Bob Pettit and Ned Clark have been friends for more 70 years, first battling each other in church league basketball before becoming teammates at Baton Rouge High and then at LSU in the late 1940s and ...

St. Louis Hawks legend Bob Pettit, who was the NBA’s first-ever Most Valuable Player, was recently named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team. Pettit, a 6-foot-9 forward originally from Louisiana, was ...

On a day when they unveiled the new statue of LSU’s Bob Pettit outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, the Tigers sure could have used a few minutes of old-fashioned “D” from their 83-year-old ...

BATON ROUGE – LSU Vice-Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva announced on Friday that the LSU Athletics Department has commissioned a statue of LSU All-America and NBA star Bob Pettit, which is ...

Pistol Pete has his palace, his name above the title of LSU’s basketball Deaf Dome, and soon a statue right outside. Shaquille O’Neal has his immortalized likeness, forever smashing to bits a glass ...

BATON ROUGE – LSU and NBA icon Bob Pettit and his 10 grandchildren pulled the large tarp away to unveil his likeness in ceremonies Saturday afternoon prior to the start of Saturday’s Florida-LSU ...

Bob Pettit dominates with 28 points and 26 rebounds to win MVP honors despite the West's win. From NBA.com Staff EAST 130, WEST 118, Kiel Auditorium (St. Louis) ATTENDANCE: 12,854 MVP: Bob Pettit, St.

(Editor’s note: Welcome back to The Athletic NBA 75. We’re re-running our top 40 players to count down every day from Sept. 8-Oct. 17, the day before the opening of the 2022-23 NBA season. This piece ...

The NBA has announced the league's 75th Anniversary Season Ambassadors: Clyde Drexler, Magic Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki, Bob Pettit, and Oscar Roberston. Seventy years after entering LSU as a heralded ...

Regardless of the outcome of the 2022 NBA Finals, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry has already cemented his legacy. The 6'2" point guard out of Davidson College is widely credited for ...

PETTIT, BOB 1925 to 2002 Bob Pettit, retired Navy radio operator during WWII. Served 20 years in the US Navy and 13 years with the civil service. He was a talented artist and enjoyed painting with his ...

St. Louis Hawks legend Bob Pettit, who was the NBA's first-ever Most Valuable Player, was recently named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. Pettit, a 6-foot-9 forward originally from Louisiana, was ...