Had St. Francis University basketball icon Maurice Stokes lived a long, healthy life, as opposed to one cut tragically short, ...

The family of a man brutally beaten to death in D.C. spoke exclusively to FOX 5 Thursday after D.C. police announced the ...

St. Francis men's basketball will give away copies of the children's book "Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA's First Black ...

The award is named after Maurice Stokes and Jack Tywman, teammates on the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals from 1955-58. Stokes sustained an on-court injury, was paralyzed and diagnosed with post ...

In 1955, Maurice Stokes was named the National Invitation Tournament MVP and started what was a tragically short National Basketball Association career, while, toward the end of the year, the Rev.

The Saint Francis men’s basketball program will give away copies of the children’s book “Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA’s First Black Superstar” to the first 50 children 12 and under at its home ...

Maurice Stokes, Johnny Moore, Mike Iuzzolino and Danny Fortson are among the many standout basketball players who competed at the Jaffa Mosque when Saint Francis College, Altoona High School and ...

Maurice Stokes, star of the St. Francis college, of Loretto, Pa., basketball team, sports holds a trophy for his performance in March 26 East-West game at Madison Square Garden in New York City.