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

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.

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.

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 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 ...

Two years ago, as he researched his first book on the storied history of high school basketball in Pennsylvania, author Bradley Huebner repeatedly unearthed mentions of Johnstown and its once ...

The story of Maurice Stokes is a tragic one. After getting off to an absolutely torrid start to his career, the No. 2 overall pick from the 1955 draft suffered a devastating head injury during the ...

The story of Maurice Stokes is a tragic one. After getting off to an absolutely torrid start to his career, the No. 2 overall pick from the 1955 draft suffered a devastating head injury during the ...