Packed house at EBC’s opening day 2007. Photo: Bobbito Garcia
Has the EBC at Rucker Park lost its swagger?
I happen to be one of the guys who made the first ever EBC Dream Team, and got experience of what the league was like when Burtt Jr. dropped 68 on us. Unfortunately, I wasn’t in uniform ‘til […]

You’ve heard of that school U. of Texas, right? The one that Kevin Durant went to? Well, ten years prior, the MAN there from ‘94-’97 was Bronx native and Rice H.S. product Reggie “Hi-5″ Freeman. He was 1st team All-Big 12 Conference, and finished as the school’s third all-time leading scorer, as well as top […]

Kenny “Serious Satellite” Satterfield to the baja @ HITS, Bobbito Garcia photo.
Criteria:
1. No players on current NBA rosters are included.
2. Players who participated in multiple tournaments for the whole season were given greatest consideration.
3. No prior MVPs, highlights, championships, etc. were considered. This list is strictly based on performance in Summer ‘07.
4. Players were picked […]

Melvin “Problem Child” Creddle, Jason McDonald photo.
Now that the summer is officially over, we present to you our NYC All-Street Selections. Voters included Sean Couch and Bobbito Garcia (co-founders, Bounce Magazine), Samera “BallGurl” Marsh (www.bouncemag.com), Rickey Rivers (Fireball/Funsport), Bernard Bowen (Referee Assignor), Edgar Burgos (MSG-TV “Summerball” Producer), Paul “PR” Rivera (Nike-NYC Brand Manager), Sid Jones […]

The RocStars, a team sponsored by Rocsi from BET’s 106 and Park music video countdown show, took home the ‘chip at ‘55th. Led by their brilliant straight buckets back court of Kenny “Serious Satt-ellite” Satterfield and Kemba “EZ Pass” Walker, the champs controlled the game from jump ball to finish. They played well together all […]

Nate “Naughty By Nature” Brown guards Adris “2 hard 2 Guard” De Leon

The kids of the Metro Hawks 14-under team are making names, just like the older guys.
Hoops In The Sun tournament directors Joe and Randy Cruz are doing their best construction work over at Orchard Beach (BX) by bridging the gap between super-duper playground […]

Steve Burtt Jr. can lay you going up or on his way down, as witnessed by this little ice cream double scoop in the lane.
3 seconds left in regulation, announcer Bobby Cey screamed out, “the West can tie it with a three,” so Steve Burtt Jr. obliged. Wap. Like ‘dat. In OT, he finished with […]

What’s good people? It’s your boy Christian checking in. I hope you guys enjoyed the weekend.
Saturday night I attended the Mountain Dew Ballers’ Bash party down in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The party was at this spot called Element. If you’ve never been I highly suggest that you go, the layout of […]