Black Gods of the Asphalt

A former streetball player who became an all-star Ivy Leaguer brings the sights and sounds, hopes and dreams of street basketball to life. Through interviews with and observations of urban basketball players, he composes a rare portrait of a passionate, committed, and resilient group of athletes and the transcendent experience of the game

Archaeology · Asphalt · History · Race, History, and American Society · African american athletes · African American basketball players · African American young men · Basketball · Hip-hop · Social aspects · Social conditions · Streetball · united states · Urban youth · Youth

• To Be Like the Greatest

  Open Access•Gabriel A Torres Colón•Journal of Contemporary Ethnography•2026

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• Commodifying Black Expressivity

  Open Access•Brandon T Wallace•Communication & Sport•2020

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• A sociology of the “and one!”

  Open Access•Mats Deland•American Journal of Cultural…•2022

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• Colin Kaepernick, Tim Tebow, and the magic of comparison

  Zachary T Smith, Sam Winemiller et al.•Culture and Religion•2021

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• You either go on the gang life, or you go on that football life’

  Open Access•Stephen Crossley, Fraser Curry et al.•Journal of Youth Studies•2023

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• Constructing the ghetto

  Deirdre Caputo-Levine, Vanessa Lynn•Race Ethnicity and Education•2019

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• Skateboarding and subjective-life embodied spirituality

  Terry Shoemaker, Ciara Bernal•Journal of Contemporary Religion•2024

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• The right to the city

  Kristine Aquino, Amanda Wise et al.•Annals of Leisure Research•2020

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• Kinaesthetic cities

  Open Access•Alan Latham, Jack Layton•Progress in Human Geography•2019

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• Social infrastructure and public life – notes on Finsbury Park, London

  Open Access•Jack Layton, Alan Latham•Urban Geography•2021

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• Chicano Park’s Skateboard Memorial Murals

  Open Access•Andrea Buchetti, Peter O’connor•Leisure Sciences•2024

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• LongLiveDaGuys

  Open Access•Nora Gro•Journal of Contemporary Ethnography•2022

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• Is Sport Really Religion? Critical Assessments

  Open Access•Terry Shoemaker, Terry D Shoemaker•Religions•2026

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• Black Mothers and NFL Moms Safety Clinics

  Open Access•T Canada•Journal of Sport and Social Issues•2023

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• Social infrastructure and the public life of cities

  Open Access•Alan Latham, Jack Layton•Geography Compass•2019

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• The Essence of My Coaching Is to Serve

  Open Access•P J Seth•Religions•2022

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• Giants in the Frame

  Open Access•William Griffin, C Keith Harrison•Religions•2023

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