What a fantastic day we had once again. Special thanks to Gil llewellyn for coming to teach the kids special ball handling skills and to Pat from the RVCA surf team to take his time and come to teach the kids some surfing. We had so much fun, the water was warm and the sun came out just on time.

VBL games started with an all star presentation of Free Agents VS U.N. with lots high flying action and poster dunks… here is a preview, stay tuned for highlights…

First Semi-Finals game was Team Advantage who ran a fundamental basketball clinic against Hollywood Hoops and came up with an easy win. Unfortunately  losers have to go home. Its been a great season for Hollywizzle and his superstar crew. Team Advantage just plays so well together and play basketball to the perfection and are the #1 contenders to win the finals next week

The game that everyone was waiting for was the rematch of the two home teams Venice All Stars and Mean Ones who always play with great passion and hate each other. The game was down to the wire but the world champions found a way to pull it off in the end…

Stay tuned for next week Bikini Ball, All-Star Game, Dunk CONTEST, Celeb Game and VBL FINALS!

Exhibition Game: UNITED NATIONS vs. FREE AGENT ALL STARS – Players that didn’t make the playoffs were allowed to join the Free Agents today to give the U.N. a run for their money.  This game turned out to be a close competition, but UNITED NATIONS still came out on top. Don’t underestimate Handsome Ansom & his internationional crew.  Here’s a pic of both teams.

GAME 1: HOLLYWOOD HOOPS vs. TEAM ADVANTAGE - The #4 seat, Hollywood Hoops, didn’t stand a chance against the super undefeated #1 team.  This game was truly a blow out!  Which is too bad ’cause I really like Hollywizzle & his team.  But The White Shadow and his crew are very good at kicking butt and taking names. Congratulations to TEAM ADVANTAGE for making it to next week’s finals.

Game 2: VENICE ALL STARS vs. THE MEAN ONES - These are 2 of my favorite VBL teams.  And if anyone can take the crown from the All Stars (besides Team Advantage), it would be The Grinch and his goons.  Jon Nash promised his All Stars would beat all the remaining teams by 20 points, however The Mean Ones did not go down without a fight.  When it was all said and done, the VENICE ALL STARS won by only 4 points.  Kudos to the reigning champs.  See ya next year, Mean Ones.

Shots-out to LIVITY OUTERNATIONAL for sponsoring this episode & donating sustainable clothing for our free-throw contest. They gave me this groovy tanjareen hat too.

Thanks to SCRATCH ACADEMY for DJ-ing the games.

My sister Taj-Zsa and her friend Eboni enjoyed the games.

I want the po-pos to make a VBL team against the Fire Dept.

Guigui & his girls

mama Guigui & the girls

Sideline support

The ladies love me.  LOL at her shirt!

Like Diana Ross, “I want muscles!”

I found these girls for the fellas.

The folks at Venice Beach are hilarious!

WTH??  Does he know his goodies are hangin?

Today was a hoot! We’ll see ya next week.

Tanjareen – The VBL Queen
www.tanjareen.com

By popular demand we have decided to extend our SUMMER CAMP one more week for our 11th edition. We wish to invite all the kids to participate in this FREE camp that will teach kids great new things and give them memories of a lifetime.

KVBL kids are exposed to: Yoga instruction from world-renowned Yoga teachers; basketball lessons with
some of the League’s premier players and other celebrities; fitness facts and
training from Vegan nutrition professionals and organic breakfasts and lunches, prepared by the children
themselves under the supervision of nutrition experts. This Saturday the RVCA surf team and KVBL staff will be there to teach the kids fundamentals of surfing in shallow waters.

It is the goal of The KVBL to provide experiences for children that
empower them to cultivate a healthy lifestyle, gain confidence in themselves and
each other, and truly become the “Natural Leaders” of their own communities.
The KVBL promotes teamwork through basketball and introduces kids to healthy
diets, exercise, holistic healing, leadership, sustainability and organic culture.

KVBL PROGRAM SATURDAY THE 4TH OF SEPTEMBER

TIP OFF 10am

At about 9:45am – The kids will arrive to start their day. Kids get gear and water bottles (http://www.ecousable.com)

10am – Raw Breakfast with Jenny Ross http://www.shop118degrees.com

10:15am – ‘E-cises’ Warm-up with Kai Taylor ‘Egoscue’ method exercise http://www.egoscue.com/patchfitness/patchfitness.php

10:45am – Basketball Training/Drill/Fitness

11:30am – ‘Round Robin’ style Kids Tourney

12:15am-Beach run, Environmental Awareness, Health and Nutrition guided by Shamina Alikhani ( http://www.TheHolisticCircle.net/)

