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The camp was sponsored by the corporations Vaccaro was signed to: from 1984 to 1992 Nike was the sponsor; in 1993 the camp was under the Converse brand, while from 1994 to 2003 Adidas was the sponsor. [10] After 2003, Vaccaro had a deal with Reebok [6] that lasted until the last edition of the camp in 2006. [11]
Coordinates: 40°43′53″N 74°00′03″W. West Fourth Street Courts. The West Fourth Street Courts, also known as " The Cage ", are a notable public athletic venue for amateur basketball in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. [1] ". The Cage" has become one of the most important tournament sites for the ...
Pete Newell. Peter Francis Newell (August 31, 1915 – November 17, 2008) was an American college men's basketball coach and basketball instructional coach. He coached for 15 years at the University of San Francisco, Michigan State University, and the University of California, Berkeley, compiling an overall record of 234 wins and 123 losses. [1]
Cathy Rush. Cathy Rush (born Cathy Cowan; April 7, 1947) is a former basketball coach at Immaculata from 1972 to 1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive AIAW national titles from 1972–1974. She led the Mighty Macs to six consecutive final four appearances in her six seasons with the school, attaining a 149–15 record. [1]
The New York Knicks and the Boston Celtics are two of the three remaining teams from the original 1946 NBA (the other is the Golden State Warriors). The rivalry stems from the old rivalry between the cities of New York City and Boston, which is also mirrored in both the Yankees–Red Sox and Jets–Patriots rivalries. The fact that Boston and ...
By the 1950s, Chuck Taylor All Stars had become a standard among high school, collegiate, and professional basketball players. [10]In the 1960s, Converse had captured about 70 to 80 percent of the basketball shoe market, with Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars being worn by ninety percent of professional and college basketball players.
May 7, 2016. (2016-05-07) (aged 86) New York City, U.S. Occupation. Basketball scout. Known for. Five-Star Basketball Camp. Howard Morris Garfinkel (August 1, 1929 – May 7, 2016) was an American high school basketball scout who ran the well-known Five-Star Basketball Camp from 1966 to 2008.
The New York Renaissance, also known as the Renaissance Big R Five and as the Rens, were the first black-owned, all- black, fully-professional basketball team in history, established in October 1923, by Robert "Bob" Douglas. They were named after the Renaissance Casino and Ballroom through an agreement with its owner, in return for the use of ...