Jim Eakins remembers Moses Malone as a shy, lanky kid who rarely spoke – and rarely missed rebounds. Eakins, a pioneering high school basketball star from Sacramento in the 1960s, was a veteran ...

The most famous athlete from a small high school in Sacramento was honored Friday night with an induction to the school’s athletics Hall of Fame.Watch report: Former King inducted into local ...

If the big man in the middle is your thing for Sacramento-area high school basketball over the last ... and the only unbeaten team in the state. Jim Eakins, 6-foot-11, Encina, 1964: State Player ...

Gervin will be joined by many other Squires greats, including Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Charlie Scott and Jim Eakins. George Gervin, shown coaching in the BIG3 basketball league in 2017 ...

That night, the Virginia Squires’ owner was to help host the sold-out, nationally televised 1974 American Basketball Association All-Star Game. Two of his players – Jim Eakins and a 21-year ...

DARRELL HILLMAN IN 90'S TODAY-79 Jim Eakins played for the Encina High School basketball team during the '60s and managed an impressive career in the pros. On Friday, his hometown honored him ...

They made history on and off the basketball court ... George “The Iceman" Gervin, Charlie Scott, Jim Eakins, Ray Scott, and Tidewater native and ODU legend David Twardzik, to name a few.

PORTSMOUTH, VA (WTKR)- For a six year window in the 1970's, Hampton Roads was home to professional basketball ... to play," recalled former Squire Jim Eakins. "My wife and I just came to love ...

He came across the website for the International Basketball Academy, a training program run by Eakins and his father, "Jumbo" Jim Eakins, who played a combined 10 years in the ABA and NBA. Nelson says ...

Tom Owens and Jim Eakins. In profiling each player we’ll look at which teams and how many games they played, standout games, why they bounced around so much as well as career highlights and recaps.

After playing for some of the most legendary basketball coaches in state history ... Dick Nemelka, Ken James, Jim Eakins, Steve Kramer, Bill Ruffner, Randy Schouten and others to form some of ...