Erving
Americannoun
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Mr. Erving embodied the playground game of New York’s Rucker Park and Philadelphia’s Baker League with cool elegance and above-the-rim theatrics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Chances are you’ve heard of Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
This is actually a broader phenomenon that sociologist Erving Goffman identified called “dramaturgy.”
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2024
In the film, the former N.B.A. players Julius Erving, Walt Frazier, Bill Bradley and Phil Jackson all make the case for the team’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Erving and family, afterwards dined and took tea with my worthy friend Judge Sewall, his company Mr. and Mrs. Faneuil.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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