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TO EMPOWER DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WITH LIFE SKILLS THROUGH 🏀

& PROMOTE EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MENTORING & JOURNALISM

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WE MET WITH OUR MAYOR 

IN BROOKLYN - SUMMER 2022

@  SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

HERE’S

ERIC  ADAMS 

AND 

COACH BEST,

C.E.O  of  J.O.G

NY1 CHERYL WILLS & COACH TALKS - GRAPPLING WITH GUN VIOLENCE

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  • NEW YORK 1‘s  TOP JOURNALIST  “CHERYL WILLS“ INVITED  C.E.O  “COACH BEST“  THIS PAST SUMMER 2022 TO TALK ABOUT HIS  WORLD 🌎 PEACE ☮️ CAMPAIGN, FOCUS PHRASE  & YOUTH INIATIAVE  CALLED  JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS 

JR. JOURNALIST BLAKE BEST & NBA STAR KYRIE IRVING @ G.M.A

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VARSITY STUDENT ATHLETE,

BLAKE BEST - A GRADUATE

OF CLASS of 2022 

WAS @ GOOD MORNING AMERICA 

IN THE TIMES SQUARE STUDIO 

WITH N.B.A SUPER STAR & FUTURE 

HALL OF FAMER  

KYRIE IRVING 

OF 

THE BROOKLYN NETS . . 



SEBASTIAN JOSEPH DAY 🏆 NFL CHAMPION & OUR JR. JOURNALIST

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  • WE WERE ABLE TO CHOP IT UP THEN INTERVIEW STROUDSBURG  ALUMNI AND  L.A. RAMS CHAMPION,  SIR BASH AKA SEBASTIAN JOSEPH-DAY 

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    Game 1 

    07/09/22

    J.O.G. 14U  DEFEATS 

    N.J. PLAYTIME 

     - RUCKER PARK.

    53 - 40 


    Game 2 

    07/10/22

    J.O.G  14U DEFEATS  

    TEAM ROC  53 - 23  -,RUCKER PARK.


    Game 3 

    07/23/ 22

    J.O.G 12U Team

    DEFEATS 

    BOYS OF FAITH

    51 - 23

    - RUCKER PARK 


    Game 4 

    08/ 01/ 22

    J.O.G 14U lost 

    37 - 34 - RINGERS 

    Rucker Park 


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    Johnson Rec Center

    08- 07- 22

    J.O.G 12U lost 

    37 - 36 

    kYHU all stars 




    SUMMER 2022 JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS 14U

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    COACH BEST   COACH RICK  and 

    THE 14U J.O.GEES 

    SUMMER 2022 JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS 12U

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    COACH BEST GETS ANOTHER VICTORY @ RUCKER PARK 

    J.O.G IS A WORLD 🌎 PEACE ☮️ CAMPAIGN, FOCUS PHRASE AND YOUTH INIATIVE PROMOTING DIVERSITY & INCLUSION.

      THIS IS STILL THE SAFEST WAY TO PLAY 🏀 😷 🏀

      THIS IS STILL THE SAFEST WAY TO PLAY 🏀 😷 🏀

      WE WERE THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO INTRODUCED  THE 3 POINT CONTEST TO N.Y.C STREETBALL.  

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      SUMMER, SPRING & FALL OF 2021

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      SUMMER STAFF 2021 / 6 COMMENDABLE AND DEPENDABLE

      WE WERE SO PROUD OF OUR TEEN ALUMNI & YOUNG ADULTS THIS PAST SUMMER 2021 FOR THEIR HARDWORK & PUNCTUALITY.

      OUR J.O.G STAFF / PEER LEADERS / from left to right.  NATE  - HONDO   - JOSE    Then there’s  DONELL - JORDAN - JOSHUA

      JOSE MENDES / catch his full video on YouTube, Instagram and Twitter

      OUR 

      JR. JOURNALIST  &  STUDENT ATHLETE  / 

       TALKS ABOUT  THE ABSENCE OF KYRIE IRVING

      SUMMER 2020, HARLEM SAW THE FIRST EVER 3 POINT CONTEST

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      THIS WAS THE 1ST EVER CLINIC THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC FOLLOWED BY THE 3 POINT COMPETITION PRACTICING SAFE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE 1ST KICKED OFF  IN  ST. NICHOLAS PROJECTS  FOLLOWED BY OUR  2ND EVENT ON 145TH STREET LENOX AVE AND SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST @ HOLCOMBE RUCKER PARK IN THE SUMMER OF 2020.

