There are countless memorable sports nicknames, but Earl Monroe’s “the Pearl” is one of the most recognizable in NBA history.

There are famous names on many buildings throughout New York City. Buildings named after politicians, businessmen and philanthropists are numbered in the hundreds. And it’s rare when a building is ...

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 ...

MOTT HAVEN, The Bronx (WABC) -- New York Knicks legends and NBA officials took part in a special groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Charter Basketball School.

The country’s first hoops-themed school is already a slam dunk for students, officials said. The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball Charter School — named after NBA Hall of Famer and Knicks ...

"He only got 6 on me" - Earl Monroe's positive perspective when Maravich dropped 68 points on his Knicks originally appeared on Basketball Network. In the history of the NBA, there are a few ...

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 ...

ClutchPoints’ Tim Crean on Monroe: “Earl Monroe is one of the best guards in NBA history and was on the 1973 Knicks ...

The unmistakable sound of Tom Thibodeau laughing at my expense echoed across the South Bronx pavement, where the groundbreaking for the Earl Monroe New Basketball Renaissance School took place a few ...

Nicknames are often criticized in today's NBA. Fans say they are too basic. Anthony Davis is AD. Kevin Garnett was KG. It's gotten to the point nickname aren't even as important. Time was, they were ...