Dyckman Park - My Home Court
I’m from Dyckman. When I played as a shortie and coached on the summer pro-am circuit, there was nothing like being in Dyckman park participating in a game. After running uptown I would hit the Rucker and watch Tiny, Clyde, and Joe Hammond run. I love summer ball and I […]

Mookie taking a free-throw at the Cage. Photo: Trevor Kapp
West 4th
The match-up Sunday at West 4th (3rd St., 6th Ave.) between John “Mookie” Thomas of Diamond and Speedy Williams of United Brooklyn was expected to be one of the better point guard battles of the summer. The game was also being played to decide who […]

With March comes the hint of sunshine and a little warm weather. Peeps are looking at Rick Rivers’ Fireball (Baruch College) and Ken Du’s D&D Invitational (Queens) to hold down tournament street power until the heat of the summer. From the East though comes a claim of “grando.” The “grando,” in the words of my […]

What is a franchise? Is it a person or a team? It’s both. When LeBron got clocked at 101 mph on his birthday, what was going through the collective mind of the city of Cleveland? In the rap game, the term “throw the building at it” means to give everything to support an artist. How […]

E-Mail from my man Original B-boy Reggie Peters…
As you already know, I grew up in the Dyckman Houses and am a product of many Jim Couch programs. But let’s be real. There were so many great players there; so even if I made any of the teams, playing time would be slim and standing out […]