This was a good week for “The Pearl."Earl Monroe had a good week. NBAE via Getty Images “I can remember what a once-in-a-lifetime experience that was for me — and I was already old ...

Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, one of the greatest HBCU basketball stars ever, led Winston-Salem State to a national title in 1967. He turns 80 years old Thursday.

Earl 'The Pearl' Monroe was a major part of the golden era of New York Knicks basketball in the 1970's. The No. 2 overall ...

Earl “The Pearl” Monroe helped Winston-Salem State basketball achieve national champion status. He was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990 and the ...

Earl Monroe is pictured during a ceremony for the Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School on Sept. 25. Robert Sabo for the NY Post Q: Who was the first person to call you “Pearl”?

The documentary airs on Thursday, February 11 at 7 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network. READ>>> Earl "The Pearl" Monroe Discusses Knicks, NBA Career & Basketball: A Love Story Documentary ...

Enter Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, born in Philly, whose background is basketball and education. “I didn’t know Earl was an education major (at Winston-Salem State University) until I became a ...

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 ...

In their book Earl the Pearl: My Story, Monroe and Troupe transport the reader to the streets of Philadelphia, where Monroe’s game was born.

Jerry McLeese, who helped frame a small slice of history at Winston-Salem State, was as humble a person as you could find.

Klores and NBA legend Earl “The Pearl” Monroe opened a school in Sept. 2021 at a temporary location at 1617 Parkview Ave. in the Bronx. Plans for the new school building began in 2019.