Pearl Washington, Who Put Syracuse on Basketball Map, Dies at 52

Dwayne “Pearl” Washington, the point guard whose flashy play in the mid-1980s for Syracuse University wowed crowds and helped put Big East Conference basketball in the national spotlight, has died. He was 52. ▻ MORE: Syracuse great Dwayne 'Pearl'  The line, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim remembered, snaked around the outside of Boys and Girls High … Read more