I got a call a month ago from Oakland Soldier Coach Lou Ritchie. His 16-and-under team
had just won the Main Event tournament in Vegas. He was out of breath with joy, his
voice hoarse from the moment. It made me think about all the great winning moments that summer grassroots ball provides, and how important it […]

Lil Ra’s post game speech. Photo: Paul “PR” Rivera
When you’re on a bus with 12 ball players for a lengthy period of time you hear chatter about a little bit of everything from women, to music and mostly basketball. On the way down to the Hyperdunk Challenge presented by Nike, which paired the best that […]

Lil Ra giving Team New York instructions. Photo:Jonathan
Friday afternoon I took a ride with a team of New York City all-stars to the Nike Hyperdunk Challenge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. The squad consisted of Mike “King of New York” Campbell, John “The Franchise” Strickland, Nate Brown, Darryl “Showtime” Hill, Ira Miller, Mark […]

We’re all ready for the summer league season to kick-off here in New York. Defending champion Nike 1 with Darren Phillips, Chudney Gray and the rest get to defend their title at Hunter College next Tuesday, June 17 starting at 6:30. Also getting its first look today under the Nike sponsorship banner is D.C.’s Goodman […]

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Before helping lead Memphis to the cusp of a NCAA National Championship, and before he blossomed into a facsimile of Ben Wallace in Karl Malone’s body, a slim, raw Joey Dorsey was catching wreck in B-more.
Check out my man Gerrard Shelley’s video montage of Joey puttin’ it in at […]