“Didn’t hurt my wallet,” Dawkins told John Salley in the “Best Damn Sports Show Period” in 2005. “I think when you get to ...

Darryl Dawkins entered the NBA directly out of high school in 1975. He was 6-11 and 250 at 18 and he was very powerful. In fact, a lot of people think the breakaway rims were designed because of him, ...

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 ...

Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers' locker room to meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force. The guest was Grammy Award ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — A unique anniversary that lives on in NBA lore happened 45 years ago on Nov. 13 when Darryl Dawkins made a slam dunk that reverberated around the country. Inside one of the ...

Current Evans High boys players may not know much about Darryl Dawkins and the boisterous basketball days that left his indelible mark on the sport — and backboards. But what they do know now is that ...

Darryl Dawkins was once summoned in the Philadelphia 76ers' locker room to come meet a celebrity who wanted to meet the man known for dunking with backboard-breaking force. The guest was Grammy Award ...

ESPN reporter Tom Friend discusses the legacy of Darryl Dawkins, who could have been one of the best players in NBA history. Injuries sapped his... Remembering 'Chocolate Thunder,' An NBA Legend ...

He was never an All-Star. He never made an All-NBA team. Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins, though, was a legend in his own right. Not only was he the first player to go straight from high school ...