12:45pm – Yoga on the beach with instructor Rainbeau Mars  www.Rainbeaumars.com

1:10pm -Lunch Jenny Ross   http://www.shop118degrees.com

Optional Surfing with RVCA surf team http://www.rvca.com/surf

1:30pm – VBL men league games. http://www.veniceball.com/

HOPE EVERYONE CAN JOIN US

United Nations Superstars VS Free Agents All-Stars

Halftime performance by Lou-U

2.30PM

Hollywood Hoops VS Team Advantage

Halftime performance by DITCH

4PM

Venice All-Stars VS The Mean Ones

MEDIA ALERT

For Immediate Release

The Kids Venice Basketball League: Natural Leaders Camp

at Venice Beach September 4th

Venice Basketball League Semi-Finals Games will follow the kids’ camp.

WHAT: The Kids Venice Basketball League (KVBL): Natural Leaders Camp and Venice Basketball Men’s League (VBL) Semi-Finals Games.

The Venice Basketball League is sponsoring KVBL: Natural Leaders Camp for boys and girls from Greater Los Angeles area, at no cost to the children or their families. The KVBL kids are bussed from various parts of Los Angeles and exposed to yoga, fitness facts, basketball lessons and leadership skills while attending the camp.

Following the kids’ camp, The Venice Basketball League will host its Semi-Finals Games, featuring the League’s premier players and celebrities.

WHEN: Saturday, September 4, 2010

KVBL: Natural Leaders Camp: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

VBL Semi-Finals Games: 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Note: Venice Basketball League Champions Finals will be held on Sunday, September 12, 2010

WHERE: Venice Beach – Basketball Courts

1800 Ocean Front Walk, Venice Beach, CA  90291

(310) 928-3116

MORE: The Venice Basketball League (VBL) and The Kids Venice Basketball League (KVBL) are a non-profit organization. The VBL founded the KVBL in 2007, a non-profit collaborative committed to empowering the under-privileged children of Los Angeles with essential for a healthy life and basketball skills.

“The goal of the Natural Leaders Camps, is for children to learn teamwork through basketball; gain confidence in themselves; cultivate a healthy lifestyle and truly become the “Natural Leaders” of their communities,” said KVBL founders, Jon Nash and Nick Ansom

The boys and girls of the camp are invited to participate in the excitement of the Venice Basketball League tournaments, by playing basketball at half-time on Sunday during the featured league games.

For more info about The Kids Venice Basketball League go to: www.kvbl.org or for Venice Basketball League visit: www.veniceball.com. Sponsorship and Exhibitor opportunities are available, for inquiries contact: Jon Nash at (323) 706-1648/email: jon@veniceball.com or Nick Ansom at (310) 928-3116/email: nick@veniceball.com.

What a fantastic event Boost Mobile and Under Armor help in Venice Beach last Saturday. The organization and look of it all were meticulous and the competition was at its best. Big thank you to the elite 24 for donating brand new rims and backboards.

August 29, 2010 – CORRECTED BOX SCORE

Preps Shine During 2010 Boost Mobile Elite Event
Raymond Lewis Squad Defeats Marques Johnson Squad at Venice Beach
Kyle Wiltjer, Myck Kabongo, Austin Rivers and James Mcadoo Co-MVPs
Quddus Bello and Bradley Beal Win Under Armour Slam Dunk & Skills Competitions

ESPN RISE hosted the fifth annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 event this weekend at the Venice Beach Basketball Courts, in Venice Beach, Calif. The event, launched in 2006 at New York’s Rucker Park, featured 24 of the nation’s top high school basketball players in the Under Armour Slam Dunk & Skills Competitions, Fri., Aug. 27 and the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game on Sat., Aug. 28. The Boost Mobile Elite 24 event was televised live on ESPNU HD and will re-air Monday, Aug. 30, 10:00 p.m. EDT and Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1:00 p.m. EDT, both on ESPNU.

The Raymond Lewis Squad, coached by high school coach Reggie Morris, Jr. and the Wizards’ John Wall, defeated the Marques Johnson Squad, coached by Derrick Taylor and the Bucks’ Brandon Jennings 131 to 128 in a fight to the finish. Standouts on the winning squad included Myck Kabongo, who had a double-double, and the team’s high scorers Kyle Wiltjer and Kentavioius Caldwell-Pope who both had 20 points. Kabongo and Wiltjer were the winning team’s co-MVPs, along with the loosing team’s Austin Rivers and James Mcadoo, who also had a double-double. Wiltjer verbally committed to Kentucky during the live telecast.

Quddus Bello and Bradley Beal won the Under Armour Slam Dunk & Skills Competitions, respectively. The slam dunk contest was judged by Boost Mobile Elite 24 alums John Wall, Brandon Jennings and Tyreke Evans.

