HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS — The city of Holyoke is 88 miles west of Northeastern University where Dallas Mavericks guard José Juan “J.J” Barea attended college. The small city with a population of 40,341 is another 1,688 miles from his hometown of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Yet, you wouldn’t know that upon entering the gymnasium at Holyoke High School […]
