Mookie after leading Diamond to victory. Photo: Kyle Henry
When I arrived at the Cage (West 4th and Avenue of the Americas) yesterday afternoon, the sky was gloomy and rain was threatening the scheduled showdown between Diamond and Footprints. A light drizzle started almost simultaneously with tip-off, but luckily it subsided after about five minutes.
Footprints […]

Dan the Man sent us this photo last week of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar playing half court with his buddies back in 1969. Look close and we’re pretty sure it’s Dyckman Park, 204th St. and Nagle, same one that Kenny Stephens uses for his current youth and men’s tournament today! Kareem is from Dyckman Projects, and his […]

At the end of a career high of 31 point and 5 assists game against the Lakers, Rafer Alston decided to top it off with a little playground ball handling against Sasha Vujacic. Skip went “compulsory skate” on him with a basic reverse-pivot-one-hand-between-the-legs into a quick 3 dribbles between the legs for a real light […]

Program Director Bob Thate once scored 74 points in a game while playing pro in France.
Los Angeles’ Hanger Sports Center is a state of the art athletic facility with a primary focus on Basketball. New Jersey Nets Assistant Coach Bob Thate (www.nba.com/media/nets/thate_head2.jpg) will run a year round academy for boys and girls K-8th grade. There’ll […]

T-Spoon and Me with our favorite magazine
I’m back again, hitting you with my own version of “In My Lifetime…” like only BallGurl could. I’ve noticed that my kicks and Metrocard have been racking up a ton of mileage recently. I’m getting great pics with my digital camera too. So, this week I want to put […]