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It seems unfathomable that a point guard who led his team to three straight NCAA Championship games and two rings in four years would be underappreciated. But that is indeed the case with Robert Matthew Hurley, Jr. Read More »

Shooting Touch, Inc. is holding several clinics to help adolescents realize the positive impact basketball can have on their lives. The company, based in Boston, is trying to use basketball as a means of instilling confidence in young men and women by mentoring and educating them about the game.

Current programs include: Coach Bob Hurley’s Kids Camp, Coach Bob Hurley Coach’s Clinic, Refurbishing basketball courts with the city of Boston and several others.

Profits go towards Coach Hurley’s St. Anthony’s Friars’ program and Shooting Touch Sabbatical Program, which gives a graduating senior the chance of studying abroad.

For more information, click here.

Sherrod Wright – Pick 9 in Mock Playground Draft

While watching former St. Anthony’s standout Tyshawn Taylor, (first playground experience was with Dyckman/Jim Couch Foundation in the Holcombe Rucker Memorial League) start as a freshman at Kansas, I grouped him as a player who could excel as an All-Surface Performer. He possesses the killer speed and sudden stops to dead defender’s legs, the bungees to go over the 6′8″ or better big man, and the jumper to deal with the uneven elements that the outdoor game brings. Combine that with the killer disposition to recover from the back-and-forth, one-on-one challenge the playground presents, and you get a player who has the ability to excel on the All-Surface level (Grassroots/High School, College and Playground).

Playground ability is a gift that many players who are NBA pros don’t possess. The list down below presents 10 that are All-Surface types. They have the ability to play in the NBA and come through on the asphalt to produce the “spillout” that we all love to talk about. A few names are surprising. Read More »