He invented it while on the playground at Eckersall Park on Yates, put it to the test in the Public League while at Carver, perfected it once he got to college in El Paso, Texas, made it lethal and legendary once he got to the NBA. The whole crossover phenom started when Timmy Hardaway touched a basketball. Many have remixed it (Allen Iverson, Philip Champion, Jamal Crawford, James Harden), but none put their signature on it the way Timmy did the original. It’s Chicago’s greatest gift to the game—except, of course, for Jordan when he was in a Bulls uniform. (Scoop Jackson)
Today In The Culture, May 27, 2021: Money for Preservation | Mayor to Curtail Carryout | LSD Name Game ART Mencoff Family Endows $1 Million in SAIC Internships For Historic and Cultural Preservation The School of the Art Institute of Chicago has received a gift of $1 million from Sam and Ann Mencoff to establish the endowed Mencoff Family Internships in Historic and Cultural Preservation Fund. The investment, which builds off of a previously established Mencoff Family Fellowship in…
