The most breathtaking NYC court, and one of the best anywhere, is
on the roof of The Associated Press building on West 33rd Street.
It’s 17 stories up, with lights, a scoreboard, and clear views of the
Hudson and Jersey. Two feet past the sideline, on the other side of
the chain link fence, is a sheer drop to […]

In the gritty city, the streets speak, and the wise man listens. Greg Marius, CEO of EBC at Rucker Park, hasn’t lasted 28 years in this game for nothing. He’s a competitive dude and wants the Rucker to remain the World’s Greatest Street Tournament. This past off-season, he heard the whispers that “Rucker has lost […]

Got BUSY on some Lower Merion HS (PA) kids at the park yesterday. A 3 to start the roughhouse, hit the 3 free treys, another 3 in someone’s eye, then another 3 freebies . . . they were like, “Who are you?!?!”
Meanwhile my son Coletrane is doing his thing on the kiddie court. Gotta love […]

Me in my hometown shooting outdoors. Check my form, Bob! Photo: H. Rumph Jr.
Los Angeles has a bad rap when it comes to playground basketball,
because despite the ridiculously lovely weather, nobody serious plays
outside. But we all know they got ballers out there. So where they be
at? Last Monday they were definitely at the 24 […]

Warrior Elite Squad featuring #53 Joey “King Handles” Haywood.
Without the ghetto there would be no basketball as we know it. Little do most people know there are invisible ‘hoods buried all over rural America, huge windswept corrals where entire populations were fenced in and forgotten: Indian reservations, aka The Rez. And they’re balling out–hard. […]