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Aug 25 2006 10:07AM

The Entertainer's Basketball Classic, held at world-famous Rucker Park in Harlem, is a nine-week league that features NBA Players, such as New York Knicks' point guard Stephon Marbury, and the best streetballers around. NYKnicks.com will be there with highlights of the action at Rucker! You can also get the rundown on NYC Streetball by watching Summerball on MSG Network.

Opening Night at the EBC: Ain’t Nothing Like It
All night long, even the customarily smooth-tongued EBC announcers had trouble coming up with the right nickname. Should it be “Son Rise” or “Son Shine”?
  • Photo Gallery -- Week 1
  • Week 3: ’King of Poland’ Reigns at Rucker
    Has an Entertainers’ Basketball Classic player ever been nicknamed “The King of Poland”? Not terribly likely – but, if he keeps this up, Chudney Gray might soon be wearing the royal moniker.
    Week 4: Maybanks Serves Up ’Humble’ Pie at EBC
    He plays so nice, they named him twice. Still, even at the awash-in-nicknames Entertainers’ Basketball Classic, how can the same player be called “The Humble One” and “Murder”?
  • Photo Gallery -- Week 3

  • Week 5: Rucker’s ’Angry Man’ Vents His Fury
    Given his nickname, this was hardly surprising. But, at halftime at this week's EBC, legendary H3 mentor Tony ”Angry Man” Rosa was furious.
  • Photo Gallery -- Week 4
  • Week 6: The Ambassador “Junk Yard Dog” Comes Back To His Roots at the EBC
    Former Knick Jerome Williams made an apperance at the EBC proudly proclaiming his new ambassador status.
  • Photo Gallery -- Week 5
  • Week 8: Things Are Heatin' Up At The EBC
    The weather is not the only thing that’s out-of-control hot at the Entertainers’ Basketball Classic. With next week’s playoffs fast-approaching, things are sizzling on other fronts as well.
  • Photo Gallery -- Week 8
  • Playoffs: Just How Deep Is Black Wall Street?
    That has to be THE question around the EBC this week as the still undefeated, untouched, and practically pristine defending champs embark on a repeat.
  • Photo Gallery -- Playoffs

  • Championships: And It All Started Out So Well...
    The Entertainers’ Basketball Classic got its dream championship final, a classic hook-up between unbeaten defending champ Black Wall Street and terrifyingly talented Terror Squad who won it all the previous three years.
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  • Championships: Jamal and Nate Power Seattle in EBC America Tourney.
    New York Knicks Jamal Crawford and Nate Robinson showed their streetball skills for EBC Seattle as the EBC America tourney tipped off.
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  • Championships: Saving the Best for Last
    The EBC America Championship matchup between Seattle and New York was simply the best basketball game outside of the NBA anyone will ever have a chance to see.
  • Photo Gallery