The Boost Mobile Elite 24’s telecast featured host Eamon McAnaney, ESPN Analyst Jay Williams, and Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love; Garcia was the first Hispanic to call basketball play-by-play in English on ESPN’s networks.

2010 Boost Mobile Elite 24 Teams:

Raymond Lewis Squad
Head Coach: Reggie Morris, Jr.
Assistant Coaches: John Wall

Name
High School
Pos.
TP
TR
AST
Bradley Beal
Chaminade College Prep School (St. Louis, Mo.)
SG
8
3
0
DeAndre Daniels
Taft High School (Woodland Hills, Calif.)
SF
13
2
2
Jahii Carson
Mesa High School (Phoenix, Az.)
PG
8
2
3
Johnny O’Bryant
East Side High School (Cleveland, Miss.)
C
7
7
0
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Greenville High School (Greenville, Ga.)
SG
20
4
1
Kyle Wiltjer
Jesuit (Portland, Ore.)
PF
20
4
2
Michael Gbinije
Benedictine (Richmond, Va.)
SF
4
1
2
Myck Kabongo
Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, N.V.)
PG
13
4
10
Quddus Bello
Westchester Country Day School (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
SG
12
4
3
Quincy Miller
Westchester Country Day School (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
PF
11
4
3
Rakeem Christmas
Academy of the New Church (Brynn Athyn, Pa.)
PF
7
5
2
Shabazz Muhammad
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.)
SG
8
1
0

131
47
28

Marques Johnson Squad
Head Coach: Derrick Taylor
Assistant Coaches: Brandon Jennings

Name
High School
Pos.
TP
TR
AST
Adonis Thomas
Melrose High School (Memphis, Tenn.)
SF
12
2
2
Alex Murphy
St. Mark’s School (Southborough, Mass.)
SF
9
0
0
Amir Garrett
Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, N.V.)
SF
8
2
2
Austin Rivers
Winter Park (Winter Park, Fla.)
PG
15
5
4
DaJuan Coleman
Jamesville-DeWitt High School (DeWitt, N.Y.)
C
12
5
0
Jabari Brown
Oakland High School (Oakland, Calif.)
SG
16
1
1
James McAdoo
Norfolk Christian (Norfolk, Va.)
PF
10
11
0
LaQuinton Ross
Life Center Academy (Burlington, N.J.)
SF
14
2
0
LeBryan Nash
Lincoln High School (Dallas, Texas)
SF
12
2
1
Nick Johnson
Findlay Prep (Las Vegas, N.V.)
SG
16
2
3

128
46
18

Boost Mobile Elite 24 participants are selected by high school basketball experts from ESPN RISE, ESPN College Basketball Recruiting and other leading talent evaluators.  Players were selected based on their performances at AAU tournaments and national summer camps. Boost Mobile Elite 24 player participation is strictly determined by parental/legal guardian permission, and high school and state association guidelines.

Event sponsors included: Boost Mobile, title sponsor; Under Armour, apparel and slam dunk content; Wilson, basketballs and Gatorade, hydration.

About Boost Mobile Elite 24
Launched in 2006 by RISE Magazine, the Boost Mobile Elite 24 is the only basketball event in the country to feature the top 24 high school male basketball players regardless of class year or shoe affiliation.  Launched and played in New York’s famed Rucker Park its first four years and moved to Los Angles’ Venice Beach in its fifth year, Boost Mobile Elite 24 touts alumni that include NBA rookies John Wall, Lance Stephenson and Derrick Favors, NBA players Tyreke Evans, Jerryd Bayless, Kevin Love and Brandon Jennings, and college-bound Harrison Barnes, Kyrie Irving and Jarred Sullinger. The game has featured guest coaches that include current and former NBA stars Chauncey Billups, Kenny Anderson, Ben Gordon, Jason Kidd and Baron Davis; and its inaugural game was the subject of the documentary “Gunnin’ for that #1 Spot”, which debuted at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, and was produced by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch and his production company Oscilloscope.

About ESPN RISE
ESPN RISE represents ESPN’s commitment to engage and elevate high school athletes by providing them with recognition, resources, information and inspiration that can motivate them to improve their skills and achieve their goals to be the best athletes they can.  ESPN RISE assets include ESPN RISE, GIRL, Hardwood and Gridiron magazines; ESPNRISE.com, and more than 160 high school events including Elite 11, Elite 24, ESPN RISE Games, ESPN RISE National High School Invitational, Faster to First, Area Code Baseball and Nike Combines/Nike SPARQ Mini Camps.  ESPN RISE is uniquely positioned to provide high school athletes and the company’s core fans with compelling high school sports content across all ESPN platforms.

