Vernon Earl Monroe is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed as "Black Jesus" and "Earl the Pearl" due to his on-court ...
Earl “The Pearl” Monroe turns 80 Thursday. And if you don’t know who that is, let’s change that. Before the NBA had a 3-point line, before players routinely dribbled behind their back to ...
ClutchPoints’ Tim Crean on Monroe: “Earl Monroe is one of the best guards in NBA history and was on the 1973 Knicks championship team, although not the 1970 one.” “The Pearl” spent nine ...