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Wednesday was the opening night of New York City's popular Dyckman streetball league, and the Knicks' Sixth Man Award winner J.R. Smith was in attendance. Smith and his younger brother Chris watched from courtside as another standout player from t...

Another summer, another set of exciting streetball tournaments in New York City. The summer hoops season wrapped up on Sunday when Team Sean Bell of the Bronx-based Watson Tournament won the Nike Tournament of Champions. The Tournament of Cha...

NBA players occasionally make last-minute surprise appearances during the summer at Dyckman, arguably the most popular streetball tournament in New York City. But one player didn't arrive in typical fashion Monday night, which marked the start of ...

Well, geez, it took long enough. For those who have been giddily anticipating the inevitable marriage of indie dance punk and street hoops, the wait is finally over. In the video for their new song, "Let's Go," synth duo Matt and Kim have teame...

Elite 24: America's playground legends

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: "With the goal of trying to save an NBA season that would start on Christmas Day, representatives for the league and its locked-out players will meet today to resume negotiations that secretly began Monday. Wh...

Marc Berman of the New York Post: "Amar'e Stoudemire said last night if the NBA lockout wipes out the season, he believes the players will form their own league instead of trying to catch on in Europe. 'If we don't go to Europe, we're going to start ...

Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: "When Kevin Durant strolled into the Pyramid, a hoodie covering his head, his eyes glued to the floor, the fans here for the Drew League-Goodman League exhibition affair began to stir. Durant was on the cam...

Andre C. Fernandez of The Miami Herald: "How much does South Florida miss pro basketball? Tickets for Saturday's charity all-star game dubbed the "LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh present the South Florida All-Star Classic" at U.S. Century B...

Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "Since Isiah Thomas' arrival in 2009 as coach at Florida International University, there has been more than a touch of suspicion from local NBA fans about what exactly the Hall of Fame guard was up to ...

Amare Stoudemire couldn't make it to Friday's bargaining session, but his superstar sidekick Carmelo Anthony is present. He's joined by LeBron James, Baron Davis and Kevin Durant, who was scheduled to be in town to play in a streetball game tonight a...

Ailene Voisin of The Sacramento Bee: "Within a span of four months, Rick Welts quit his front-office job with the Phoenix Suns, packed for a move to Sacramento, where his partner lives, and on Tuesday accepted a job as president of the Golden State W...

Bob Cooney of the Philadelphia Daily News: "Though last night's 'Battle of I-95,' pitting Team Melo against Team Philly, probably isn't the definitive measure of which city has the best ballers, it did produce a distinct winner: the nearly 9,000 fans...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A massive upper body, a loose whistle and some dazzling spin moves won Hugh Jones $10,000 and a 60-pound trophy built into a jagged cement base. Jones is a 31-year-old streetball sensation from Washington, D.C., who goes by the nic...

New York natives and NBA players Metta World Peace (formerly Ron Artest), Joakim Noah and Kemba Walker will headline the Entertainers Basketball Classic (EBC) squad when they face the Goodman League in a streetball game Sept. 30 at Long Island University.

John Canzano of The Oregonian: "The executives charged with conducting the latest round of job interviews at One Center Court believe there are a plenty of options available to the Trail Blazers when it comes to filling their vacant general manager p...