 PROFESSOR
Real Name: Grayson Boucher
Hometown: Salem, Oregon
Born: June 10th 1984
Height: 5'8
Position: Guard
Affiliations: And1 |
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16/08/07 - Riding With Grayson Boucher
A notable "Riding With" first was established with Grayson Boucher, who most people know as The Professor from the And1 Mixtape Tour, the modern-day Harlem Globetrotters. Boucher, whose gifted ball-handling has made him a cult celebrity, is the first sports figure to use a rental car in the occasional Page 2 series where we interview athletes in their cars. Boucher's real car is a 2005 Mercedes-Benz E-500. Unfortunately the Benz had yet to be shipped from Portland, Ore. Boucher's hometown to Los Angeles, his new residence. So we cruised around Santa Monica in a late-model Mustang. .. read more.. |
17/07/07 - Atlanta Krunk Reach Verbal Agreement With Professor
Atlanta Krunk founder and acting GM Spyder D Hughes has reached a tentative agreement with the first signee in franchise history. Grayson Boucher (pronounced boo-shay), AKA The Professor of And1 fame, has agreed in principle, to join the Krunk when his And1 commitments have been fulfilled. "Mark Edwards (who has been the managing agent in preliminary talks for The Professor) and I have been discussing this possibility for a while, even before the signing of Kenny Anderson as Head Coach. .. read more.. |
27/06/07 - 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.. |
11/05/06 - Professor holds court on the streets, in the gym
Turns out Grayson Boucher, aka "the Professor" of And1 Mix Tape Tour and ESPN Street Ball fame, can actually play some "real" basketball. He isn't all flash and dance. Playing point guard for the IBL's Salem Stampede, he had games of 24 points and seven assists against Portland and 18 points and nine assists against Vancouver recently."I knew I'd be a good ballhandler, but I got my shot back to where it was," he says. .. read more.. |
08/03/06 - Professor Interview
Grayson Boucher has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and played basketball throughout the world with the And1 streetball tour, and he is called "The Professor" because, he said, "I school people on the court." Known for his ballhandling skills, which include an assortment of spin moves, behind-the-back passes, dribbling between his legs and alley-oop passes that often result in dunks, Boucher has cultivated a lucrative career earning "six figures" annually on the And1 streetball tour, he says. . .read more..
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17/07/05 - Professor schools his competition
Imagine the students' surprise on the first day of lessons, when they entered the classroom and encountered The Professor. Imagine the spectators' surprise in the days after and even still, when they sign up for the course and are greeted with this in front of the chalkboard: a 5-foot-10 white kid who weighs 140 pounds. Twigs for legs. Spaghetti noodles for arms. A round, smooth face with peach fuzz on top. .. read more.. |
26/04/05 - Professor rules School of Urban Streetball
For several years, the basketball apparel company And1 has marketed the phenomenon of streetball through its highlight tapes of no-look passes and thundering dunks set to hip-hop. They feature And1's stable of players, guys with nicknames like Main Event. Then, there's The Professor a slick, ball-handling guard who's somewhat of a pioneer in And1's urban world of street ball. |
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Quite a few people didn't really think And1's newest recruit, Salem, OR, product Grayson Boucher, was all he was endorsed to be. Yeah, the 19-year-old has unreal handle and earned the nick "The Professor" from schooling defenders, but some feel the frail, 5-10 point ain't the real deal. "Only the people that were close to me knew [what I was capable of]," he says. "Pretty much everybody else was surprised." |
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One on One with The Professor By: Mike Clark Ok, let's be honest for a second. 10,000 + people at Madison Square Garden (MSG), in the city known as the Mecca of Hoop. You've got the ball in your hands for a last second shot to win the game. No pressure right? Before you answer look back at some memorable MSG moments. |
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Grayson Boucher, the skinny white guy known as "the Professor" on the And1 Mix Tape basketball series on ESPN, has been studying acting to star in a movie about a young man who plays basketball - how fitting. Filming would start in April or May in L.A. The Keizer resident has spent the past two years on the And1 tours, visiting dozens of cities around the world. |
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The Professor is the newest member of the And1 Mix Tape Tour, winning an endorsement contract after battling it out on ESPN's "Street Ball: The And1 Mix Tape Tour presented by Mountain Dew Code Red" last summer. He had planned to mow lawns and bag groceries all of last summer, but instead found his way to becoming the next playground legend and earning a spot on the Tour. |
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Though he was known on the And1 Mix Tape tour last summer as "The Professor," 20-year-old Grayson Boucher was still in many ways just a student. He joined up with the tour after standing out in an open run tryout in Oregon. After a few months of rocking a sick handle against some of the best playground ballers in the country, Boucher earned his due, getting voted onto the team by both players and fans and earning himself an And1 contract for this summer's tour. Now The Professor can finally teach some lessons. |
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