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Today's Iconic Moment in New York Sports: Dr. J scores career-high 63 points in Nets' 4OT loss
February 14, 1975: Nets star Julius Erving scores a career-high 63 points in New York's quadruple-overtime loss to the San Diego Conquistadors in the highest-scoring game in the history of...
When Coach Prime met Dr. J: Deion Sanders bows down to childhood idol Julius Erving at Colorado game
Sanders’ top sports icon when he was growing up was the Sixers legend, and team co-owner David Adelman brought Erving to Colorado as a guest.
Today's Iconic Moment in NY Sports History: Nets Win the Last ABA Title
May 13th, 1976: The New York Nets won the final ABA championship by defeating the Denver Nuggets four games to two at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island after defeating the...
Today's Iconic Moment in New York Sports: Julius Erving's 63-point night
On February 14th, 1975, Julius Erving scored a career-best 63 points to lead the New York Nets past the San Diego Conquistadors in an historic battle on the hardwood.
Kareem, Dr. J, MJ and LeBron: The Knicks' epic failed history of trying to land a superstar
If you see a lot of facial tics among the truest and longest believers as the Knicks ponder what to do about Donovan Mitchell … well, there’s a backstory.
This Day in NY Sports: The New York Nets win the last ABA championship
On May 13th, 1976, the New York Nets, led by Julius 'Dr. J' Erving, defeated the Denver Nuggets by a score of 112-106 in Game 6 of the ABA Finals....
What's so familiar about the Brady-Belichick breakup
Sports breakups happen all the time, and some more than others leave everyone with a sense of regret.
'It was our dump': Old Barn was home to all during memorable run
It was goodbye on the greatest terms.
NBA legend delivers a huge LeBron snub — and is ready for the backlash
Julius "Dr. J" Erving thinks LeBron James is the king of super teams.
Plenty of parallels between Dr. J's Nets and today
Here’s the thing: They had me. And they could’ve kept me. I was the perfect age: 7 years old. I was collecting superstar sports heroes as my hobby: Joe Namath,...
The deeper meaning behind Nets honoring Dr. J
Somehow, the greatest Net of them all has never even attended a single Nets game in Brooklyn. But Julius Erving will change that next week. The last man to lead...
Dr. J delivers message to Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant haters
ATLANTA — With Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving expected to end their injury-riddled Nets debut seasons as non-factors — having played just 20 games combined, all by Irving — it...
Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Julius Erving all hit same Bahamas vacation spot
The fantasy lineup of NBA stars were all there separately, by coincidence.
Can Nets take New York from Knicks? What history tells us
The scrapbook isn’t empty, exactly. There are snapshots of prosperity sprinkled across the half-century and change in which the Nets have shared Greater New York with the Knicks. There have...
Basketball legend Julius Erving soars with the Eagles
Erving, a.k.a. Dr. J, talked to Page Six at the Super Bowl.
Julius Erving falls ill at 76ers game and is taken to hospital
PHILADELPHIA — Hall of Famer Julius Erving fell ill at the Philadelphia 76ers' game Friday night and was taken to a hospital. There was no immediate update on his condition....
Why is this ex-NBA star taking tickets at Mets games?
PORT ST. LUCIE — You never know who you will find at a Mets spring training game. A football player like Tim Tebow could be in the outfield, or a...
Dr. J, Jason Kidd and the all-time Nets team
Long before there was Barclays Center or the black and white merchandise, there were the New Jersey (later New York) Americans (later Nets), playing with ABA red, white and blue...
The essential New York truth that NBA's All-Star Game will reveal
You can read it in the words. You can see it in the eyes. You can sense it in the buildings, still humming with life and energy and hope even...