We heard about his colorful antics with the ABA Spirits from our St. Louis frien… Close Spirits of St. Louis forward Marvin Barnes, right, maneuvers the ball against the New York Nets in 1976.

The streets of St. Louis, but still. His name rang out, yo. ↵. Sure, this news may shock some. But Barnes was one of the more colorful characters in the ABA, infamous for his outlandish ...

Looking back on his time playing for the Spirits of St. Louis in the 1970s, Marvin Barnes says he was one of the top five basketball players on the planet. He may well have been: As a player in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Spirits of St. Louis played the red, white and blue basketball, the three point line and three-to-make-two free-throw ...

Asked for his favorite Marvin Barnes story, Costas — once a student at Syracuse University before leaving school to accept the job as the voice of Spirits of St. Louis (i.e., Barnes' team ...

L ong before Marvin Barnes got ousted from the NBA after just four seasons at in the league, ... he lived up to the hype in his two-season spell with the Spirits of St. Louis.

Marvin Barnes, who helped lead ... There was that time he disappeared from the St. Louis Spirits soon after signing a $2.5 million contract in 1974 (as told by the Providence Journal): ...

If there is one thing I can say about the 23-24 Detroit Pistons this season, There’s been no legitimate infighting amid this historically bad season. The only thing I could see as disruptive ...

Marvin Barnes, who led Providence ... Barnes opted for the rival ABA and won rookie of the year in 1975 after averaging 24 points and 15.6 rebounds for the St. Louis Spirits. Advertisement.

Marvin Barnes, arguably the greatest player in the history of college basketball in the state of Rhode Island, passed away, according to a report from the Providence Journal. In three years playing ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics power forward Marvin Barnes passed away in 2014. Barnes was a native of nearby Providence, Rhode Island. After being born in the smallest ...