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Saturday, February 5
2011 Reach One Teach One "Hawks" Elementary and Junior/Middle School Tryouts
One of the Metropolitan Regions Premier AAU programs.  Founded in 2006 and growing fast.  ...

Sunday, February 6
2011 Reach One Teach One "Hawks" Elementary and Junior/Middle School Tryouts
One of the Metropolitan Regions Premier AAU programs.  Founded in 2006 and growing fast.  ...

Saturday, February 26
2011 Reach One Teach One "Hawks" High School Division Tryouts
One of the Metropolitan Regions premier AAU programs, founded in 2006 and growing fast. Reach One Teach One "Hawks" ...

Sunday, February 27
2011 Reach One Teach One "Hawks" High School Division Tryouts
One of the Metropolitan Regions premier AAU programs, founded in 2006 and growing fast. Reach One Teach One "Hawks" ...

Sunday, April 1
2011-2012 Program Prospectus COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tuesday, June 1
Reach One Teach One Fundamental Skills Basketball Training

Reach One Teach One Fundamental Skills Training is a program to be held Tuesday, ...

Saturday, October 10
A Legend Passes: Cecil K. Watson
Cecil K. Watkins passed away early Saturday morning after losing the battle with Pancreatic cancer. ...

Thursday, June 25
Michael Jackson, `King of Pop,' dead at 50

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson, the "King ...

Saturday, November 1
2K9 "WINTER LEAGUE"
2K9 “Winter League” Basketball, in its Initial season will begin in January, continuing through the league’s Play-Offs ...

Wednesday, July 23

We should have all known Sherman 'Jocko' Maxwell (1907-2008)

 

Sherman 'Jocko' Maxwell

I should have known about Sherman "Jocko" Maxwell. I should have known about him, but I didn't. And it saddens me.

You should have known about him, too.

We all should have known about him before he died last week, at the age of 100, in West Chester, Pa. Cause of death was complications from, well, the man was 100 years old.

We should have known about him because Maxwell was America's first African-American sportscaster. Actually, back in 1929, when he read scores for five minutes every Saturday on WNJR in Newark, he was a Negro at best, as far as much of America was concerned.

But like millions of other black men in his age and beyond, he was a man of class and dignity, a fact I learned as I read through the clips that accompanied his obits. He was a baseball fan who, through the grace of WNJR's owner, was given an opportunity to read Negro League scores each week for the radio station's audience.

That was the beginning. Maxwell, I also learned today, ultimately did play-by-play for the Newark Eagles over the public address system, and was there when they won the Negro League World Series in 1946.

He was a baseball fan and in his career interviewed the greats of the day, including Sugar Ray Robinson and others.

Maxwell reported games for the Baltimore Afro-American and even chronicled Negro League games for the Newark Star-Ledger at a time when few non-black newspapers were reporting about those wondrous games. In fact, he kept such good records at Negro League games that it seems folks believe much of its history would have been lost if not for him.

"We, the old Afro-American players (the ones whom baseball's social retardation kept out of their closed, lily white society for so long) owe him one hell of a debt," Monte Irvin, 87, the former Newark Eagles/New York Giants superstar, said over the telephone on Sunday. "So do the fans we had before they broke down racial barriers. So does baseball itself."

In a sense, he was my Jackie Robinson. He was Bryant and Greg Gumbel's Jackie Robinson. Mike Tirico's Jackie Robinson. Stephen A. Smith's Jackie Robinson. James Brown's Jackie Robinson. He was Jackie Robinson for the myriad black sportswriters who dot the cable and broadcast television and radio airwaves every day now.

And I should have known about him.

But I didn't.

Oh, and I learned that he was on the radio until his retirement in 1967. And that he never was paid a dime for a single moment he was on the air. "No salary ever in any sports, put that down," he told the Star-Ledger's Christine V. Baird in a wondrous profile published a decade ago. "Never asked. They never gave me any."

Maxwell earned his living as a postal worker.

Others have championed this, so I am only joining the chorus: Sherman "Jocko" Maxwell should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Star-Ledger's Jerry Izenberg reported last week that there are 32 baseball broadcasters in Cooperstown, and yet Maxwell isn't among them.

I didn't know that, either. And I should have.

Jocko, in 1998



Tuesday, February 12
6'8" High School Dunker


Friday, February 1
REACH ONE TEACH ONE BASKETBALL INC: Recognizes The Accomplishments and Contribution of African-Americans to American and World History
Everywhere in the world, history is considered a distinct part of the culture. There is something like a material ...

