On Friday the 13th, I was involved in an unfortunate incident, where I was slashed across the face as you can see in the picture above, in my own area of the Lower East Side. Read More »

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Although we recognize New York City to be the mecca of street basketball, we cannot forget about the playground game on blacktops everywhere. Like hip-hop, the street game has spread to many parks and hoods. Cities like Boston, Houston, Memphis, and Seattle are only some of MANY cities that are easily overlooked on the national scene.

After going through footage and talking to hoop heads recently, the question arose: (besides NYC), what are the top US cities for streetball?