Yankee stadium's lights turned the attention of passerby's onto his neighborhood court. Crowds would form and from there our guest and his boys would put on a show to hear them cheer. From these humble beginnings this Puerto Rican kid started to generate a buzz that, with the inspiration of Gary Massey, helped him build a solid career as a player at St. Raymond H.S. From there he went on to play at Monmouth college and later joined the NCAA coaching ranks as both a Head and Assistant coach for s...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This trio's basketball roots can be traced back to the patriarch's days at Cardozo H.S. where he was the school's first ever basketball MVP and team captain. He's also been an integral part in the development of several NYC area basketball standouts such as NBA All Star Kemba Walker and former Villanova Wildcat Corey Fisher. His sons followed suit carving out respectable careers on the hardwood both as players for St. Raymond H.S. and all throughout the AAU circuit. They played with some of the ...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 28
His family members were some of the baddest mother flowers balling throughout NYC in their day. His dad not only played professionally in the NBA, but was one half of the duo that started the Rucker Pro Tournament. This Harlemite attended All Hallows high school in the Bronx where he led them to back to back Catholic High School championship finals taking home the chip in their first appearance. He proceeded to earn a college scholarship and play for Iona College where he became the first player...
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Being a hoops fan there's a lot of angst, love and war that is spewed! The boys are back to talk that wholesome basketball SHIT and debate things every basketball fiend is thinking about. The homie Los joins Digi and the Poet for another candid back and forth. Happy listening!
May 29, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 26
He's spent time working to improve our inner city community through his work in the social services. For over 25 years he has been a part of St. Raymond High School's administration mentoring, teaching, coaching and guiding the many students who have walked those halls. As a student athlete at St. Raymond's he beasted! With his grit and leaping ability he excelled mightily racking up all sorts of rebounds and monstrous dunks. He chose to attend Fairfield University on an athletic scholarship, sh...
May 22, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 25
He first hit the hardwood when he joined the St. Dominic middle school basketball team. He recalls coaches George Ramos and Larry Villar being the reasons why he fell in love with the game. Money was tight, so in order to afford his middle school uniform, coach Ramos would subsidize $5 from the cost of the uniform for every completed dunk. Needless to say he earned his uniform and finished his time at St. Dominic balling out! When it came time to choose a high school, he side stepped St. Rays to...
May 15, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Raised in the Edenwald Projects of the Bronx this hoop star bounced around between the streets and basketball to earn his keep. At the Rucker he earned his moniker "The Dribble Machine" which paved the way for an opportunity to be one of the original members of the infamous And1 Mixtape Tour. Through the tour he was able to travel the world showing off his ball handling mastery while embarrassing the opposition. He was also able to Today he spends his time training and developing up and coming h...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 23
On this episode your beloved hosts sit down with childhood friend and Dribble N' Dimes supporter Los to argue, debate and inevitably talk our shit on all things basketball. YOU'RE WELCOME 😆
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 22
This brother has his Harlem swag on 100,000! He came up playing ball via the Gauchos program traveling all over the country. He left Harlem for boarding school in Massachusetts attending the Bement school and Williston Northampton School while both hooping and slaying the academics. A graduate of UMass Amherst he went on to earn several post graduate degrees and a slew of certifications. Today he's an assistant coach at Hostos Community College and serves as both the Supervisor of Phys Ed and As...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Right off the 6 train in the Boogie Down is where this lockdown defender was raised. The son of St. Lucian parents, he was taught early to appreciate what he was given and to extract lessons from the adversity he faced. He grew up surrounded by basketball phenoms like Terrence Rencher and Carl Krauser and knew early that he would make a name for himself with that same rock. In high school he was regarded as the heart and soul of his team. Teammates nick named him Matt Lock for his tenacious D an...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 20
We're joined once again by Brooklyn's finest! G. Moody stops by to get into some real deal NYC hoops talk. We also get the update on his FIVE STAR podcast "This That & The Third" and so much more. Get your hoops serving NOW with your homies from the Mecca of Basketball podcast!
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 19
This cat was around the game of basketball from an early age. The park was his home and where he got nice with his. You could find him hooping his tail off at the Gauchos gym and at Rice High School for coach Lou Demello. He was considered by his coaches and fans alike the example of what an inner-city basketball player is supposed to be about. In college he led the Big East in steals one season and is debated as one of the best guards to ever roam the hardwood at the University of Pittsburgh. U...
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Tragedy struck this young man's family at a tender age when his mother unexpectedly passed away. Thanks to his older sister taking on the motherly role plus with the help of his extended family he was able to persevere, hone his skills and flourish as a phenom on the basketball court. A current assistant coach for the Dayton Fyers men's basketball team, he went from Washington Heights, to the Univ. of Pittsburgh and overseas (winning a few championships along the way). Ricardo Greer now sits wit...
Mar 20, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 17
When he wasn't break dance battling in building lobbies with his boys, this kid could be found roaming Parkchester playing the game of baseball. In the height of the crack era his parents decided to send him to a nearby Catholic high school to help shelter him from the crime and violence surrounding them. On his first day at St. Raymond H.S. he expected to try-out for the baseball team. However, he was a month late and was quickly directed toward basketball tryouts. From there fate, hard work an...
Mar 13, 2019•2 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 16
His passion for coaching awoke when a group of local Wash Heights kids needed a coach to enter a tournament and they asked him to commit. From that spark he made his way up the local coaching ranks which set him up for the opportunity to enter the family of St. Raymond. This season he recorded his 100th win at the helm as head coach of the Raven's. Varsity team. On this episode of Dribble N' Dimes we learn the basketball journey of Coach Jorgé Lopez.