Monday, January 21
REACH ONE TEACH ONE BASKETBALL INC: Recognizes The Life and Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, December 17
Black History "365 Days" More Than A Month For Our Story: Day 313 of 365

Saturday, October 27
Reach One Teach One Basketball Inc Tryouts

Friday, April 20
Here's to You, Mr. Robinson
Sixty years ago, one man changed the game and the country.

All Eyes on Jackie

On April 15, 1947, ...

Sunday, April 8
Grambling's Eddie Robinson Dies at 88
Football Coach a Pioneer in His Field

RUSTON, La. (April 4) - Eddie Robinson, the longtime ...

Monday, January 15
Open House/Parents Meeting

Monday, December 25
'Godfather of Soul' James Brown Dies
James Brown , the undeniable "Godfather of Soul," told friends from his hospital bed that he was looking forward ...

Wednesday, November 1
Reach One Teach One Basketball Tryouts
Reach One Teach One Basketball is seeking boys and girls whose age, grade as of September 2006 were:

9 ...

Saturday, October 21
Volunteer Coaches Needed!!!!!!!!

Saturday, February 25
Books and Ball

Lightning-Fisher Tryouts
Long Island Lightning-Fisher team is seeking boys whose age, grade as of September 2005 is:

14 and under, ...

Saturday, October 30
Super League Opener

West Hempstead, NY-The 11th Season of Super League started today at The Island Garden Basketball.  ...

Monday, April 5
Summer Tryouts

Wednesday, March 31
Lightning-Fisher "B" Holds On for Div II Crown 45-41

Wednesday, March 31
Lightning-Fisher Player Excels At Wrestling

Saturday, March 27
00:20 Away From Finals.....Lose on unbelievable Call

Sunday, February 29
Streak Ends Lightning Lose close one 44-41, to Panthers

Friday, February 6
The Streak Continues:Lightning-Fisher 'A" Wins 5th in a Row

Wednesday, January 14
Lightning make it 4 in a row....Trounce Trotters 41-30

Saturday, January 3
Lightning gives Birthday Present...40-36 win over Bulldogs

Monday, November 10
Lightning-Fisher "A" Fall in Overtime......45-42 to Bulldogs

Saturday, November 8
Lightning-Fisher "A" make it 2 in a row...Roll past Panthers

Monday, November 3
Lightning-Fisher "B" Struggles, to Win Super League Opener

Sunday, November 2
Mourning A Loss.......Dorothy Mae Fisher Passes

Saturday, November 1
Lightning-Fisher "A'' Win Super League Opener

LIGHTNING-FISHER AAU TRAVEL TEAM SEEKS PLAYERS

Monday, September 1
Fall/Winter Season Preparations Begin

Sunday, August 24
Players Talk of Street Ball, Sleep Deprivation

Friday, August 15
15U Lightning Squad Wins Prestigious 2003 Tournament...

Friday, August 15
14U Lightning Boys Team Wins AAU National Classic Tournament

Friday, August 15
14U Lightning team finished 10th in AAU National Championshi

Sunday, August 10
2003 - 2004 Super League Season Registration

Sunday, August 10
Lightning Awards Night set

Sunday, August 10
Lightning Sends 4 Boys Teams to AAU Division I 14U Nationals

Sunday, August 10
15U Girls Team Excels in Girls AAU Nationals

Sunday, August 10
11U Girls represent us well in National Championship

Sunday, August 3
The 2nd Time was a Charm:Lightning Squeak by Bulldogs 35-28

Thursday, July 31
Young Gunz: Ali & Seidman Lead Lightning to 3 in a Row

Monday, July 28
Agnew & Simpson Leads Lightning to 39-28 win over RVC

Sunday, July 27
Lightning Win 3rd in a Row at CityWide as Panthers Forfeit

Wednesday, July 23
Lightning-Fisher Inconsistent Play Returns Hold on for Win

Monday, July 21
Adidas Big Time Preview

Sunday, July 20
Lightning Win 2 in a row at City Wide:32-20 over Trotters

Sunday, July 20
Lightning Lose squeaker to Bulldogs 35-32

Sunday, July 20
Lightning Teams Excel in Regionals to Qualify in Nationals..

Sunday, July 20
Fox Offensive Skills Camp For Boys still has some spots

Monday, July 14
Lighning Fisher make it 2-0 with 19pt Thrashing of Trotters

Thursday, June 26
Lightning-Fisher Looks to Fill Roster Spots

Thursday, July 10
Lightning-Fisher Wins Summer Super League Opener

Saturday, July 12
Lightning-Fisher: Get First City-Wide Win!!!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, February 25
Family Dinner/Dance Fundraiser
CoachFisher1.com presents our "2nd Annual Fundraiser". A family dinner/dance on Friday March 24, 2006 from 8:00pm ...

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Wednesday, June 6
AAU Credit Card Payments

Saturday, August 27
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