Enjoy this little treat! Summer of ‘86, Nike exhibition game in Italy. I don’t even remember him shattering a backboard a day in my life so this is just amazing to me.
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Spain was a great experience. I was able to see the Mediterranean water, eat dinner with some of the mayors in each city, and play in Barcelona where the ‘92 U.S.A Dream Team had their final game! We pulled 17,000+ fans in attendance that night. It was bananas!
We’re on the way to Italy to hit […]

Converse, with an assist from Utah Jazz player Kyle Korver, today announced the launch of MyChucks, a contest inviting participants to design a Chuck Taylor® All Star® shoe with the chance to win the ultimate prize of having their shoe produced by Converse and sold exclusively by Eastbay.
To enter, contestants can visit MyChucks Eastbay […]

TNT’s Inside the NBA announcers will go barefoot on Mother’s Day, Sun., May 11, in an effort to raise awareness for Samaritan’s Feet, a charitable organization whose mission is to help outfit 10 million impoverished children worldwide with 10 million pairs of shoes in 10 years. Honor your mom by donating to […]

The Big Apple Scholarship game on April 20th showcased NYC’s Top 40 NYC unsigned seniors, based on their academic achievements and basketball ability. Peep the kid who does the in and out, gets his shot punched, retrieves it, then gets his defender with the same dribble move and finally scores! That’s persistence!

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Now that the sun is out, West 4th St. Playground is on and popping. There are always many celeb sightings in that area, but this one caught me off guard . . .
Last week, Dave Chappelle came out of nowhere on a skateboard wearing dark glasses just to chill and watch some streetball. I […]

Carlisle Indian School squad 1918, courtesy www.blackfivesblog.com
In 1912, the Carlisle School in Pennsylvania had worldwide rep as student Jim Thorpe grabbed a couple of Olympic Gold Medals and their football squad won a national chip. They also were ballin’ on campus, as well as others such as Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Virginia. Claude […]

The NBL’s Townsville Crocodiles 2008-2009 roster is nearly complete after resigning Bounce favorite Corey “Homicide” Williams. Williams ended his inaugural pro season in Australia averaging a stellar 21.6 points per game (a team high) while dishing out 4.7 assists and an outstanding 1.7 steals per game. Crocs CEO Ian Smythe added, “Corey definitely showed last […]