Basketball…In Memory of Mr. Payne

This was written April 28, 2020. With the recent passing of my former basketball coach, Mr. Payne, I felt compelled to share… I had a rough day. There was a lot on my mind, and it thwarted every attempt I made to work. The words did not flow from my fingertips to Microsoft Word at […]

My Summer Rewind: An Ode to Self-Care 14-“Ricky”

“No matter how tall you get, you’ll always be looking up to me,” I replied in a tone mixed with love and sarcasm. I can admit I am not ready for my nephew to be taller than me; but the emotions are more or less tied to the acceptance of time and not his change […]

Kobe Practices Eight Hours A Day in the Offseason

The recollection of this quote could be a combination of two memories. For the sake of brevity, I’ll refer to them as one.

Basketball

Before I caught the music bug, I played basketball for a good part of my childhood. I played in a couple of leagues and school teams during the school year and tournaments during the summer until I got to high school from second to eighth grade. Whenever I had a free moment, I wanted to […]

The Weekend In Pictures: Assembly Required Edition

#Ballin

Tre was my best friend in high school. We met when I moved out to Long Island from Queens during my first week of school playing JV football. Tre got benched during the first game of the season for something that wasn’t his fault; but I just started talking shit to him while he was […]