About ESPNU
ESPNU launched March 4, 2005. The 24-hour college sports television network televises more than 650 live events annually. Action includes a variety of top football and men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as Olympic sports from 26 Division I conferences. ESPNU is the destination for premier high school programming, including elite football and basketball events. The network also has a wide-ranging agreement with the NCAA for extensive coverage of 22 NCAA Championships.

ESPNU offers over 400 original studio shows, including SportsCenterU, ESPNU Recruiting Insider, The Experts, The Bracket, BCS Countdown and is the television home of ESPN Radio’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd. The brand is also available in high definition on ESPNUHD, now in over 17 million homes. In addition, ESPNU Campus Connection is a multiplatform, student-generated content initiative to enhance the network’s link to college campuses nationwide.

ESPNU has seen a dramatic increase since its inception and is now in approximately 73 million households. The network has long-term carriage agreements with all 10 of the top multichannel TV providers – Cablevision, Charter, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV (Channel 208), DISH Network (Channel 141), Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS TV and AT&T U-verse.

About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile, one of Sprint’s prepaid brands, offers wireless phones and services with no long-term contracts. Boost Mobile redefines value for wireless consumers with its ‘Monthly Unlimited’ service, offering unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web, e-mail, IM and 411 for $50 per month, and with its ‘BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited’ service, offering unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web, e-mail, IM and 411 for $60 per month. Boost Mobile offers nationwide service on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than 276 million people, and on the Nextel National Network, reaching more than 277 million people, with no activation or long distance fees. Boost Mobile offers a selection of quality handsets from Motorola, Sanyo, Research In Motion (RIM) and Samsung, ranging from entry-level to high-end devices. Boost Mobile phones are available nationwide at nearly 20,000 major retail stores, including Best Buy, RadioShack, Target and Wal-mart, Sprint retail stores, independent wireless dealer locations, and on HSN, a leading TV home shopping network; and Re-Boost® is available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the United States. Experience Boost Mobile on the Web at MySpace, Facebook and Twitter; and purchase products at www.boostmobile.com.

About Under Armour, Inc.
Under Armour® (NYSE: UA) is a leading developer, marketer, and distributor of branded performance apparel, footwear, and accessories. The brand’s moisture-wicking synthetic fabrications are engineered in many different designs and styles for wear in nearly every climate. The Company’s products are sold worldwide and worn by athletes at all levels, from youth to professional, on playing fields around the globe.  The Under Armour global headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland, with European headquarters in Amsterdam’s Olympic Stadium, and additional offices in Denver, Hong Kong, Toronto, and Guangzhou, China. For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.underarmour.com.

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For more information, please contact:
Crystal Howard, ESPN: (212) 515-1109/(917) 805-7448 / crystal.howard@espn.com
Danielle Alvarez Babbington, Boost Mobile: (949) 748-3418 / danielle.babbington@sprint.com
Danielle Cavalli, Under Armour, Inc.: (410) 246-5768 / dcavalli@underarmour.com

All summer long has led up to these next few weeks; The Playoffs. Today is where we begin to separate the men from the boys. And as usual, DB, Mouthpiece, & I had a wonderful time commentating the festivities.

Game 1: TEAM ADVANTAGE vs. SKID ROW - There’s no surprise that the #1 seat prevailed over the #8 contender.  I didn’t get a picture of them this week, but just know that the extremely undefeated TEAM ADVANTAGE won AGAIN and set the pace for rest of the day.

Game 2: VENICE ALL STARS vs. SUNBLOCK – This had to be the most talked about game of the day! The #7 seat (Sunblock) was not intimidated to play the #2 seat AT ALL!  Matisse & his boys played very tough ball and had the lead over the VBL Champs during most of this game.  But after a great deal of tension and controversial referee calls, the VENICE ALL STARS managed to squeeze out another win.  Wayta go, All Stars!

Game 3: THE MEAN ONES vs. UNITED NATIONS - As expected, THE MEAN ONES (the #3 seat) beat UNITED NATIONS (the #6 seat).  But the U.N.’s Primetime got The Dunk of the Day when he put his crouch in Hairline’s face under the basket! Great game!  Congrats to The Grinch & his guys for moving forward.

Game 4: HOLLYWOOD HOOPS vs. KILL THE HYPE - This was an interesting match-up because K-Money was originally a member of Hollywood Hoops before he broke away to start Kill The Hype.  So both of these teams are familar with one another and excel in fancy Harlem Globetrotter-type moves. However, Hollywizzle & his boys cut out the tricks, picked up NBA star Juaquin Hawkins, & just played good basketball. Even though Kill The Hype was up 18-10, they lost the lead and now HOLLYWOOD HOOPS is just one game away from the finals…Oh and Jauquin says he’s gonna shut down the White Shadow of Team Advantage next week!  We shall see.

