Daily News | Brotherly Love summer hoops league relocates to Philly
It’s official. This summer, the Brotherly Love League will be in the City of Brotherly Love.
“The league still has the same momentum,” Gadson said over the phone the other day. “Even more momentum now.”A highlight, Gadson said, will be July 8, “legacy day,” when a couple of dozen Philly hoops legends will be honored, from Lynn Greer to Flip Murray to Mardy Collins. “We wouldn’t be where we are today without those memories,” Gadson said.“We asked Flip, ‘You want to play?’” Gadson said. “He wants to play for sure.
You hear about basketball saving somebody. Gadson wants to be the person doing the saving. He didn’t really play until he was 16 and the circumstances shaped him, Gadson said, explaining how he was always truant. One time, he said, the police caught him and brought him back to school. “I was trying to sneak out again,” Gadson said.
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