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 School in Brooklyn as if folks were waiting to see a show. And in a way, they were. Dwayne "Pearl" Washington was every inch a showman, a basketball
Dwayne Washington, better known as Pearl, a charismatic point guard who achieved legend status as a Brooklyn schoolboy before moving upstate, where he helped lift Syracuse University to national prominence in basketball, died on Wednesday in the
Boeheim: We were blessed to have Pearl Washington at Syracuse. play. Boeheim: We were blessed to have Pearl Washington at Syracuse (1:49). Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim shares his memories of Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, who died
Dwayne Washington, better known as Pearl, a charismatic point guard who achieved legend status as a Brooklyn schoolboy before moving upstate, where he helped lift Syracuse University to national prominence in basketball, died on Wednesday in the