Martin Guigui’s cheerleaders

Ericka & Frank kept score & time for us.

Our 1st performers of the day.

N3W ERA performed (BET’s 106 & Park W.O.W. winners)

part of another 106 & Park W.O.W. group came by.

The HOOPSHOTS Fashion Show was cool!

Check out this VBL gear Nick gave me!

Mouthpiece gives a haircut.

Child’s Play

Rapper ZONE (in black) & his boys came through

Next week the games are on Saturday, not Sunday.  See ya there!

Tanjareen – The VBL Queen
www.tanjareen.com

Great series of game Sunday. Hollywood Hoops, Team Advantage, Venice All-Stars and The Mean Ones are moving to Semi Finals this Saturday the 4th of September. NBA star Juaquin Hawkins officially joined Hollywood Hoops. You do not want to miss it.

Game 1: KILL THE HYPE vs. THE FREE AGENTS –  K-Money and his Hyped players are sooo much fun to watch, but Vic Battle & his FREE AGENTS came to win!

Game 2: SUNBLOCK vs. VENICE HEAT - I adore Sunblock, and I just KNEW they were gonna win this game. But finally my VENICE HEAT firemen showed up and got The W.  Yaaay!

Game 3: UNITED NATIONS vs. HOLLYWOOD HOOPS – This game was so dope ’cause our legendary host DB suited up & played with Hollywizzle’s team.  After all the mess DB talks on the mic, everyone was anxious to see if he himself had any b-ball skills.  And guess what? DB can ball!  His presence was definitely noticed & HOLLYWOOD HOOPS won the game.

Game 4: VENICE ALL STARS vs. THE MEAN ONES – I loved this match-up because both of these teams are super talented and have a chance at the trophy.  Plus our other host, Mouthpiece, suited up & joined The Grinch’s Mean team.  Unfortunately, all their talent & mean efforts weren’t enough to stop The Beast & his all stars.  Jon Nash’s VENICE ALL STARS whooped the Mean Ones by 15 points.  Ouch.

Game 5: SKID ROW vs. THE BARTENDERS – I was helping the models rehearse for next week’s fashion show during this game.  But I know SKID ROW won, and that’s all that matters.  Congrats to the row!

The models rehearse for the Hoopshots Fashion Show

My little sister Taj-Zsa came to support again

Johann’s got braggin’ rights

My cutie-pies

Handsome Ansom gets a double massage DURING his game!

The Mean Ones looking mean.

Butts from the audience

DB moves in on Dahlia Guigui.

Peep the stylo.

He’s having a bad hair day.

Tanjareen takes a fruit break.

See ya next week at the playoffs,

Tanjareen - The VBL Queen

www.tanjareen.com

Taft head coach is serious about winning and rep here on the west coast

Its all about the fun…

So the boys came to play…

John Wall was here to support

“Mouthpiece in the building… You know what it is!”

Point out the bounce

These kids can smash with ease

Maybe a bit too much

Lot of 10’s

Between the legs is the trend just like the jerk dance… hey, hayy, hey!

RISE UP

The crowd favorite to win it all

August 23rd 2010

J.C. aka Mouthpiece is the voice of Venice. Catch this Pasadena native any day of the week playing and commenting the pick up  games, crackin jokes all day and having fun is what he does. It was only right for him to host the VBL and every single event that comes threw Venice. He paid his dues and is now climbing his way to the top as one of the top announcers there is. CONNECT WITH YOUR BOY ON FACEBOOK. He will be hosting along the legendary new york Native Bobbito Garcia, you do not want to miss this!

The fifth annual Boost Mobile Elite 24 event, the nation’s premier elite high school boys’ basketball event for underclassmen featuring 24 of the top high school basketball players from across the nation, theBoost Mobile Elite 24 participants are selected by high school basketball experts from ESPN RISE, ESPN College Basketball Recruiting and other leading talent evaluators.

ESPNU 100’s No. 2 ranked class of 2011 player, Austin Rivers, an alum of the event, leads the first 12 players selected for the 2010Boost Mobile Elite 24.

Rivers is joined by first time event participants Quincy Miller-Scott, No. 4, ESPNU 100 and James McAdoo, No. 5, ESPNU 100. Class of 2011’s Rakeem Christmas, No. 8, ESPNU 100 and class of 2012’s DeJuan Coleman, No. 2, ESPNU Super 60, are alsoBoost Mobile Elite 24 alum—selected for the second consecutive year.

Three Boost Mobile Elite 24 players selected to date have committed to colleges – James McAdoo to North Carolina, Bradley Beal to Florida and Myck Kabongo to Texas.

The 2010 Boost Mobile Elite 24 event will consist of a dunk competition titled the Under Armour Slam Dunk Contest, on Friday, August 27, 5 p.m.  and the game on Saturday, August 28, 4:30 p.m.; the two will be televised live on ESPNU.

