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Quick Q&A With Pat Da Roc
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Thursday, 22 June 2006
ImageIn June of 2006, Pat Da Roc will release his most anticipated solo mixtape on DVD entitled "Who Is Pat Da Roc?". The tape includes exclusive footage from the AND 1 tour, China, Africa, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, and NBA All-Star weekend. Pat “Da Roc” Robinson aka "That's Crazy" was the youngest player ever to be featured on a mixtape back when the Street Wise tapes came out. Pat’s tremendous showmanship and character have led him to entertain fans worldwide and this new DVD will only expand his horizons. To watch the trailer for Pat Da Roc's new mixtape, click here.

The Playgroundz: This isn't the first DVD you've been featured in. What were the Street Wise tapes and the Lil Pat tape all about?
Pat Da Roc: I was a lot younger on those tapes. I was doing a lot of the same moves I do now, but since then my game has matured...
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Opening Night at the EBC: Ain’t Nothing Like It
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Tuesday, 20 June 2006
ImageHARLEM, NY, June 20, 2006 --All night long, even the customarily smooth-tongued EBC announcers had trouble coming up with the right nickname. Should it be “Son Rise” or “Son Shine”? Actually, either moniker will work. Joakim Noah, the son of fabled French tennis champion Yannick, is such a contagiously son-ny personality that his very presence casts a golden glow onto any basketball proceeding. Loyalty, not so easy to come by these days in sports (or anywhere else), is another one of the kid’s attractions. Noah had barely won the NCAA Championship, and the Final Four MVP Award, with Florida, when he announced: “I’m coming back to school. And I’ll be back with my people at EBC.”...
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ESPN City Slam Semifinals
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Sunday, 18 June 2006
ImageIntersport, a leading independent producer of sports programming in the United States, has announced the pairings for the Semifinals of its annual ESPN City Slam competition. The Semifinals and Championship will be held this weekend on North Ave beach in Chicago and will be taped for a series of airdates on ESPN.

The City Slam will feature 16 dunkers who advanced from a field of 48 in the opening round of competition, held earlier this year in Panama City, Florida. Headlined by 2005 City Slam Champion Chris Lowery, a.k.a. "Skywalker," the 2006 field is stronger and more competitive than ever before. (See full list below) Intersport's City Slam competition is an annual celebration of the exclamation point of street basketball and the game's ultimate in-your-face statement; the slam dunk. But unlike some professional competitions that have become more about pomp than circumstance, the City Slam remains steeped in the traditions of bare-knuckle street ball...
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Portland: Professor Makes Triumphant Return
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Thursday, 15 June 2006
ImageThe AND1 Mix Tape Tour made it's first stop in Portland three years ago. At that Open Run they picked up a skinny local kid by the name of Grayson Boucher. He wowed the crowd, earned the nickname "Professor" from legendary Rucker Park MC Duke Tango, earned himself a contract that season from AND1, and today is one of the most popular players on the tour. Who would have thought?

Back before Boucher had a moniker he decided to take on a challenge. He came up to Portland from Keizer for the Open Run on a whim, just wanting to see what he could do.

That was 2003. That was Portland's old Memorial Coliseum. That was rapper David Banner at halftime frustrated because the sound system was so bad no one in the crowd could understand him. That was when Boucher was known only by his given name. That was a very warm day with a small crowd in a city not known for streetball, yet it was a day that not only changed the teenaged Boucher's life, but was a significant day in the history of AND1 as well....

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The Notic Lives On: New David Dazzle Freestyle
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Tuesday, 13 June 2006
It's been a while since we updated with a new video. I promise you won't be disappointed with this one. The Notic lives on with this brand new, exclusive freestyle by David Dazzle featuring his boy Lee aka "The 6th Sense". Video edited by USK and presented by Streetball101.net. You gotta watch these two freestyle, it's crazy. You can expect nothing less from David Dazzle, and he brings the heat with him - this kid Lee is nuts. His hands are as quick as lightning.

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AND 1 Streetball Game in stores now
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Thursday, 08 June 2006
ImageSan Francisco, CA June 8, 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced the availability of AND 1® Streetball in retail stores for a suggested price of $39.99. Developed by Black Ops for the PlayStationÒ2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, AND 1 Streetball is the ultimate basketball experience and features all the jaw-dropping moves of authentic streetball.

With unprecedented depth, freedom and control, AND 1 Streetball features the entire roster of sensational AND 1 MixTape Tour players such as AO, The Professor, Spyda and Pharmacist – each with their signature moves and look. AND 1 Streetball also gives you the power to create your own player and your own moves – so you can become the next streetball phenomenon.

The highly immersive Story mode puts you on the AND 1 MixTape Tour – the world’s premier streetball event, where originality and the ability to electrify the crowds will get your name mentioned alongside the streetball legends. But to become a legend in true AND 1 MixTape Tour fashion, you must continue to work on your skills and elevate your game every time you play.

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We Reminisce: Kobe Bryant at Rucker Park EBC
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Thursday, 08 June 2006
ImageHis pops had played there, sharing the storied blacktop with men like Joe “The Destroyer” Hammond, Pee-Wee Kirkland and The Goat back in the 1970s. And if Kobe Bryant was truly going to make an inroad to define himself as the greatest basketball player of this generation, he had to play there, too. There, of course, is Harlem’s legendary Rucker Park. And on July 18, 2002, Kobe came to play. Because these days, respect earned on the playground can be just as vital as respect earned in front of 20,000 paying customers. Or, as Greg Marius, CEO of the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park, puts it: “[Kobe] needed street cred, and this is the best place to get street cred.”

“I wanted the challenge of taking on the best that don’t play in the NBA,” Kobe says about his visit. So it was arranged that Kobe would play one game with Murder Inc., the team owned by record label boss Irv Gotti. On July 15, the day of Kobe’s original scheduled appearance, word spread around New York quickly, and a massive line started to form at 1:30 p.m. for a 6 p.m. tip-off...
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AND 1 Mixtape Volume 9: Area Codes
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Wednesday, 07 June 2006
ImageAvailable now - $19.95

Every city has ballers. Every city has rappers. In Volume 9:[Area] Codes, we've tried to let them tell their stories - one city at a time. You'll see: The Return of Hot Sauce; Straight up ball from NYC, Philly, D.C., L.A., Dirty South, and the Midwest; Crash the Courts at Barry Farms, D.C., and Kingdome, NY; The Come Up: The Air Up There, Sylk, Assassin, Bad Santa; The Best of the 2005 Kingdome and Barry Farms summer leagues; The Best of the 2005 Open Run and Mix Tape Tour; and The Soundtrack is banging at you in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound and is bringing that true mix tape feel with over 20 artists represented. Each track represents the area code and the local ballers from that hood. These include: Paul Wall, Goodie Mob, Chamillionaire, Clipse, Cam'ron, Juelz Santana, Lotto, Too Short, Dipset, Dialated Peoples, JR Writer, and Bun B.
 
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