One person who isn’t called out by name—the current president of the United States.
SUMMER HOOPS SPECIAL: SEARCHING FOR STRO
BNBL. Mike Mitchell, Woodley Auguste, Boston, basketball, hoops, Madison Park, sports, Mayor Collins, Mayor Flynn, street ball, King Gaskins, Stro Strothers, Roxbury Basketball Association, RBA, Rucker, Harlem, Baker League, Philadelphia, University of Oregon, Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, Hip-Hop and Street Basketball, Onaje X.O. Woodbine
SPECIAL FEATURE: SOMERVILLE FIGHT NIGHT
In October 1972, Muhammad Ali came to Greater Boston, and the Greatest was tossed by a Somerville bartender in a long-forgotten exhibition scuffle.
THROWBACK SPECIAL FOR MARCH MADNESS IN MASS: THE KING OF BOSTON BASKETBALL
How a Hub hoops icon missed the NBA but rebounded to save lives …
WHEN THE MOB RAN RAP MUSIC IN BOSTON: TDS MOB WAS THE HUB’S FIRST HUGE HIP-HOP HOPE …
I interviewed Kool Gee the day after he rocked Wally’s. At his request, we met at the place where the TDS Mob story begins—the stoop of the old Tower Records on the corner of Newbury Street and Mass Ave. From there, he took me back to 1989, when TDS ran the calendar with a year of rap perfection.
WHEN THE MOB RAN RAP MUSIC IN BOSTON: TDS MOB WAS THE HUB’S FIRST HUGE HIP-HOP HOPE …
I interviewed Kool Gee the day after he rocked Wally’s. At his request, we met at the place where the TDS Mob story begins—the stoop of the old Tower Records on the corner of Newbury Street and Mass Ave. From there, he took me back to 1989, when TDS ran the calendar with a year of rap perfection.
