www.rucker-park.com http://www.rucker-park.com Just another WordPress site Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:44:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 The Rucker Park Comic http://www.rucker-park.com/news/rucker-comic-episode-1?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rucker-comic-episode-1 http://www.rucker-park.com/news/rucker-comic-episode-1#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 11:22:48 +0000 admin http://www.rucker-park.com/?p=31 This is the story of Earl “The Goat” Manigault and how he conquered Rucker Park. He was only 6’1″, but due to the fact that he wore ankle weights as a child during practice he had tremendous jumping ability. Legend has it he dunked two-handed during a game from near the foul line over two players much taller than himself. He also reverse dunked 36 times in a row to win a $60 bet. NBA All Time Scoring Leader Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called Manigault “the greatest player I have ever seen.”

]]> http://www.rucker-park.com/news/rucker-comic-episode-1/feed 0 Rucker Park History http://www.rucker-park.com/news/the-king-is-here?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-king-is-here http://www.rucker-park.com/news/the-king-is-here#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 09:37:20 +0000 admin http://www.rucker-park.com/?p=16 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem, NYC. That is streetball basketball’s home address. Originally opened on February 23rd 1956 as “P.S. 156 Playground” the park soon became the focal point of New York’s streetball basketball culture and attracted players from all over the tri-state-area and beyond.

Even professionals like Wilt Chamberlain, Connie Hawkins, Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar showed up to compete against the finest streetball players in the world.

In 1974, 9 years after Holcombe Rucker passed away, the court was officially renamed to “Holcombe Rucker Park”.  As part of the Neighborhood Park Improvement Program “The Rucker” saw a $423,000 renovation of the playground. To this day it stays the ultimate outdoor basketball court in the world.

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