Earl Monroes twisting, spinning, faking, and dribbling exploits made him a cult hero and earned him the nickname "The Pearl." Under Hall of Fame coach Clarence Gaines, Monroe became a ...

Vernon Earl Monroe is a retired American ... The record was later broken by Gilbert Arenas. Monroe was traded to the New York Knicks in 1971. Paired up with the equally flamboyant Walt Frazier ...

“God couldn’t go one-on-one with Earl Monroe,” a teammate declared during his prime in the late 1960s and ’70s. A half-century later, as he turns 80 years old Thursday, Monroe struggles to ...