MAKE SURE TO COME WITNESS THE FUTURE STARS OF THE NBA OR IF YOU CANNOT MAKE TURN ON YOUR CABLE TV

To get more info about who’s playing Checkout ESPN RISE

PLAYOFFS 2010 THE BATTLE BEGINS…

GAME 1- 1pm

TEAM ADVANTAGE VS SKID ROW “SLAMBALL” AMBASSADORS

Game 2- 2-30pm

VENICE ALL STARS VS SUNBLOCK

Game 3- 4pm

THE MEAN ONES  VS UNITED NATIONS

Game 4- 5-3opm

HOLLYWOOD HOOPS VS KILL THE HYPE

WIN OR GO HOME…

Special shout outs to Free Agents, Venice Heat and Bartenders who played a great season and put on a great show for VBL but just came up short of making it to playoffs. Unfortunately B.Knight and his crew will not be joining us for playoffs…

The 4th annual Supergirl Jam is making its last stop in Venice Beach this weekend and they’re doing it in style. Among action sports’ top female skateboarders, snowboarders, and inline skaters will be the likes of Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin and Nitro Circus star Jolene Van Vugt.

This year’s Supergirl Jam Skateboard Street contest welcomes the return of the 2008 Supergirl Jam Skateboard Champion, Huntington Beach’s Lauren Perkins, against a talented field which includes defending champion Amy Caron (Huntington Beach, CA) and 2010 X Games medalists Leticia Bufoni (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Alexis Slabone (New York). The ladies will showcase their skateboard skills on a custom-built course consisting of mobile skateboard street elements set up next to the beach.

Starting atop a mountain of 80,000 pounds of snow, snowboarding’s best female pros will display their most innovative tricks in the Supergirl Snowboard Rail Jam — sure to be the most amazing spectacle on the beach! Laurie Currier (Wrightwood, CA) has dominated the competition two years running, handily winning the overall top prize and the best trick contests in 2008 and 2009. This year, however, she’ll face the largest field of competitors to date as she seeks a third consecutive gold medal.

TEAM ADVANTAGE IS UNDEFEATED.

This week will be a very special race to the playoffs since we will be playing on the original court nearest to the boardwalk. Strap on your seat belts we are about to take you to an other level.
GAME 1 FREESTYLE GAME
FREE AGENTS (2-3) VS KILL THE HYPE (2-4)

GAME 2
SUNBLOCK (3-3) VS  VENICE HEAT

GAME 3
UNITED NATIONS (3-3) VS HOLLYWOOD HOOPS (3-3)

GAME 4
THE MEAN ONES (5-1) VS VENICE ALL STARS (5-1) FOR THE 2nd PLACE

GAME 5
BARTENDERS(1-5) VS SKID ROW AMBASSADORS(2-3)

Game 1: TEAM ADVANTAGE vs. THE FRAT – Brian McKnight, his son Plastic Man, & Pretty Boy Bo played their hearts out.  In fact, B-Knight landed several long jumpshots in a row! Yet they were still no match for TEAM ADVANTAGE and their big White Shadow.

Game 2: UNITED NATIONS vs THE BARTENDERS – I guess THE BARTENDERS were drunk ’cause they couldn’t get past Handsome Ansom and The Dragon of UNITED NATIONS.  Don’t sleep on this culturally-diverse team.

Game 3: VENICE HEAT vs. THE MEAN ONES – I love firemen, so I really want the VENICE HEAT to succeed, but at this point, I’m not sure why they keep showing up if they’re not gonna really ball.  The Grinch and his MEAN ONES did what they do best, scare off the competition.

Game 4: VENICE ALL STARS vs. HOLLYWOOD HOOPS – I’m a huge fan of Hollywizzle and his team, but it seems like they gave up at the beginning of this game.  THE VENICE ALL STARS whooped them by 20 points!  In fact, Jon Nash says his ALL STARS are going to beat everyone by 20 points and win the VBL championship once again!  They even took the trophy and posed with it on the court!  Is anyone gonna contest these guys?  Can The Beast really guard the White Shadow of the undefeated TEAM ADVANTAGE?

Game 5: SUNBLOCK vs. KILL THEY HYPE – It was my understanding that KILL THE HYPE was created to stop VENICE ALL STARS from winning the crown every year, but these HYPE guys won’t even make it to the finals. However SUNBLOCK was a great match-up for them and went on to “kill” THE HYPE in a very close and entertaining compettion.  And DB was hilarious while commentating this grand finale game!

The weather was cold, but the players were HOT!

Look, they’re pierced!

Yummy Angels!

Don’t worry fellas.  I got one for you too.  VBL booty shorts.

