Editing Patrick Ewing (section)

==Early life==
Ewing was born August 5, 1962, in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] to Carl and Dorothy Ewing. He was born one day before [[Independence of Jamaica|Jamaica declared independence.]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0LSZX4z6WZAC&q=patrick%20ewing%20|isbn=9780313320484|title=Latino and African American Athletes Today: A Biographical Dictionary|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210111508/https://books.google.com/books?id=0LSZX4z6WZAC&q=patrick%20ewing%20|url-status=live}}</ref> As a child, he excelled at cricket and soccer. In 1975, Ewing moved to the United States and settled with his family outside [[Boston]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Wise|first=Mike|title=Ewing Gives Hoyas a Little Pop|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031204321_pf.html|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 13, 2008|access-date=September 7, 2017|archive-date=April 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233443/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/12/AR2008031204321_pf.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ewing learned to play basketball at [[Cambridge Rindge and Latin School]] with the help of John Fountain and his coach [[Mike Jarvis]]. With only a few years of playing experience, Ewing developed into one of the best high school players in the country, and among the most intimidating forces ever seen at the level given his size and athleticism. Due to his stature and the team's dominance, Ewing was subject to taunts and jeers from hostile away crowds. Once rival fans even rocked the team bus when Ewing's squad arrived to play an away game.<ref name="South Africa">{{cite news|first=Curtis|last=Bunn|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940911/1929905/journey-recalls-racism-for-ewing----south-africa-trip-eye-opener-for-knicks-star|title=Journey Recalls Racism For Ewing – South Africa Trip Eye-Opener For Knicks Star|date=September 11, 1994|newspaper=New York Daily News|access-date=March 11, 2013|archive-date=March 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314233145/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940911&slug=1929905|url-status=live}}</ref> Ewing led Cambridge Rindge and Latin to three consecutive [[Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association|Massachusetts Div. I]] state championships from 1979 to 1981.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyxEEAAAQBAJ&dq=patrick+ewing+massachusetts+state+championships&pg=PT205 | isbn=9781496230041 | title=Common Enemies: Georgetown Basketball, Miami Football, and the Racial Transformation of College Sports | date=November 2021 | publisher=U of Nebraska Press | access-date=March 19, 2023 | archive-date=April 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420010602/https://books.google.com/books?id=CyxEEAAAQBAJ&dq=patrick+ewing+massachusetts+state+championships&pg=PT205 | url-status=live }}</ref> In order to prepare for college, Ewing joined the MIT-Wellesley [[Upward Bound]] Program.