photo: Branko Popazivanov
For a basketball fan living in the Vancouver, B.C. area, the Dolphin Park Classic cannot come soon enough. This annual 4-on-4 tournament is Canada’s biggest and most storied outdoor basketball event. Since it was started 23 years ago by a group of local high school players from the Vancouver suburb of Richmond, the […]

There are blocked shots, and then there is the essence of gettin’ boarded, or what we called, “getting pinned” to the backboard back in the day. It immediately reminds me of seeing Richie Adams or Walter Berry, guys in the ’80s who took that park aesthetic and made it a melody during the NCAA days. […]

Akeem with the Dee Brown minus the pumps. Photo courtesy www.dolphinbasketball.com.
Verbals: Gerald Narciso
Akeem Pierre is one of the rising (literally) talents in Canada. At just six feet, he can and will dunk on you; he does not care who you are.
“I go hard every game. If someone talks trash to me, I’m not […]