A high school friend who was "The Professor" helped give this Philadelphia 76ers star his nickname, Dr. J.
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Rare SI Photos of Julius Erving | SI.com  Jun 11, 2013 ... We present these rare SI photos of Dr. J through the years. ... Dr. J helped legitimize the ABA, which merged with the NBA in 1976. John D. Hanlon ... Dr. J got his nickname from a high school friend that he used to call the professor. ... Dr. J sports a funky shirt at a press conference prior to his 76ers debut.
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Julius Erving - Wikipedia  Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American retired basketball player who helped popularize a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and playing above the rim. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA) and was ... Lo and behold we graduate from high school together, we both go to U-Mass...
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Julius Erving Interview -- Academy of Achievement: Print Preview  Jun 26, 1992 ... We live in Philadelphia. ... material things that she could give us, to help us to understand the merit system. .... Julius Erving: When I was in high school the population was around 200 ... Where did the nickname Dr. J. come from? Julius Erving: In high school I had a buddy who I called the Professor, and he...
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Fatty Taylor - DC Basketball | Commemorating Washington ...  Recently, Taylor told his story to D. C. Basketball, starting with the genesis of pro legend George Gervin's nickname as The Iceman. ... He was sitting there next to me reading an article about the great Doctor J, and I glanced over and said, Hey man, you can always respect .... I attended Spingarn High School in the District.
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Julius "Dr J" Erving Signed GAI COA 8x10 Photo Auto Autograph ...  J" Signed 8x10 Basketball Photo PHILADELPHIA 76ers HOF AUTO ... Julius Dr J Erving Autograph Signed 76ers 16x20 Photo COA PSA/DNA ... 11X NBA ALL STAR, 5X ABA ALL STAR, 1981 NBA MVP, 3X ABA MVP, 2X NBA ALL .... High School and received the nickname "Doctor" or "Dr. J" from a high school friend.
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Basketball - 2 | Britannica.com  Results 1 - 100 of 117 ... Auriemma, Geno Italian-born American basketball coach who led the University of ... In his 14 seasons playing in both the National Basketball ... Bryant's father, Joe (Jelly Bean) Bryant, was a professional ... The Bulls are probably most associated with former shooting guard Michael .... Jackson spent.
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J! Archive - Show #59, aired 1984-11-29  Still seen in Thanksgiving parades, Wally Cox gave this hero his voice ... His archenemy, Dr. Sivana, nicknamed him "The Big Red Cheese"...
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jeopardy/2675_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ... I'm NBA Hall of Famer Walt Frazier.) My clothing style got me this nickname after a '30s gangster featured in a 1967 movie | "Clyde". right: Matt. Wrong:.
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Michael Jordan - Maine InfoNet  Cut from the Varsity basketball team in high school when he first tried out, Michael nonetheless became the best basketball player that ever lived--Rare Air...
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jeopardy/1106_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Round: POETS & POETRY, NAMES IN SPORTS, LET'S GRAB SOME SEAFOOD, AN "F" IN ... NAMES IN SPORTS | (<http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-07-04_J_03.jpg> Hi, I'm James Worthy.) In the 1980s my L.A. Lakers got this "entertaining" nickname, also the name of a cable television network | "Showtime".
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Carter a Star in His Own Right - latimes  Jan 23, 2005 ... Basketball coach displays the same passion, intensity and commitment Samuel L. Jackson shows on screen in the new film. ... Wow, the interview hasn't even begun and already it's evident that the real "Coach Carter" is a lot like the ... attention -- keeping his undefeated high school basketball team off the...
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Living with Jerry Seinfeld - lawrence watson  Scales hall roomates say the television star is exactly the Jerry they remember. ... There's his one-time Scales Hall roomate, Larry Watson '74, dressed in a slouchy silky suit- looser, louder, zanier, the Kramer-like foil to Seinfeld's straight arrow style .... When Seinfeld returned to New York, he enrolled at Queens College and,...
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Teaching Life Lessons on the Basketball Court - The New York Times  Jan 14, 2005 ... A O Scott reviews movie Coach Carter, directed by Thomas Carter and ... And now Samuel L. Jackson joins their clipboard-thumping, my-way-or-the-highway company, playing Ken Carter, real-life coach of a high school basketball team ... has all but given up on these boys, and the tough love of their coach...
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Lecture 13  Data from Files and Web Pages ...  ... 1 AMERICAN WRITERS | His ability to imitate the family doctor earned him this playwright the nickname "Doc" | Neil Simon right: Wrong: Triple Stumper Frank:...
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Julius Erving | Basketball Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia  6 retired by Philadelphia 76ers; ABA All-Time Team; NBA 35th Anniversary Team ... by his nickname Dr. J, is a retired American professional basketball player and ... Erving was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time team and in 1993 was ... In 2004, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.
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Michael Jordan - Wikipedia  Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American retired professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for .... During his three seasons at North Carolina, he averaged 17.7 ppg on 54.0%...
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Power Memorial High School - JoeMaffia.com  1964-1965  Power Memorial Academy, led by Lew Alcindor's 35 points, defeated ... Abdul-Jabbar) was the kind of player that graces a sport once in a lifetime. ... He was at that time the youngest Varsity player in New York City High School basketball. ... At one point, the team won 71 consecutive games, due in part to the...
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OTL: Old College Try - NBA - ESPN - ESPN.com  Feb 9, 2010 ... He invented this planet in high school, brought it with him to the pros, and ... A Nike poster of Darryl Dawkins as "Chocolate Thunder." ... in 1975 -- the first high school player to be drafted and go directly to the NBA, .... jacket no one had seen before, and Dawkins piped up, "Rook 3 to Pawn 4  checkmate.
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Robert 'Tractor' Traylor, ex-NBA, Michigan star, dies at 34 | NJ.com  May 11, 2011 ... SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico  Robert Traylor, the former NBA and University of ... The 6-foot-8, 300-pound Traylor was injured and had not been playing, the team said. ... Traylor got his "Tractor" nickname in high school, then went to Michigan shortly after ... Why schools keep their small football programs alive...
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Jalen Rose Interview: The Fab Five, Trash-Talking Michael Jordan ...  The NBA player opens up about Michigan glory days and strained ... A Candid Chat with Jalen Rose About the Fab Five, Trash-Talking MJ, and ... October 22, 2015 2:48 pm ... the '90s, but really, he could be talking about any time in the life of Jalen Rose. ... ("That was the best basketball I been a part of. .... I'm from Detroit.
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H as in hot - SI.com  Apr 8, 1991 ... Hakeem Olajuwon has added a letter to his name, and the torrid Rockets have ... It's a brave new world indeed when a man can go to sleep one night and the next day ... His first name, which means "wise one" or "doctor" in Arabic, has always been ... He would probably be back, good as ever. .... Basketball.