Proviso East Graduate Shannon Brown Honored for NBA Championship...

Proviso East Graduate Shannon Brown of Maywood will be honored on Saturday, July 18, 2009 with a parade in his honor. The parade will kick off at 9am at Lexington School in Maywood. Brown, a 2001 graduate of Proviso East High School and 2005 graduate from Michigan State University, was a part of the Los Angeles Lakers this past season. Brown and the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the NBA World Championship. Brown is the third Proviso East graduate in a row to win an NBA ring. Michael Finley of the San Antonio Spurs won in 2007. Glen "Doc" Rivers, head coach of the Boston Celtics won last year, and Brown this year. Kudos to these student-athletes aka champs!

Glenn "Doc" Rivers Honored By Proviso and Maywood

Boston Celtics Head Coach, Glenn "Doc" Rivers, was honored this past weekend by the Proviso Township community and Maywood. Rivers, a lifelong Maywood resident and graduate of Proviso East High School, won the NBA World Championship in June 2008. In honor of the hometown hero, a parade was held in his honor on Saturday, August 16, 2008, and a jersey hanging ceremony was held in the Proviso East Fieldhouse following the parade. Both the parade and jersey ceremony were attended by throngs of dignitaries and children. On Sunday, August 17, 2008, Doc Rivers was honored by the Second Baptist Church of Maywood during their 104th Church Anniversary celebration. Following the church service, Maywood officials named 11th Avenue, between Madison Avenue and Washington Blvd., Glenn "Doc" Rivers Drive. Congratulations Doc!

Glenn "Doc" Rivers To Be Honored

Eugene "Gene" Moore, Grady Rivers, Jr, Emanuel "Chris" Welch, the Proviso Township High School Board of Education, and Maywood Old Timers will be honoring Proviso East Alumnus Glenn "Doc" Rivers, the head Coach of the NBA 2008 World Championship Boston Celtics, on Saturday, August 16, 2008 with a parade. The parade kicks off at 10am from Winfield Scott Park and will end at Proviso East High School where a jersey hanging ceremony will take place in the Field House. After the long over do honor takes place, residents can enjoy Eugene Moore's Annual Back to School Picnic at the Van Buren Family Center Park on 13th and Harrison or the Maywood Old Timers Picnic at 5th Avenue and Oak Street. Come on out and enjoy the excitement.