March Madness has it’s grip on the nation right now...as excitement builds around what teams will make it to the finals. And who would have guessed an Illinois farmer had an important role in creating ...

Darryl Dawkins, whose backboard-shattering dunks earned him the moniker “Chocolate Thunder” and helped pave the way for breakaway rims, has died. He was 58. The Lehigh County, Pennsylvania coroner’s ...

Darryl Dawkins, whose ferocious style of dunking the basketball changed the rules of the game and paved the way for breakaway rims, has died at the age of 58. Dawkins died of a heart attack Thursday ...