HAMPTON, Virginia -- Nearly four decades have passed since Rick Mahorn played basketball at Hampton Institute. The Pirates have subsequently upgraded to Division I, changed conferences twice and represent Hampton University, but Mahorn’s records endure.
Most points in a career and game. Most rebounds in a career and game.
Mahorn is proud of those standards, and they’re a primary reason for his Saturday induction into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. But there’s something in which Mahorn takes far more pride.
His lasting friendship with Hampton teammates.
A radio analyst for the Detroit Pistons, the franchise he helped to the 1989 NBA championship, Mahorn doesn’t see his Pirates crew in-person very much. But through the Marco Polo video conferencing app on his phone, he sees them almost daily.
“We talk about fatherhood, family life,” Mahorn said, the enthusiasm growing with every word. “These are my Hampton guys. These are my Pirates, baby!”
Marvin Payne, Rich Taliaferro and Darryl Warwick. Greg Hines and Antonio Washington.
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