There are blocked shots, and then there is the essence of gettin’ boarded, or what we called, “getting pinned” to the backboard back in the day. It immediately reminds me of seeing Richie Adams or Walter Berry, guys in the ’80s who took that park aesthetic and made it a melody during the NCAA days. […]

Now a construction site. Yes. What you see above is the exact grounds were the mighty Basketball City once stood on 23rd St. and the West Side Highway. Inside were six full courts with wood floors and fiberglass backboards, open from 8am until 10pm. It opened in the late ’90s, and closed its doors last […]

On Friday, April 11th, I spoke to an amazing group of young adults at the LaGuardia House on 116th off 2nd in Spanish Harlem. Their program helps get them internships which often lead to full-time jobs, and for many of them it is a second chance at a career as they’ve been sidestepped out of […]