      SUMMER 2020 / WE MASKED UP & CHALLENGED THE VIRUS 🏀😷🏀

      IN  THE  SUMMER OF 2020

      WE GOT CREATIVE WITH

      AN ORIGINAL EVENT, NEVER DONE B4

      IN N.Y.C STREETBALL 


      “JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS“

      HELD  THE  1ST  EVER 

      CLINIC THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC


      FOLLOWED BY . 

       

      OUR 3 POINT COMPETITION,

      PRACTICING SAFE & SOCIAL DISTANCING. 


      SO  

      THE  SUMMER  2021  WAS LiT 🔥 

      EVERY FRIDAY 

      AT 

       “HOLCOMBE RUCKER PARK“

      FROM 10 AM TO 3 PM 

      WHEN 

      WE  LAUNCHED  A NEW CAMPAIGN 

      CALLED

      BALLIN BACK 

      FROM QUARANTINE

      THE VACCINE

       & 

      COVID 19

      CAN YOU SHOOT

      THE 3 ?




      About OUR CEO & FOUNDER

      COACH BEST

      SO THERE’S AN OLD SAYING :

      THERE’S NOTHING 

      NEW UNDER THE SUN.

      SEEMINGLY COACH BEST 

      WAS INSPIRED BY  

      NOT ONE BUT TWO

       ENTREPRENEURS

      THAT CAME BEFORE HIM 

       IN THE SAME 

      NEIGHBORHOOD  

      OF 

      ST. NICHOLAS PARK SOUTH

      BEFORE 

      HE WAS BORN.

      THE FIRST GENTLEMAN 

      WHO 

      COACH BEST 

      HAD ADMIRED NOW 

      HAS A STREET CORNER 

      NAMED IN HIS HONOR,

      WHO HAD 

       “35 PLUS“ YEARS 

      OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

      UNDER HIS BELT. 

      THE OTHER GENTLEMAN 

      HAS HIS NAME

      ENSHRINED 

      ON A PARK & PLAYGROUND

      IN HARLEM,

      ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE 

      OF MANHATTAN

      FOR IMPACTING THE

       SPORTS WORLD,

        PARTICULARLY BASKETBALL  

      WITH HIS LARGER THAN 

      LIFE LEGACY.

      AT 1ST COACH BEST WAS 

      JUST INSPIRED BY

      MR. WILLIAM A. BRYD 

      WHO HE’D MET IN 1983 

      BUT ACTUALLY  

      BEFORE HIM THERE WAS

      A  PARKS DEPARTMENT,  

      RECREATION DIRECTOR  

      AT  ST. NICHOLAS 

      PARK SOUTH

      BY THE NAME OF 

      HOLCOMBE L. RUCKER,

      WHOM HE‘D ONLY HEARD 

      STORIES 

      ABOUT, 

      WHO WAS 

      THE CREATOR OF

      SUMMER LEAQUE 

      BASKETBALL

      IN 1950,

      THE 1ST EVER 

      OUTDOOR 

      TOURNAMENT IN 

      THE UNITED STATES.

       

      THE 2016 - ST. KNICKS FROM ST. NICHOLAS HOUSES. OUR 1ST FINALS APPEARANCE @ Each 1 Teach 1 / RUCKER PARK Championship 🥈 - 2ND PLACE

         

       

      MR. WILLIAM A. BYRD

      R.I.P

      TO  MY INSPIRATION 

      MR. WILLIAM A. BYRD 

      “1927 TO 2000”


      MR. BRYD WAS 

      AND STILL IS AN INSPIRATION. 

      TO US. 

       HE STARTED AN  ORGANIZATION

       CALLED THE U.B.A  IN 1966 

      “UNITED BLOCK ASSOCIATION“

      IN THE  ST. NICHOLAS 

      HOUSING PROJECTS

      AND PROVIDED US 

      WITH YOUTH ACTIVITIES, 

      YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 

      TO OCUPPY OUR IDLE TIME.

      MR. BYRD 

      WAS NICK NAMED

      “FIGURE HEAD“ 

      BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS 

      THINKING  OF A  MASTER PLAN 

      TO UPLIFT 

      THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

      WHICH  LEAD TO  THE

      OPENING  

      OF  A  YOUTH  CENTER

      IN  THE  EARLY 70’s

      NOW 

      THERE’S A STREET CORNER 

      NAMED  AFTER  HIM  

      CALLED 

      “WILLIAM A. BRYD  PLACE”


      THE BLOCK THAT ROCKS 

      ON 

      131st STREET 7th AVE. 