The VBL is great family fun! Here we are with Nick’s mom & my sister Taj-Zsa.

DB the Don.

Dave watches DJ Gimel…

…and suddenly DJ Dave is transfomed! LOL!

King Kedar (comedian/actor from “Marmaduke” & “Preacher’s Kid”)

Virgil Carter (Eddie Murphy’s movie double)

I had a ball this week…even without my microphone :-/

See ya at the beach,

Tanjareen - The VBL Queen

www.tanjareen.com

This year’s 3on3 match-ups were intense. DB & I had a wonderful time hosting them!  The VBL had several very talented teams involved & ALL our guys played hard.  (Shout-out to Team Advantage, The Mean Ones, Sunblock, VBL Hoop Hogz, VBL NoTikiTak, Venice Ballers, Mostly Retired, & The BallPlayers).  It’s no surprise to me that a group of OUR guys won it all. Congratulations to the VBL Goon Squad (& their obvious MVP, Shakes)!  They played 7 games in 2 days & won over $10,000 in cash & prizes each…and with a FEMALE coach!  I am sooo proud of the VBL!!!

Air Dogg, Tanjareen, DB, & Zig Zag

DB, Scott Hanley (VP of LA Live events), and Tanjareen

Byron Russell (former NBA player), Tanjareen, & Damon Lanier of THE BALLPLAYERS

Tanjareen and the YOUTH BALLPLAYERS

Tanjareen and her cousins Darren and Darae

Team Advantage in the finals

a loud TEAM ADVANTAGE fan

Sidney Faison, Nick Ansom, and The Grinch on the sidelines

Dante and Vic Battle of THE PEOPLES’ LEAGUE

Tanjareen and filmmaker Will Utley

final dunk set-up

that amazing final dunk of the SLAM DUNK CONTEST

Donnie (CEO of HOOPLOVE APPAREL) and Clipper Darryl

the game-winning free-throw by Shakes

THE VBL GOON SQAUD wins it all!!

See ya at the beach,

Tanjareen – The VBL Queen

www.tanjareen.com

GAME 1 Noon

Team Advantage VS The Frats (B.Knight)

GAME 2 1.30PM

United Nations VS The Bartenders

GAME 3 PM

Venice Heat VS  Mean Ones

GAME 4 4.15pm

Venice All stars VS Hollywood All Stars

GAME 5
Sunblock VS Kill The Hype

As always the legendary DB, Tanjareen and Mouthpiece will be hosting. We will also have special celebrity appearences and top notch performances… stay tuned

All hoop lovers you don’t want to meet this amazing celebrity game. NBA legends meet entertainers and VBL finests. All proceeds will go to a great charity. Make sure to come join us…

If you want to see the best basketball players in the world battle out on the hardwood this summer search no more than The Real Run @ HAX. $5 will get you floor seats to witness few  extraordinary games of  NBA legends,  NBA stars and overseas greatest players.  Also, B.Knight and his crew will be getting down with big Chiddi . The rosters go as follow… Videos coming out soon…

Real Run Game Schedule 4.30pm 6pm an7.30pm
Week #1 Aug   9th – 12th
Week #2 Aug 16th – 19th
Week #3 Aug 23rd – 26th All games played at HAX
NBA refs /NBA Rules
All Game Uniforms Provided by HAX

Ryan came up with a great concept for a music video for Stereogram. The idea is to shoot the top athletes in every extreme sports wearing the band members masks. It was very tricky to see coming up for the dunk or handling the ball but a great time we had… Stay tuned to see the finished video in a few weeks…

Guess who?

What a great opener and day we had at the LA Live… We are on tomorrow for on other day full of live action and fun. Expect all your favorite VBL players to be holding it down with The best. There is some for everyone here with 3 stages of live action at all time and 500 basketball games at a time. Can’t wait for tomorrow…

In a skirt, On skates

All summer long since 2008!

www.tanjareen.com

Tanjareen on the mic

Tanjareen is an all-around performing artist. Her film credits include: MISS MARCH, LOVE FOR SALE, JOHNSON FAMILY VACATION, NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CATTLE CALL, ONLY IN AMERICA & HURRICANE IN THE ROSE GARDEN. Her TV credits include: CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, WITHOUT A TRACE, GIRLFRIENDS, ACCORDING TO JIM, THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM, HOWARD STERN, STRONG MEDICINE, THE PARKERS, WANDA AT LARGE, THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW, V.I.P, ARLISS, CITY GUYS & several national commercials. As an on-air radio personality: she co-hosted a comedy show on Jamie Foxx’s FOXXHOLE for SIRIUS-XM SATELLITE RADIO & she co-hosted CHOPPING IT UP LIVE on DherbsRadio.com. Miss Martin is also a model, producer, sketch comic, amateur boxer, & pole-dancer!

