“Didn’t hurt my wallet,” Dawkins told John Salley in the “Best Damn Sports Show Period” in 2005. “I think when you get to ...

Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers' locker room to meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force. The guest was Grammy Award ...

Darryl Dawkins, whose backboard-shattering dunks earned him the moniker "Chocolate Thunder" and helped pave the way for breakaway rims, has died. He was 58. The Lehigh County, Pennsylvania coroner's ...

(Reuters) - Former National Basketball Association star Darryl Dawkins, known as "Chocolate Thunder" for his powerful dunks and flamboyant personality, died on Thursday of a heart attack, his family ...

Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers' locker room to come meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force. The guest was Grammy Award ...

In annals of NBA lore, former Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins stands out as perhaps the most boisterous and active in perpetuating his own mythology. Not many players would name each of their ...

He was never an All-Star. He never made an All-NBA team. Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins, though, was a legend in his own right. Not only was he the first player to go straight from high school ...

The basketball world will have to mourn the death of the first player to ever make the jump directly from high school to the NBA. According to multiple reports, which were confirmed by his family, ...

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