30/06 - Bone Collector vs Silk Part 3 of 3
Once again Lacemasters has come through with another clip. This little one on one match up happened at the end of the same SBA Allstar game that was featured in Part 1 and 2. ..click to watch ..

30/06 - Bone Collector vs Silk Part 2 of 3
Big ups to Lacemasters for hooking us up with another exclusive clip. This is the second part to the infamous SBA Allstars vs Baltimore Blazers game that happened on September 11 2004. If you were here back then you would of remembered the article about Silk dropping Bone Collector. Well heres the Video. . ..click to watch ..

29/06 - Bone Collector vs Silk Part 1 of 3
I just want to thank Lacemasters for hooking us up with the exclusive clip. Lacemasters is currently producing Bone Collectors DVD which will be released early September. If you want to find out more about the dvd go to www.lacemasters.info. Remember this clip is edited by Lacemasters and what is said and how the clip is edited in no way represents the views of streetballin.net. We are not partial to taking sides. ..click to watch..

28/06 - Ball4Real tour makes stop in New Orleans
Marvin Collins was a pretty good high school basketball player in his hometown of Atlanta. However, a lack of study time kept him from playing for a Division I college or shooting for a future in the NBA. That didn't stop him from playing his game. Today, Collins is better known as High Rizer. According to fans of the sport known as Streetball, he is one of the best dunkers in the world. "I've earned that title," Collins said. ..read more..

27/06 - Professor Interview
With summer here and the new streetball season in full effect Streetballin.net caught up with The Professor as he prepares himself for the 2007 And1 mixtape tour.

BT. First up I want to thank you for taking some time out to answer a few question. I know your a busy man with the tour coming up so we appreciate you stopping by.
BT. United Streets of America, thats the theme for this years tour. How have you prepared yourself in the off season knowing you'll be playing outdoors and touring less city's?. ..read more..

26/06 - EBC First Day recap by trybeofone
Aight so i get to the park around 4:30 the bleacher side is already 70% full....nobody on the cement side cuz its dumb hot with the sun shining over there.....mad heads is already smokin piff and talkin about general basketball stuff (main topic: kobe) i noticed they took away the 40 and over section or it hasent arrived yet....a guy from hump records( i think he said hump) was having this contest of $20, $50 and $100 shots from 3 point line and half court....a few cats walked away with quap, the kids were involved so that was cool.....duke had to have given away at least $400....they gonna be doin it everytime sean bell allstars play so check out the schedule it you wanna be down. ..read more..

26/06 - His Eyes Have Seen the Glory of Rucker Park
Ernie Morris was at Rucker Park in the summer of 1957 when a giant named Chamberlain crushed a team of all-stars that included Cal Ramsey, a rugged rebounding machine from New York University who later played for the Knicks. “Wilt Chamberlain just about tore the place down,” Morris recalled from a seat behind a basket at Rucker Park on 155th Street and Eighth Avenue, where he watched last Monday’s season opener of the Entertainer’s Basketball Classic. ..read more..

25/06 - Fontenette takes dunking to new heights
T.J. Fontenette goes by several names, whether it's his legal name, Taurian, or his "Air Up There" moniker from the AND1 Mixtape Tour. But ever since joining the Ball4Real Streetball Tour, he's known simply as Mr. 720. Fontenette, 25, acquired the nickname after his 720-degree dunk in Houston last year, in which he made two full rotations in mid-air. The clip has made him an instant star on YouTube. "I still can't believe I did it," said Fontenette, who says he has done the dunk six or seven times since. "But the video's there, so I guess I have to." ..read more..

24/06 - Ball4Real tour is giving streetball a new look
T.J. Fontenette won't even say And1. Instead, he just refers to his former employer simply as "the other tour.” "They took my name away from me,” said Fontenette, who went by ‘Air Up There' for the And1 tour before switching to the Ball4Real tour and becoming ‘Mr. 720'. "I mean, did you really need my name? I'm not there anymore. What's the point of having the name? ”Fontenette, whose 720-degree dunk is the reason for his moniker, and the rest of Ball4Real tour will play at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Ford Center. ..read more..

23/06 - The Game: Ball 4 Real vs. AND 1
As we’ve told you before, the mainstream streetball summer scene - previously dominated by AND1 in recent years - has a new player in the Ball4Real tour. Made up of some of AND1’s original (Main Event, AO) and newer (Spyda, Circus) members, the upstart B4R tour is a natural rival for the established AND1 squad. Of course, the question we’ve been getting a lot is, which team is better? In a five-on-five game of real ball, we broke down the matchups. ..read more..

