Maurice Stokes won the National Invitation Tournament MVP and started what was a tragically short National Basketball Association career, while, toward the end of the year, Rev. Martin ...

St. Francis men's basketball will give away copies of the children's book "Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA's First Black ...

The Saint Francis men’s basketball program will give away copies of the children’s book “Stokes: The Brief Career of the NBA’s First Black Superstar” to the first 50 children 12 and under at its home ...

The award is named after Maurice Stokes and Jack Tywman, teammates on the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals from 1955-58. Stokes sustained an on-court injury, was paralyzed and diagnosed with post ...

Maurice Stokes, St. Francis College’s 6-foot-6 center who amazed Madison Square Garden fans with his all-around brilliance on both offense and defense in four National Invitation Tournament ...