Harlem's Rucker Tournament started 50 years ago. Once word got out that Rucker had the best game in town, NBA legends such as Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving and Jabbar started to go head-to-head ...

NEW YORK — Rucker Park is getting a makeover. The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced a partnership with NYC Parks to completely renovate the Greg Marius Court at Holcombe ...

Holcombe Rucker brought players from this rinky-dink operation to the park at 130th Street and Seventh Avenue. He brought them to Harlem -- the epicenter of black culture.

In the sweltering heat of Harlem summers, under the roar of packed fences and city chatter, he danced above the rim. Rucker park greatness In the 1970s, the Rucker was electric.

Holcombe Rucker Park is known to have some of the best basketball performances in the history of the game, where all-time greats have shown up and shown out for the fans in Harlem, New York ...

In 2002, Kobe Bryant cemented his status as a pure street baller at the legendary Rucker Park in Harlem. The mecca of street basketball that helped produced the likes of Julius "Dr. J" Erving bore ...

But on rare, fateful occasions, the story finds you. Such was the case in Harlem on Friday, when C oach Shaun Best, founder of Jumpshots Over Gunshots, walked up to me at Rucker Park.

DETROIT – When discussing legendary basketball courts and gyms across the country, names like Rucker Park (Harlem) and The Cage (Manhattan) in New York or even the Venice Beach Courts in Los ...