Converse’s ‘Heaven Is A Playground’ Celebration

On December 15, 2009, in Basic, Books, Community, Culture, History, Music, Race, by Black Fives

I was in Manhattan last week for Converse’s celebration of the 35th anniversary of Rick Telander’s playground basketball classic, Heaven is a Playground.

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SPIN Magazine Mentions Harlem Rens, Basketball-Music Connection (But Gets It Wrong)

On August 19, 2008, in Basic, History, by Black Fives

The Harlem Rens got a nice mention in the current issue of SPIN Magazine (August 2008). A friend of mine at Converse told me about an article that’s on the last page, in the Hidden Tracks section, called “Dunk The Funk.” The byline of the piece is “Could the Olympics save basketball’s musical soul?” My [...]

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St. Christopher Club Formed, 1896

On July 15, 2008, in History, Premium, by Black Fives

The 112th anniversary of the formation of the St. Christopher Club was last week. The St. Christopher Club, which had arguably the most successful non-professional basketball team of the Black Fives Era, got its start in 1896 as a bible study group to help keep young African American males off the seedy streets of what [...]

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