Former standout Syracuse basketball player Dwayne Washington has died after being diagnosed with a brain tumor last summer. He was 52. 

Syracuse's official athletics site confirmed the news through his family Wednesday. Washington, who was affectionately nicknamed Pearl, starred with the Orange starting in 1983 before becoming a first-round pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1986.

The announcement included comments that longtime Syracuse head basketball coach Jim Boeheim made in January about the former guard's impact: "There is no better guy, and there's nobody who ha...

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