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Joyner carries on a rich family legacy

By Dana O'Neil
ESPN.com

Sunday, May 17, 2009

They were 11, a pair of basketball-crazed kids living next door to Clarence "Big House" Gaines when they made the pinky-swear promise that would change not only their own lives, but carry into the next generation as well. Today, Ed Joyner Sr. is the head coach at Saint Paul's College in Virginia and Steve Joyner is the head coach at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte. And as of April 7, Ed Joyner Jr. is the head coach at Hampton University. All beca ...

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