December 2005 Streetball News

24/12 - King of Queens Court
Earlier this fall, MTV premiered the second season of its reality-based streetball series, Nike Battlegrounds: King of the Court, seeking the best amateur streetball players from New York and Chicago, to play in one grudge match for bragging rights. The six-episode miniseries documented everything from tryouts to practice. In the first episode, there was only a glimpse of the Darren Jiang, the lanky Chinese kid from Queens. ..read more..

18/12 - And1 Asia/Pacific Tour DVD Review
I don't think I've ever seen an And1 mixtape start of as good as this one, and its not because of the half naked Japanese woman dancing in G-strings at the begining (although it did help) but a combination of the best editing and music I've seen on an And1 tape. Japans game was hype, they probably had the most fanatical fans on the whole Asia/Pacific Tour. Unfortunitly their players were not so good, out of all the games they were the only team not to have any highlights. ..read more..

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17/12 - Bounce Issue #6
Bounce's Rucker commemorative issue will be available at and select newstands by the end of next week. peep the cover: Also, tune in tonight at 11pm to Madison Square Garden Network's premier of the "Last Man Standing" one on one tournament. Bobbito, Headache, Corey "Homicide" Williams, "PR" and many others will be featured, and bounce provides an exclusive sneak preview of our upcoming March issue #7 cover with "Homicide" who won the chip

14/12 - Lenny Cooke - Get to know me
Who is he? Lenny, 23, is a shooting guard for the Rockford Lightning. The 6-foot-6 New York City native grew from a playground legend to a standout high school basketball star in his home state. During high school, Lenny earned a reputation as one of the top players in the U.S. and was ranked by some experts as the nation’s second best high school player behind current NBA All-Star LeBron James. ..read more..

12/12 - And 1 basketball tour
raises roof in Rockford
Being hailed as the new-generation Harlem Globetrotters, the And 1 Mix Tape Tour brings with it a street ball style featuring a barrage of acrobatic dunks, no-look passes and crossovers — and yesterday’s visit to Rock Valley College was no different. Made famous through the popular ESPN series, the And 1 Mix Tape Tour combines basketball and entertainment more than any other spectacle around. ..read more..

12/12 - And1 brings show to town
Players from the And1 Mix Tape Tour, popularized on ESPN television’s Streetball series, will play a team of Rockford-area basketball all-stars at 6:30 p.m. Sunday in the Rock Valley College gym, 3301 N. Mulford Road. Rock Valley men’s basketball assistant Gene Houston, a principal in III Wheel Motion which is promoting the event, said tour stars Hot Sauce, I’ll Be Right Back and Pat the Rock are among the players promised for the And1 team. ..read more..

12/12 - Nike Midnight Madness In NYC
With over 2,000 minutes of basketball action and over 1,000 players seen from all over the country – the Midnight Madness Chosen Few finally emerged to represent the UK against legendary competition in the mecca of all summer basketball…New York City. After a tense Finals night, which saw one qualifier (Pappa Dembe-Kasse) ruled ineligible because of his inability to travel to America the following week, the final team travelling to NYC was:

12/12 - The SBA's Show Streetball
Game Raises $40,000
The local basketball season is just getting underway, but one game has already attracted one of the biggest crowds of the season. More than 1,600 people packed the basketball gym at Salem State College's O'Keefe Center last month for a street ball showcase fundraiser game to raise money for minority students at Shore Country Day School in Beverly. ..read more..

10/12 - Boost Mobile Street Tour
This summer Boost Mobile was proud to bring you the ultimate in Streetball. The tour kicked off in Wellington on 12th November and visited 5 cities around the country. New Zealand streetballers had their chance to slam, dunk and show off their slickest moves when the tour hit the courts in their town. ..read more.. ..Dunk Competition & Battles..

09/12 - Streetball Fanatics Mixtape Part 1
Coming From Nothing" Bringing you some of the most exciting plays and dunks from the fanatics in 2004, 2005 and 2006. All of the fanatics will be featured on this mixtape. Watch Out Tha Building Defy gravity with some of the craziest dunks at his height. Watch Sykness show you what a freestyle should look like! See holla make you rewind that from droppin a crossover so fast till the defender had to cop the mixtape to see what happened. ..watch part 1..

08/12 - Auckland And1 Recap
The open run kicked off later than scheduled. Sign ups were suppose to take place at 3.30 but they didn't get under way until 4.30. Although there were less people than last year the competition was better. Alot of the same players made it from last year along with a few new guys like Casey Frank (USA) an NBA draftie a few years back who now plays for New Zealand. ..read more..

07/12 - Auckland And1 Trials
Heres a hightlight mix of the Auckland And1 Trials from last week. 9 Players were chosen from the trial to represent Auckland and have the chance to go up against And1 tommorow night. ..trials.. ..dunk comp.. ..view team..

05/12 - Streetball Tour hits Fiji
Basketball fans get ready to watch the best, as the touring AND 1 team will show-case their talent against a Fiji 3 man team at the FMF Dome on Wednesday night. The side from the US has just completed a tour of Japan and Philippines as well as a tour down under to Australia and New Zealand. ..read more..

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