MONTEGO BAY -- You don’t have to go far in Jamaica to hear about him. In fact, the first conversation happened in the airport shuttle to the hotel on Tuesday morning. The driver did not know much about sports, but he knew about the man coming into town.
“Around here, we call him ‘Big Pat,’” said the driver, Ragland Brown. “It’s great to have him back.”
The buzz for the return of the nation’s favorite son hasn’t stopped since that moment.
Patrick Ewing has returned home, and for the first time, his two loves - Jamaica and basketball - are combining.