21/06 - EBC Opening Day recap
Ladies and gents, June 18th marked the start of EBC 2007. Festivities galore, stars galore, and yes basketball galore. To begin the day, the Sean Bell All-Stars a.k.a. Hunc Records gave away prizes for making free throws and different jump shots around the court. Meagan Read, a new Def Jam artist, was the MC while they were giving away the prizes. When all of that was done, it was Game Time! Game one featured 123 Bum Said It Records going against Hunc Records/The Sean Bell All-Stars. Both teams were coached by veterans of the game. Raheem coached The All-Stars, and the legendary Tony Rosa coached Bum Said it. ..read more..

16/06 - And1 NY Recap by Salt718
Alright, where do I begin. We got to Coney Island. I dreaded taking the train for a 1:15 from Jackson Heights. We get there, I was pretty excited. We cop our tix, $20. Solid. We get to the gate, "Sorry, sir. Can't bring your basketball in." After about 20 minutes of interrogation and stupid suggestions on what I should have done with my ball amongst myself and about 4 of my friends, I just threw it in the garbage like f#$k it, and I got in. We're sitting on the bleachers, dudes is warmin up, music is bumpin, it reminded me of the old atmosphere of the old And1 games. I also noticed that they were rockin the same jerseys from last year, which was a bit of a dissappointment. ..read more..

13/06 - EBC at Rucker Park returns for 27th Season
Monday June 18, 2007 marks the beginning of the 27th year of success for Gregory Marius and the EBC. The tournament will also be celebrating its 24th year in famed Holcombe Rucker Memorial Park in Harlem, NYC. For the following 9 weeks, the EBC will bring the finest and most exciting brand of playground basketball to the world's stage. The 2007 season will feature teams sponsored by companies and individuals such as Rocsi of BET's 106th & Park, Hot 97's Miss Jones and rapper The Game's record label, Black Wall Street. Joining the field for the first time is EBC's own "EBC Dream Team." The EBC Dream Team is composed of fans of the league playing in the tournament for the first time. ..read more..

12/06 - Main Event is for the kids
Waliyy Dixon would like to knock on the front door of every home of every streetball fan who has ever seen him to give his thanks. "To say, 'We love y'all,' " says the player known on the street as Main Event. "It's a shame we can't meet every one of them. Our fans are just overwhelming." Dixon's Ball4Real crew, in its attention-grabbing black tour bus bearing his and five other members' pictures on each side, rolls into the Andre Agassi Boys & Girls Club one day last week. ..read more..

11/06 - And1 Adds New All-Stars to the Team
The AND1 Mix Tape(R) Tour presented by Old Spice is happy to announce that it's partnering with Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation to provide 'Great Escapes' to Starlight Starbright's children, hosting approximately 500 seriously ill children and their family members as guests of AND1 throughout the duration of its nationwide 10-city tour. As the original street basketball entertainment team featuring the world's best playground players, the tour will invite one special child in each city to suit up and be a member of the team for a day. ..read more..

08/06 - Can streetball survive with 2 competing tours?
Wailyy Dixon paused, fidgeting with the cell phone in his hands, while his diamond-encrusted watch glimmered off the lobby lighting of the four-star hotel in which he was staying. Being a streetball legend is certainly more glamorous and profitable than it used to be. "Streetball has always been here. For me, it was a safe haven growing up in New Jersey,'' said Dixon, better known as "Main Event.'' "We can't take credit for streetball, but we can take credit for bringing it to where it's at now.''Streetball is no longer isolated to the blacktops. It's a multimillion-dollar hoops industry unto itself that has spawned video games, DVDs, television shows and apparel. ..read more..

05/06 - Kids win at Antwan Scott game
In most basketball games, you have to sit through the whole thing before you figure out who’s the winner. Not on Saturday. The second annual Antwan Scott Charity Basketball game made the children of New Bern winners before the first shot was even taken. Scott, a former Bear and Wake Forest basketball player, held the event in the Bears' Den Saturday night in front of a crowd of screaming - very loudly - children. It was those children that brought Scott back to town. No, not just to hear them shout whenever he slams home a 2, but to help out the ones who need him. ..read more..

04/06 - Main Event Interview from craveonline.com
We recently informed you about the ‘Ball4Real’ street ball tour that’s coming to a city near you. We’ve also been given the opportunity to sit and talk with a couple of members of the ‘Ball4Real’ tour, and get their takes on the event and all the things surrounding it. First we sat down with Main Event (Waliyy Dixon), a long time mainstay on the AND1 mixtape tour, and now marquee player for Ball4Real. He shared his views on Ball4Real, Ball 4 Life, and the effect his efforts have had on the youth in various communities. Next week we’ll also check in with player, High Octane. ..read more..