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 has the distinction of being the first player to go straight to the NBA from high school. He was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers with the fifth overall pick in the 1975 NBA Draft and ...

Darryl Dawkins was remembered for many things over the course of his 14-season NBA career — namely dunks, nicknames, dunk nicknames, and limitless (though endlessly frustrating) hoops potential — but ...

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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