Scranton, Pa. Times-Tribune columnist Chris Kelly interviewed Eric "Broadway" Jones when the Wizard visiting the city in which he first started playing basketball:
Eric “Broadway” Jones left Scranton in the mid-’90s, a few years before I arrived. On Friday, the basketball wizard held court at his alma mater in the city that gave us both a shot at winning.
Eric was a standout at what was then Lackawanna Junior College, which gave him a platform to launch a career playing with the Harlem Globetrotters and Harlem Wizards. Now a part owner of the Wizards, he was in town Friday for a charity game vs. Scranton School District faculty.
Eric was born and raised in the South Bronx. I hail from the Pittsburgh area. In a phone interview Thursday, Eric and I shared our gratitude for the futures we found in Scranton.
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