Nike Tournament of Champions

Saturday, August 23, 10am-8pm
Goat Park (PS 163 Playground), 99th St. and Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan. 1, 2, 3, B, C trains to 96th St.
Teams competing:
Tri-State Champions: Money Train
Pro City Champions: PDG Queensbridge
Dyckman Champions: Bingo’s All-Stars
West 4th Champions: X-Men
Who will walk away being the undisputed 2008 City Champ?

Coach T with 2008 Tri-State Classic ’ship MVP Antifreeze
Money Train is certainly on the championship fast track after taking top prize at Mousey’s Tri-State Classic tournament. They defeated a “Schwarzenegger” strong Ed All-Stars squad, who were actually dubbed the favorites in this contest. Ballers and fans packed Col. Young Playground (145th/Lenox, Harlem) for last Saturday’s […]

2008 Nike Pro City champs Queensbridge. Photo: Alton Ritter
Nike Pro City
Prime Time entered the Nike Pro City (68th and Lexington Avenue) playoffs as the top seed. Queensbridge had to defeat X-Men to get in; they peaked at the right time and had the best player in the entire tournament in Houston Rocket forward, Ron Artest. […]

Keon Lawrence at Nike Pro City. Photo: Kyle Henry
After getting past all the lines and metal detectors it was game time. The playoffs at Nike Pro City got underway with Queensbridge facing off against Dyckman in the 6:30 p.m. game. The contest was tight the entire first half, with Queensbridge leading the way throughout and […]

John “The Franchise” Strickland of Gold’s Gym at Nike Pro City. Photo: Kyle Henry
Nike Pro City
After an exciting regular season at Hunter College (68th and Lexington Ave.), the season within a season starts tonight. Nike Pro City has been killin’ it as far as bringing pros to the summer ball scene. Besides the Dyckman […]

Last night at the Tri-State Classic the games were moved indoor to Gauchos Gym (478 Gerard Avenue in the Bronx) due to rain. Before the game began there was a buzz about the pending match up between Raw 129th Street’s God Shammgod and Diamond’s John “Mookie” Thomas. Shammgod is a rough cover for any defender […]

Ron Artest after his duel with the Franchise. Photo: Kyle Henry
Word of advice when playing against a pro ball player, don’t say anything reckless that will give him extra incentive to hang 40 points on your squad. Last night at Nike Pro City (68th and Lexington) John “Franchise” Strickland did the exact opposite when his […]

As one team hoisted a championship trophy Tuesday night in Boston marking the end of the NBA season, another was just beginning its title defense on Manhattan’s East side. Nike Pro City is under way and three-time champ NIKE 1 made a bold statement in its opening night rout of Queensbridge QBG at Hunter College […]