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Richie Adams (born March 15, 1963)1986–87 CBA Official Guide and register, page 214 is an American former basketball player known for his college basketball career at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as well as for his manslaughter conviction of a 15-year-old girl later in his life. Early life Adams grew up in the Andrew Jackson Housing Projects in the Bronx, New York. At age 13 he discovered his love for basketball after flying to Hawaii to play in a tournament. He enrolled at Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) in East Harlem where he would play with future National Basketball Association (NBA) player Walter Berry as well as Gary Springer, Kenny Hutchinson and Lonnie Green, all of whom were jointly credited with making BFHS the country's top-ranked team in the fall of 1979. He played at the Entertainer's Basketball Classic at Rucker Park. College career After earning his GED from a Massachusetts junior college, Adams enrolled at UNLV to play for the Jerry Tar ...
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Benjamin Franklin High School (New York City)
Franklin High School or Franklin Senior High School may refer to: * Benjamin Franklin High School (New York City) * Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans) * Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia) * Felicity-Franklin High School, Felicity, Ohio * Franklin High School (Elk Grove, California) * Franklin High School (Los Angeles, California) * Franklin High School (Stockton, California) * Franklin Senior High School (Indiana) * Franklin High School (Reisterstown, Maryland) * Franklin High School (Massachusetts) * Franklin High School (Livonia, Michigan) * Franklin High School (New Hampshire) * Franklin High School (New Jersey), in Somerset County * Franklin High School (Sussex County, New Jersey) * Franklin High School (North Carolina) * Franklin High School (Franklin, Ohio) * Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon) * Franklin High School (Tennessee) * Franklin High School (El Paso, Texas) * Franklin High School (Franklin, Texas) * Franklin High School (Virginia) * Franklin ...
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Entertainer's Basketball Classic
Entertainer's Basketball Classic is a basketball tournament held at Rucker Park in New York City. It was founded by Greg Marius in 1982. In 1986, the original Rucker Park Tournament became the Entertainers Basketball Classic. Participants of the tournament include NBA professionals such as Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Julius Erving, Kyrie Irving, as well NCAA elite players from schools like Syracuse University. Additionally, entertainers who have attended the event include musician Cam'ron, Jay-Z, Fat Joe Denzel Washington, Bill Clinton, Snoop Dogg, Bill Cosby, and David Stern. The event is often sponsored by companies like Reebok, MTV, and And1. The MSG, ESPN, and NBA often broadcast games from their channels. References {{Reflist External links Official website (archived)via Wayback Machine The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit based in San Francisco, California. Creat ...
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Rikers Island Prison
Rikers Island is a island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx that contains New York City's main jail complex. Named after Abraham Rycken, who took possession of the island in 1664, the island was originally under in size, but has since grown to more than . The first stages of expansion were accomplished largely by convict labor hauling in ashes for landfill. The island is politically part of the Bronx, although bridge access is from Queens. It is part of Queens Community Board 1 and uses an East Elmhurst, Queens, ZIP Code of 11370 for mail. The island is home to one of the world's largest correctional institutions and mental institutions, and has been described as New York's most well-known jail. The complex, operated by the New York City Department of Correction, has a budget of $860 million a year, a staff of 9,000 officers and 1,500 civilians managing 100,000 admissions per year and an average daily population of 10,000 inmates. The majority (85%) of detai ...
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