Julius Erving. The Erving comes in three colorways: the first combining black and teal with some elephant print, tan/blue, and black/green/yellow. The [...]
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... ever, but he’s in the conversation. You’d have to make room for Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving and Moses Malone. Those guys won championships in Philadelphia. Allen Iverson took the Sixers to the Finals in 2001, but he never won them a title. Wilt, Doc and Moses don’t have to worry, he never will. Allen Iverson comes back home not to win it all, but to try and help...
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... are a bigger mess than they've been at any time since 1976, when former owner Roy Boe had to sell Julius Erving to the Philadelphia 76ers to raise the money to pay the indemnity fee the Nets owed to the New York Knicks for infringing upon their territory when the NBA and ABA merged. ... The dismissal of Frank was described by one source close to the team as a "mercy firing,"...
The Starting Five (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
As I begin to read When the Game Was Ours, I’m reminded how my sports formative years were dominated by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. This was a particular frustrating time because my NBA hero was Julius Erving. Just when I thought Doc would dominate the NBA, Larry and Magic took over the game with [...]
TrueHoop (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... is who he is because he had the MJ template to follow. Jordan’s career only overlapped with Julius Erving’s for three years. Kobe only had two years in the league with the real Jordan (Jordan’s time in a Washington Wizards uniform isn’t a part of the official Jordan canon), and it’s not a coincidence that he’s the closest approximation to Jordan...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It was like watching a live reenactment of a highlight from the past, like getting to see Randall Cunningham scramble again or Julius Erving soaring in for a dunk.
InHistoric (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Jordan's No. 23. Maybe if David Stern sat down and had a talk with people such as Russell and Julius Erving and got their approval, maybe it could happen. But I doubt it.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... central figure in Doc: The Rise and Rise of (304 pages, $25.95, Wiley). Many of the quotes from Julius Erving are from other sources; there is not a fresh perspective from Erving.Doc addresses the less-savory aspects of Erving's life, such as extramarital relations, but the book is mainly as an homage to the man, which Mallozzi admits. Mallozzi hammers home Erving's...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ricky Harris scored 26 points for the Minutemen (0-2) to pass two UMass legends on the program's career scoring list. In the first half, a 3-pointer moved him past Julius Erving (1,370 points) and a layup in the second half surpassed Marcus Camby (1,387). With 1,388 points, the senior guard is in 12th place all-time at UMass and has reached double figures in 70 of his 100 games.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Ricky Harris scored 26 points for the Minutemen (0-2) to pass two UMass legends on the program's career scoring list. In the first half, a 3-pointer moved him past Julius Erving (1,370 points) and a layup in the second half surpassed Marcus Camby (1,387). With 1,388 points, the senior guard is in 12th place all-time at UMass and has reached double figures in 70 of his 100 games.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... credited with bringing an acrobatic athleticism to the game more widely seen later in the play of Julius Erving and Michael Jordan.Baylor was a Washington, D.C., native who said in a phone interview this week that playing for a segregated high school limited his college options (he refutes a commonly told version that he had an incomplete academic record). A friend helped lead him...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... UMass legends on the program's career scoring list. In the first half, a 3-pointer moved him past Julius Erving (1,370 points) and a layup in the second half surpassed Marcus Camby (1,387). With 1,388 points, the senior guard is in 12th place all-time at UMass and has reached double figures in 70 of his 100 games.Cornell led 33-28 at halftime and scored the first six points of the...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... UMass legends on the program's career scoring list. In the first half, a 3-pointer moved him past Julius Erving (1,370 points) and a layup in the second half surpassed Marcus Camby (1,387). With 1,388 points, the senior guard is in 12th place all-time at UMass and has reached double figures in 70 of his 100 games.
Cornell led 33-28 at halftime and scored the first six points...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Dale was 9-for-17 from the field and scored 11 points in a row during a key second-half stretch in the Legends Classic. He finished 4-for-9 from beyond the arc as the Big Red (2-0) went 8-for-21 from 3-point range.Ricky Harris scored 26 points for the Minutemen (0-2) to pass two UMass legends on the program's career scoring list. In the first half, a 3-pointer moved him past Julius Erving...
