Another man shouts from the sidewalk, “What’s up with you Joe, I was just telling somebody about the time you dropped over 70 at Rucker ... in New York to make sure Joe Hammond would ...

Joe (The Destroyer) Hammond is my ... streetball legend graced Rucker Park with his presence Wednesday night. Heck they probably should have named the court of New York City’s most hallowed ...

Julius "The Claw" Erving Joe "The ... Evan Hughes (New York, N.Y.) '64 Few streetball players have the style and substance of Kirkland. He would pull up to the Rucker and double-park his Rolls ...

Donovan Mitchell grew up about 25 miles from Manhattan, living in a town called Elmsford in New York. He’s an unabashed Mets fan, and has taken batting practice at Citi Field. He’s thrown a ...

at least for a New York Knicks game. As his professional basketball future remains one of the NBA's hottest topics, Mitchell descended upon the famed court of Rucker Park in Harlem for the ...

We arrive at a youth game, the kind Joe Hammond dominated. The younger referee uses a break to pay homage, shaking Hammond’s hand and telling him, “It’s an honor to ref in front o… ...