Philadelphia 76ers

On June 6, 2001, Game 1 of the NBA Finals became something larger than an opener. It became a collision between two completely different kinds of dominance. Allen Iverson walked …

Julian Champagnie once thought the league had closed on him before it ever really opened. He was 21, undrafted out of St. John’s, trying to turn a two-way opportunity with …

Few predictions in sports history have been as bold—or as nearly accurate—as Moses Malone’s famous declaration before the 1983 NBA Playoffs. The Philadelphia 76ers, led by Malone and Julius Erving, …

Every draft has a ghost. A name circled, argued over, nearly taken, then left on the board long enough to become somebody else’s future. For the New Orleans Pelicans in …

In one of the most intense battles in Eastern Conference Finals history, the Philadelphia 76ers traveled to Boston Garden on May 23, 1982, with everything on the line. After jumping …

The Knicks did not just sweep the Sixers. Their fans sent a thank-you bouquet on the way out. After New York’s Game 4 win in Philadelphia, 6abc reporter Cheyenne Corin …

24 years ago today, Allen Iverson was named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2000-01 season, at 6-foot and 165 pounds becoming the shortest and lightest MVP in league …

Forty-six years ago today, Julius Erving briefly turned the NBA Finals into a magic show. On May 11, 1980, in Game 4 between the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers, …

There are losses, there are playoff eliminations, and then there is getting swept out of your own building while the road fans bring brooms, chants, volume and apparently a long-term …