Never Forget: The Future Pros!
For the championship story of the 1988 season, we turned to one of the first players to translate his EBC experience into global recognition. Due to his superior talent and performances, Malloy "Future"...
Never Forget: The Ghostbusters
For the story of the 1989 EBC championship, we reached out to Dorian "Black Stallion" Graham who told us about his EBC playing experience and the two championships he won playing in three different decades in...
Never Forget: Pyramid…The 3-Year Dynasty
Story written by Sim Facey After huge crowds at 139th street and Lenox Avenue, both the Parks and Police Departments insisted we move the tournament to another location to...
Never Forget: Chick Allstar’s Dynasty begins -1985 EBC Champions
story written by Sim Facey With the move from Mt. Morris Park to 139th Street park there were a few newfound obstacles to be overcome by the EBC. The tournament at the old...
Never Forget: Entertainers Basketball Classic Ends
story written by Greg Marius It was a hot summer night and the year was 1984, I was working at A.J. Lesters men's clothing store on 125th Street between 8th and 7th Avenue. Same block as the world famous...
Disco Fever 1983 EBC Champions
Basketball Life, Harlem, Harlem World, History, History, History, Latest News, Main Slider, March Madness, Music, Music, Rucker Park
story written by Greg Marius It’s the start of a new season and 8 Hip Hop Squads are getting set to start back up in Mount Morris Park. Teams are recruiting and players are getting into shape. The Disco...
Disco Four
story written by Greg Marius It was a late summer Saturday night around 2 AM at WHBI Radio on 80th street and West End Ave; Mr. Magic, the first Hip Hop radio announcer was spinning records setting up for...
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Written and researched by Maya Harris Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: From Sports Illustrated to TIME Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Take a minute to think about the first couple of things that come to mind when...
