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 ...

In annals of NBA lore, former Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins stands out as perhaps the most boisterous and active in perpetuating his own mythology. Not many players would name each of their ...

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 ...

But no one ever received as much notoriety — or had as much fun — dunking a basketball as Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins. There was The Rim Wrecker, The Look Out Below, The Cover Your Head, The ...

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 ...

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 ...

*Darryl Dawkins, the former Philadelphia 76er known as “Chocolate Thunder,” has died, according to WFMZ-TV. He was 58. An autopsy is set for Friday to determine the cause and manner of death, the ...

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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