      MR. HOLCOMBE L. RUCKER

      R.I.P 

      TO  MY  FRIENDLY  GHOST 

      HOLCOMBE L. RUCKER

      “1926 TO 1965”


      MR. BYRD HAD TO HAVE SEEN 

      MR. RUCKER AND  BEEN 

      INSPIRED BY HIM

      WHEN HE CREATED  

      THE RUCKER TOURNAMENT 

      IN  THE 

      ST. NICHOLAS PROJECTS 

      IN 1950 . . 

      WHICH WAS SAME YEAR THAT 

      ST. NICK PROJECTS OPENED 

      HIS DOORS FOR RESIDENCY.   

      THIS  CREATION  OF HIS WAS  

      THE  1ST EVER

       SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE 

      IN THE UNITED STATES, 

      WHERE YOUNG MEN WHO PLAYED 

      THERE ON THE BLACKTOP 

      WAS SEEN BY COLLEGE SCOUTS 

      AND WAS GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS 

      NOTABLY  TO 

      SEVERAL 

      HISTORICAL BLACK 

      COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES 

      IN THE SOUTH.

      THIS CREATION OF HIS , 

      SUMMER LEAGUE 

      ‘BASKETBALL 

      IS

       NOW  MIMICKED  

      WORLDWIDE.

      🏀 🌎 

      HOLCOMBE RUCKER 

      HAD MOVED HIS TOURNAMENT

      FROM  ST.NICHOLAS 

      PROJECTS  IN 1962 

      AND RELOCATED 

      UPTOWN  TO 

      280 WEST 155TH STRRET 

      FREDERICK DOUGLAS BLVD

      AND THAT 

      LOCATION WAS FORMERLY 

      KNOWN AS PLAYGROUND 156

      THEN IT WAS RENAMED 

      HOLCOMBE RUCKER PARK

      IN 1974. 


      THE INSPIRATION & GHOST OF HOLCOMBE RUCKER’S PAST

      C.E.O SHAUN BEST

       

       


      BEFORE J.O.G BECAME A TAX EXEMPT, 

      501C3 NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION, 

      MR. SHAUN BEST aka COACH BEST HAS SPENT OVER  20 YRS 

      WORKING IN THE FIELD   

      OF SOCIAL SERVICE,  MENTORING  &  DEVELOPING THE MINDS

      OF KIDS, TEENS and YOUNG ADULTS BY USING 

      CONFLICT RESOLUTION AS A COPING 

      MECHANISM WHEN FACE WITH STRESS, HARDSHIP OR ADVERSITY.




      SO  

      in the summer of  2013 

      COACH BEST 

      LAUNCHED HIS  J.O.G  CAMPAIGN  or  JOVERG  

      which is another name for 

      JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS 

      in the mornings

      after working On the Overnight Shift.

      He started out Bi Weekly to Weekends to  Everyday offering  

      A  FREE Skills & Drills Basketball Clinic 

      to kids from age 9 to 12 years old 

       in the  ST. NICHOLAS HOUSING PROJECTS On 128th street 7th ave 

      UNKNOWINGLY that this HARLEM N.Y.C.H.A Development  

      HAD A HERITAGE OF IT’S OWN BEFORE HE WAS BORN. 


          He 

      had no idea he would be following in the footsteps of 

      THE  ICONIC & LEGENDARY . .

      MR.  “HOLCOMBE L. RUCKER”   

      who created  

      “THE RUCKER TOURNAMENT“ 

      which was the 1st ever Summer Basketball Leaque  

      in 1950

      keeping youngsters away from crime, gangs & drugs.

      He would stress that Basketball can be a vehicle to obtain an 

      Education Perhaps A College Scholarship. 


      YEARS LATER 

        Mr. Rucker had moved uptown to 155th street in 1962  

      then a gentleman by the name of  

      Mr. “WILLIAM A. BYRD“  

      PULLED UP 

      into  ST. NICHOLAS PROJECTS in 1966

      He founded an organization  

      called the U.B.A.  / United Block Association 

       He  Opened  Up  A Youth Center / The BYRD Center 

      which provided Free Meals All Day, Summer Youth Employment,

      Football, Baseball and the  “BYRD’CLASSICS”  A Basketball Tournament    

      IRONICALLY it was Mr. BYRD 

      who provided an opportunity for a teenager in 1986 to 

      MC on the  microphone 

      and be the announcer for his basketball tournament    

      in ST. NICK PROJECTS 

      earning that teen his 1st ever PAYCHECK and that teen 

      is now known as  “COACH BEST”


       SO

          Mr. BEST 

      is always making reference & sharing stories of the past with

      Kids, Teens & Young Adults, Foreign or Domestic

      when traveling from N.Y. TO L.A. or  EUROPE & back

       So  Everyone  Can Learn About 

      HARLEM’S SPORTS HISTORY 

      OUR HARLEM HERITAGE, OUR CULTURAL IMPACT ON THE GAME OF BASKETBALL

      AND TO BE INSPIRED 

      by the efforts of COMMUNITY SERVICE & ENTREPRENEURSHIP 

      as he was inspired by those before him .  

