“The Legend of Swee’ Pea” trails the player in recent years. He takes the opportunity to pay tribute to various mentors, including Lucas and, in particular, another coach, Jerry Tarkanian ...

Break out the spinach: After 71 years of serving as a surrogate father, Popeye is finally going to make it official by adopting baby Swee’pea. The lad has been living with the famed cartoon ...

Lloyd Daniels speaks to the crowd at the world premiere of "The Legend of Swee' Pea" on Tuesday in Manhattan. Credit: Neil Best. By NEIL BESTneil.best@newsday.com @sportswatch November 18, 2015.

Benjamin May's debut, 'The Legend of Swee' Pea,' spends time with a basketball player, Lloyd Daniels, who once looked destined for greatness.

A "mystical understanding of the game" made Lloyd "Swee' Pea" Daniels a New York City basketball legend by the age of 16. Christened the "next Magic Johnson", his career effectively ended at age ...

Popeye is returning to the big screen for the first time since the problematic live-action musical starring Robin Williams that Robert Altman helmed for Paramount and Disney 30 years ago. King Feat… ...

It’s a sad but familiar story: A New York City playground legend is hyped as the big thing in basketball — and then promptly crashes and burns. “The Legend of Swee Pea,” an … ...

Lloyd "Swee' Pea" Daniels was a NYC playground legend before drugs derailed his potential career. Thankfully, at last, his story is being told.

I wonder if my Swee’ Pea doll from the “Popeye” comic strip has any value. It has a rubber head and hands and (fabric) clothing. I don’t know how old it is. It was given to me about 20 ...

The Queens native will be the subject of a documentary, The Legend of Swee' Pea, that will come out later this year. Daniels was always a wild ride, ...