Shaquille O'Neal was amazed by what Pistol Pete Maravich could pull off on the court, calling him the first white guy that ...

"He was probably my most difficult opponent" - Tiny Archibald on why Pete Maravich was so difficult to guard originally ...

Only one of the 34, Pete Maravich, is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Let’s take a closer look at the man simply known as “Pistol Pete,” who died 36 years ago on January 5 ...

NBA Hall of Famer “Pistol Pete” Maravich was a spectacular showman who helped open up the game of basketball in the 1970s. After a legendary college career at Louisiana State, he played 10 ...

Pete Maravich drives on New York Knicks' Tom McMillen to score two of his 68 points for the New Orleans Jazz in a game at the Superdome on Feb. 25, 1977. (The Times-Picayune/File).

"If Pete would have played in the NCAA Tournament today, it would be unbelievable," said Higgins, who saw every home game Maravich played from 1966-70. "I mean, people in whatever town would buy ...

BATON ROUGE -- Before there was Stephen Curry and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, there was Pete Maravich. At least that's how former LSU basketball coaching legend Dale Brown sees it.

So that’s how Pete Maravich’s college career ended. After playing virtually every minute of every game, and averaging 38.1 shots per night, he sat courtside at the Garden as the Tigers fell ...

Caitlin Clark is set to surpass Pete Maravich as the leading scorer of any gender in NCAA basketball history. His greatness endures, but Clark has earned her place alongside him.

Pete Maravich (23) gets a boost from players and fans after he broke the all-time scoring record in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday night, Jan. 28, 1979.

“From Pistol Pete.”) It was Maravich who created the prototype for Curry and Steve Nash and Trae Young — and every NBA guard who ever hoisted a jumper off the dribble from 25 feet.

Mark Kriegel argues, in this interesting if badly written biography, that Pete Maravich was a -- perhaps the -- seminal figure in the development of professional basketball as we know it.