A rainout at West 4th
When I was seven years old, my dad took me on a 30-minute walk from our apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to peep the Saturday action at West 4th St.
Fans were standing four-deep outside the 20-foot-high chain-link fence and my dad, who told me this unique venue […]

Dyckman 2008 champions Bingo’s All-Stars. Photo by BallGurl
Dyckman
B-I-N-G-O spells champions, or at least it did last night, after the world famous crew defeated Take No Prisoners for the Dyckman Tournament title.
Defense was the name of this game, and Bingo’s was just slightly better as they forced their opponent into critical turnovers down the home […]

After being spoiled by a week of ridiculously tight match-ups, the last two nights at West 4th haven’t been closely contested at all.
In a three-day span last week, we saw Sundiata Gaines’ three-point bomb keep Young Money Train’s perfect season alive. On Saturday, Q St. Hillaire’s buzzer-beater gave the West the W over the […]

Q throwing down a reverse flush. Photo: Trevor Kapp.
Saturday afternoon was the Kenny Graham West 4th League’s 31st annual All-Star Game. The East squad suited up Corey “Homicide” Williams, who has been dropping 40 just about every time he laces them up, and Smush Parker. If you told me the two guards combined for 70 […]

West 4th kicked off the NYC summer season last weekend with a dandy. Ian Harris photo.
The temperature was not the only thing sizzling last Sunday afternoon in lower Manhattan. Jump and Unruly Heir provided the real heat at The Cage in a contest that featured shooters scorching the nets, a Hulk-like big man and crazy […]

In 1995, I ran with Coach Sid Jones United Brooklyn crew in West 4th (shirt above). It was like no other tournament, and i loved the experience. I grew up watching/admiring and playing with/against legends Clark and Mario Elie up at “Goat Park.” They were blood brothers who totally dominated “the Cage” on coach Bill […]