On the verge of spring and nice weather, we reminisce of summer days in the playground. Dunks, crossovers, and even ooohs and ahhs from the crowd stay fresh in our minds. Like most nostalgia, we look back and remember the times. To give everyone a taste of summer, this documentary seemed suitable.
The basketball documentary, On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park, was deemed winner of the 2001 Sports Emmy: Outstanding Sports Documentary. Located on 155th St. & Frederick Douglass Blvd, Holcombe Rucker Park hosts the legendary summer Entertainer’s Basketball Classic (EBC). The documentary features players like, Malloy “The Future” Nesmith, Anthony “1/2 Man 1/2 Amazing” Heyward, Julius “The Doctor” Erving, Richard “Pee Wee” Kirkland, James “Fly” Williams, and Walily “Main Event” Dixon.
Here’s a look back on the former TNT special:
March 1st, 2009 at 7:46 am
FM says:
oh man I’ve been trying to find this for a long time! its not easy to come by in europe. good looking out bro
March 1st, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Casey Lee says:
No problem my dude! I’m always looking for things like these, so let me know if you can’t find any U.S. based footage or video, and I’ll see what I can do…
March 1st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Polish Baller says:
Casey, do u have any nike tournament of champions footage? I’d love to watch that!
March 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
hallowed ground was really well done. another doc that came out around the same time was ‘harlem hoops’ or something like that which aired on mtv. i’ll have to go look at my closet cuz i know i still have it on vhs . . . yeah, “harlem hoops,” just looked it up. they had footage of when steve burtt jr. and sr. both played on the same ebc at rucker park squad and went to the chip, the first time ever a father and son combo played at the same time there. look it up–good luck!