ML King Playground, Foster Projects, Harlem USA
Ahh, last Thursday was pure bliss! Had been in Europe for a week and change and was fiending to play, and woke up to mid-60s weather. All afternoon I couldn’t wait to head out to what would be my first outdoor run of 2008. I hit the park […]

If you’re around this weekend, be sure to head over to Foot Locker’s House of Hoops store (125th Street in Harlem) on Saturday and peep Bounce fam’s Bobbito Garcia’s AF1 Highs Launching at the store. Power 105 and DJ Clue will both be in the building to show love from 12-2 on Saturday. Peep the […]

Whether choreographed or not, the Harlem Globetrotters effect on the hoops world is infallible. In 1979, cartoon production company Hanna-Barbera created the spin-off series Super Globetrotters based on their 1970 cartoon Harlem Globetrotters.
The show ended after thirteen brief episodes, but its cinematic value goes on and on—word to Godfather Don. The show chronicled the […]

In Harlem, people ball in the snow, so it’s no surprise that heads formed at the House Of Hoops in the cold rain late last night for the 8AM drop of Quentin Richardson and Ray Allen Air Jordan Retro 8 PEs.
The white and orange colorway (above) was made for Quentin Richardson of the New York […]

The House of Hoops in Harlem (125th St bet. 7th/8th Ave.) Grand Opening, baby! The above mentioned all were NYC playground products or at least played professionally here. Along with Charles Barkley, we were panelists throughout two days of Q & As with youth groups, Nike/Jordan/Converse brass, and “two-fifth” shoppers.

(L-R) Kenny Anderson, Theresa Witherspoon, […]

Jason Kidd player exclusives

Richard Jefferson player exclusives
House of Hoops on 25th off 8th in Harlem has a very peculiar wall when you walk in. Behind the glass stands player exclusives ranging from Kidd to Durant (all size 18 of his foot size). You can peep these up close like never before; it almost feels like […]

Flicks from the event shot with my blackberry curve camera (not bad): (top left) Bobbito and Goliath’s Rosemary; (middle) “PR,” John “The Franchise” Strickland, and HBO’s “Wire” actor Ramon Rodriguez.
Yesterday, I headed to Harlem for the Nike Boot Launch at Vault. It was refreshing to hit up a neighborhood-type event Uptown. In this […]

I got an email from my peoples over at Nike the other day inviting me to a launch for their new boot collection. Nike has had the city on smash the past couple of winters with the Goadomes, Baltoros, and now the Air Max 90 joints. The ’90s are straight heat so hopefully your […]