As part of his series on former Detroit sports figures, Bill Dow caught up with Detroit Pistons legend Ben ... Charles Oakley, who became his mentor, at a high school summer basketball camp ...

New York Knicks legendary player Charles Oakley must meet certain criteria in order for the team to officially welcome him ...

Ben Wallace was a legendary defender and rebounder ... The camp was headlined by New York Knicks rugged power forward Charles Oakley. One day after lunch, Oakley called out the 15-year-old Wallace ...

THE FRO: Ben Wallace explains secret to 2004 Pistons ... to attend a one-week basketball camp New York Knicks great Charles Oakley held for kids in nearby York, Ala. One afternoon, Wallace ...

Ben Wallace, talking about his mother ... became especially motivated in basketball after attending NBA forward Charles Oakley's camp in Livingston, Ala., his senior year. With Oakley's help ...

That man was Ben Wallace of Central High School in Hayneville, Alabama. Go Lions. So the tale goes, Wallace once gave Charles Oakley a bloody nose in a game of one-on-one in Sumter County, ...

A former three-sport athlete at Central High School in Hayneville, Ben Wallace became ... with NBA standout Charles Oakley at a basketball camp in Livingston provided Wallace with a mentor and ...

Ben Wallace became one of the seminal players ... he came into the NBA as an undrafted free agent out of Virginia Union — Charles Oakley’s alma mater, uncoincidentally — for the then ...