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NBA champion Earl Cureton dead at 66

The Detroit Pistons announced Sunday that former NBA big man Earl Cureton, who played 12 seasons in the league and won two championships, has passed away. He was 66 years old. The Philadelphia 76ers selected Culton in the second round of the 1979 NBA Draft after a standout collegiate career with Robert Morris and Detroit […]

Earl Cureton, former NBA champion and college star, dead at 66

Earl Cureton, a Detroit high school and college star who went on to play for the Pistons and later served as a community ambassador for the organization, died Sunday at the age of 66. Known as “Earl the Twirl,” Cureton had a stellar career at Detroit Finney High School and then played one season at […]