in nyc for work this week and walked by the west 4th street pro-classic street ball tournament, my [nyc] coworkers kept walking not even noticing the amazing game that was playing itself out with the crowd of people seated on folding chairs cheering on their neighborhood heroes. the story is that it was started by ken graham, a brooklyn limousine driver in 1978, and it became such a greenwich village mainstay that it was featured on the cover of sports illustrated in 1997. i wish i could've stayed longer to watch the game play itself out but my colleagues were motioning me from the corner to move along so i did. i can only imagine the games have played themselves out on that slab of concrete in the last 30 years. i guess a happy anniversary is well deserved.