Since playing high school basketball, TJ has had an enormous love for the sport. But fellas, you better stay on your A-game, cause there’s no telling WHAT “The VBL Queen” will blurt out on the mic about you! We are pleased to have her as our official VBL First Lady.

Tanjareen’s VBL tummy

For Next Sunday the 1st of August

As always we will have our KVBL Natural Leaders camp from 9am to noon and will finish off with optional surf and body board class to introduce the month of August. All kids 6-13 WELCOME and FREE to participate.

NOON
Venice Heat (Fireman) VS Skid Row

1.15PM
Venice All Stars VS Free Agents

2.30PM
Kill The Hype VS The Frats (B.Knight All Stars)

3.35PM
United Nations (International) VS Mean Ones

5PM
Hollywood Hoops VS Team Advantage (Undefeated)

BYE SUNBLOCK & BARTENDERS

DJ BIZZY and DON DIZZLE rockin it ALL DAY LONG…

As usual what a great day we had @ the KVBL with Rainbeau Mars enlightening them with a very special yoga class. The kids are really starting to understand the benefits of yoga!

VBL: Sunblock took a big upset loss against The Free Agents, Kill The Hype are moving on up after beating on Venice Heat, Venice All Stars had a tough win (78-77) VS Slamball, The Mean Ones took care of business VS The Bartenders and The Frats beat The United Nations

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Jeremy stayed a foot back has he is scared of heights. He was the only one out of 4 contestants to make this amazing shot. He came confident and ready to make it happen. The participants included Ronald McDonald himself, Rick Fox from the Lakers and Vinny Del Negro… Check it out. “It is indeed the greatest moment of my life”.

Uniform #
11
Previous teams:
Height
6’5
Santa Monica High
Position
Shooting Guard
San Diego State University
Born
1986
Cal State Dominguez
Team
Nationality
Irish/American
Agency
Full name: Patrick Timothy McGrath
Born: May 22, 1986 Danbury, Connecticut U.S
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Outlook:
An Elite athlete at the shooting guard position which is evident by his 40 inch vertical and 7’0 foot high jump
in high school, that combined with his 6’5 200 pound frame and text book Jump shot make him a matchup
nightmare for opposing teams. A big-time Pro prospect on the wing most his points came from isolation
plays this past year, he has the ability to score in every way on the court and is known to drop jaw dropping
dunk to excite the arena. McGrath has a high basketball IQ and a knack for taking charges. He works very
hard to improve every aspect of his game to excel at the professional level.
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Career:
2003-2004: Santa Monica High School (Ca): 28 games 18ppg, 8rpg, 3ast 2FGP: 50% 3FGP: 49%
2004-2006: San Diego State University (Ca): 19 games 2.8ppg, 2.2rpg,
2009-2010: Cal State Dominguez Hills (CA): 29 games 24.6 minpg, 10ppg, 4.8rpg, 2FGP: 46.9%, 3FGP:
38.8%
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Awards/Achievements:
McDonalds all-american Nominee (04)
MVP of the Ocean League (04)
All Cif 1st team (04)
La Times All Area selection (04)
06 MWC League Champion
06 MWC Conference Tournament Champion

Venice Heat aka The Fireman VS Kill The Hype

1-15pm

Venice All Stars VS Skid Row

2.30pm

Sunblock VS The Free Agents

3.45pm

Untied nations VS The Frats aka B.Knight All Stars

5pm
The Mean Ones vs The Bartenders

VeniceBall showed up strong once again @ the One on One Redbull qualifiers with 7 out of our 12 players to making it to the Top 8. Lil Flip came up big eliminating The Beast aka Terron Williams in the first round. He just kept it draining 3’s on him and saved the day for all of us. Beast at 6.6 260 pounds has to be one of the hardest one on one matchups out there. In the meantime Dragon from The United Nations took it all VS Clutch from The Mean Ones. Flip said it well ” Don’t Believe The Hype” and Dragon a big time under dog prooved it to everyone.

Anyone in High School 18 and under are to participate in this tournament. Will be a great event and a nice preview to what is coming up @ Staples Center in early August.

This Tuesday Venice Beach get ready to rock with The Best from The VBL 2pm call time… 2 or 3 games guarantee with loosing bracket that gives you a second chance. Free food and drinks DJ Ansom and DJ Sleeper rockin out and The legendary Mouthpiece with the play by play. You best be ready.

Game never stops and we take you to the biggest indoor gym in LA. Be there by 11 to sign up. Good opportunity for the gym rats shooters to really prove what you are maid of.

That being said bring 2 or 3 of your friends and come participate in these great FREE tournaments and make a name for yourself because we will be talking about YOU.