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Coatesville sits in the hills of southeastern Pennsylvania, 46 miles west of Philadelphia off 1-76. It's a mill town, population 10,800, tight-knit, hard-working and blue-collar. It's not the kind of town that is accustomed to national attention and tributes wrought in precious stones. Yet here's Richard Hamilton, the town's favorite son, shouting, "Coatesville, on television after his Pistons toppled the Pacers in the East finals. Here he is with a diamond-encrusted "CV" around his slender neck. Here he is eight years after leaving Coatesville Area High, still embracing his prep coach, Ricky Hicks, still being watched by his dad, Richard Hamilton (who gave his son his ...