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making it Dr. J -- he was born Julius Winfield Erving Jr. on Feb. 22, 1950 in East Meadow, N.Y. When he was 13, his mother remarried, to a sanitation worker, and the new family moved to Roosevelt ...
Long before Michael Jordan took the NBA by storm when he joined the pros in 1984, Julius Erving was the man of the hour. A 6'7" wingman from East Meadow, New York, epitomized the flashy ...
Unquestionably the greatest known athlete in UMass history, Julius Erving, known simply to the world as "Dr. J," played basketball for two seasons under legendary head coach and fellow UMass Athletics ...
Superstar Duke freshman Cooper Flagg was named the winner of the 2024-25 Julius Erving Award on Saturday. Since 2015, the Julius Erving Award has been given annually to the top small forward in ...
making it Dr. J -- he was born Julius Winfield Erving Jr. on Feb. 22, 1950 in East Meadow, N.Y. When he was 13, his mother remarried, to a sanitation worker, and the new family moved to Roosevelt ...