Mar 06, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Season 2 starts NOW! As a child this St. Albans native carried the nickname "stats" for his spongelike ability to memorize, calculate and dictate sports statistics at the drop of a dime. He parlayed this fascination with sports into a career as a sports columnist, writing for publications such as Newsday, The Undefeated and a host of radio, print and TV stations around the country. He even partnered with childhood friend Phife Dog from A Tribe Called Quest to produce a radio show called "Fanalys...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 14
It's unbelievable that Dribble N' Dimes was born just a few short months ago. After 12 episodes we're taking a small hiatus to retool and re-up! We thank you for your listenership and look forward to serving up some fly content soon. In the meantime we ask you to give us your thoughts and suggestions via dribblendimes@gmail.com. Also... be sure to share an episode (or 12) to a few folks you think would appreciate what we've been cooking up. Peace.
Jan 02, 2019•11 min•Season 1Ep. 13
On this episode of Dribble N’ Dimes we sit with White Plains Road Alumni Daybar Is Open to talk about basketball in India and a whole bunch of Millennial-istic debates.
Dec 26, 2018•1 hr 1 min
He grew up 4 blocks away from Rice High School in Harlem, but chose St. Raymond because of the adventure it offered. Considered the consummate blue collar player, he used his full arsenal of skills and basketball IQ to adapt and play alongside a slew of top flight talent to help bring the state championship back to St. Rays. He attended the University of Maryland - Baltimore County then transferred back home to Manhattan College to finish up his years of eligibility and earn his degree. On this ...
Dec 19, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
As a teen the streets of Brownsville Brooklyn tempted him to head in the wrong direction. Luckily, he connected with the father of Brooklyn basketball, Mr. Gil Reynold's, which put him on the path toward All American honors as a player at Lamar College. From there he found his way into the division 1 program at Iona College. Faced with the responsibilities of fatherhood and being a collegiate student athlete, he persevered and was able to do well athletically, parent effectively and earn his deg...
Dec 12, 2018•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This Bronx native attended St. Raymond H.S. The son of former Harlem Globetrotter Bobby Hunter, he excelled mightily on the court and was regarded as a reliable bucket getter throughout his high school career. So much so that you can find his name among the short list of most prolific scorers in the 1,000 point club at St. Raymond. He impressed several collegiate programs, but committed to the University of Texas and coach Tom Penders. Eligibility challenges took him back east to play at Champla...
Dec 05, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 9
He arrived to the South Bronx not knowing the English language. He frequently walked past crack infested blocks to attend Rice High School. Through hard work and determination he learned the language and dominated the basketball landscape. He racked up every basketball award within reach all while repping hard for his beloved Dominican Republic. In his senior season he led the Rice Raiders to the city and state chips and took home the 1994 Gatorade National High School Basketball Player of the y...
Nov 28, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Last season Archbishop Stepinac H.S. took home the NY CHSAA boys championship and then went on to Glen Falls to win the NY State Federation chip. Since his appointment as head coach in 2015, Patrick Massaroni and his staff have taken Stepinac basketball to new heights. Along with exemplary student athletes like R.J. Davis Stepinac is preparing to battle for another opportunity at NY basketball supremacy. Check out our conversation with Coach Massaroni and R.J. Davis on this episode. Mix & Ma...
Nov 21, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The hosts of Dribble N' Dimes crack open some whiskey and get into that good old NY basketball talk. They go through a series of random rants, drop a gang of names, and talk some Knickerbockers. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends (https://soundcloud.com/djtrends)
Nov 14, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 6
He's known in Wash Heights as da Mayor. He's helped assemble a number of streetball legends who've put on the Dominican Power jersey and gone to war for Dominicans on the court. As the coach of DP he led the team to the 2006 Dyckman Tournament championship, a chip he's longing to take home again in the upcoming 30th season of the league. Here he is... Mike "Da Mayor" Jones on Dribble N' Dimes. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends (https://soundcloud.com/djtrends)
Nov 07, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 5
We sit down with former Iona College athlete and current women's head basketball coach of the Westchester Community College Vikings, Nesta Felix. We learn about her basketball journey, the New Flex Hoops program she runs and the numerous chips she's been a part of in the National Junior College Athletic Association. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends (https://soundcloud.com/djtrends)
Oct 31, 2018•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Manny Digital and Emilio the Poet talk basketball with former Pitt Panther, international pro hooper and Dominican descendant Jaime Peterson. We learn about what drove him to persevere through homelessness, earned him athletic scholarships to remarkable programs and set the stage for this gentle giant's basketball career in France, Italy, Spain and the Dominican Republic. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends (https://soundcloud.com/djtrends)
Oct 24, 2018•2 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In this episode we sit down with the 3x podcast co-host of the year from the Michael Rapaport Podcast to hear his stories of World B. Free and how he fell in love with the game of basketball. He tells us about how he met and played with Queens legend Kenny Anderson and well known actor/comedian Michael Rapaport. Of course we debate top players in NY & NBA history and learn about his brand new podcast launching soon. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends (https://soundcloud.com/djtrends)...
Oct 17, 2018•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 2
We continue with the final part of Mr. Q's story. He shares the challenges and opportunities that led to him hanging up his basketball kicks to focus on developing the youth of the Bronx. Mix & Mastering courtesy of DJ Trends (https://soundcloud.com/djtrends)
Oct 10, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 2
We kick off the Dribble N' Dimes podcast with Long Island basketball standout and former St. Bonaventure Bonnie Darren "Mr. Q" Quinlan. Mr. Q walks us through his basketball journey and how he transitioned into becoming a vessel to help develop, empower and enlighten the youth of the Bronx via the Renaissance Youth Center. Along the way he shares classic encounters with legends like Pearl Washington, Scooter & Rodney McCray and explains some of the fundamental differences in how the game of ...
Oct 03, 2018•1 hr