      So it’s safe to say that 

      “JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS”  is cut from the same cloth as 

      Mr. RUCKER & Mr. BYRD and was founded on HALLOWED GROUND.

      NOW 

      JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS. 

      . IS  LOOKING FORWARD TO 

       HAVING A SAFE SPACE OF THEY’RE OWN ONE DAY, 

      A BUILDING CALLED  

      “THE J.O.G LEARNING CENTER“

      🙏🏀🙏 



      ‘’REST IN PEACE 

      TO OUR

      J.O.G TEENS  


      WALTER DAVIS   R.I.P 

      JEREMIAH DRAPER   R.I.P

      AND

      JOEY MINYETY   R.I.P 




      GONE WAY TO SOON 

      🙏🙏🙏

       







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      MILBANK WINNERS

      OUR 2018 - 19 MILBANK 🏆 “WINNERS“

      THIS WAS OUR 1ST TIME INVITED TO THE NEW YORK VS. PHILADELPHIA  RIVALRY . .   

      THE  70th ANNUAL   TRADITIONAL  SERIES  STARTED  BY 

       “HOLCOMBE RUCKER”  FROM HARLEM   AND   “SONNY HILL  ” FROM PHILLY. 

      J.O.G WINS ( 34 TO 31 ) 

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      YOUNG CEO - ATTENDING BLOOMSBURG COLLEGE FALL 2022

      BLAKE BEST, 

      VARSITY STUDENT ATHLETE, 

      JR.  JOURNALIST, TEEN ENTREPRENEUR 

      FROM THE  GRADUATION  CLASS OF 2022

      ALSO

      A YOUNG CEO IN TRAINING.

       Blake has revamped

       the J.O.G SPORTS APPAREL 

      and it’s dripping now 

      more than ever before.

        Our sports apparel is used 

      for 

      FUNDRAISING & PROMOTION.

      BLAKE is a SENIOR 

      @ STROUDSBURG AREA HIGH SCHOOL

      Varsity Basketball all 4 years.

      also collaborating with

      EVA BLAISDELL of LADY ROCKET SPACE 

      in LOS ANGELES.


      BLAKE BEST  

      was  apart of THE 1ST EVER 

      2021 GRADUATING CLASS 

      OF THE 

      MAYOR’ S ACTION PLAN 

      ( M.A.P ) YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

      BUT

       WE’RE NOT DONE . . 

      HE WILL ALSO BE THE NARRATOR

      OF  THE 

       WEB DOCU - SERIES 

      titled  

      “SURVIVING RUCKER PARK”

      along with J.O.G members 

      VINCENT HENDRICKS 

      AND 

       RICHARD CASTELLO. 


      This Docu Series is about 

      “HARLEM’S BASKETBALL HERITAGE“

      and it‘s main CONTRIBUTORS . . .  

      JOHN HANSBOROUGH 

      HOLCOMBE RUCKER, OLLIE EDINBORO,

      DONALD ADAMS & PELHAM FRITZ.

      THESE 5 GUYS MADE SUCH AN IMPACT 

      ON THE CULTURE OF N.Y.C BASKETBALL 🏀 

      AND  ALSO THERE’S 

      BOB & FRED 

      OF 

      Each one Teach one 

       and the life  & legacy of 

      Late Great “GREG MARIUS“ of the E.B.C

      and co - partner 

      GUSTO WELLS 

      of the newly founded  “Entertainers 155”

      and how all of thee above inspired 

      JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS.  

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      RUCKER PARK KIDS

      OUR 2020 RUCKER PARK KIDS

      DURING THE PANDEMIC 

      J.O.G WAS STILL ABLE TO FIND A WAY

      TO PUT A SKILLS & DRILLS CAMP 

      TOGETHER 

      FOR OUR 

      “RUCKER PARK KIDS“

      WHO TRULY HAVE A WONDERFUL 

      FRIENDSHIP AMONG EACH OTHER  🏀 

      RUCKER PARK TEENS

      OUR 2020 - 21 RUCKER PARK TEENS

      WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT ALTHOUGH WE LOST THE GAME  DURING  THE 2021 NEW YORK VS. PHILLY . . THE SERIES IS TIED 1 - 1 

      BUT THE M.V.P WAS FROM OUR TEAM . . ON THE FAR RIGHT IN THIS PICTURE . .  HIS NAME IS DONELL CAPERS 17PTS 8 REBS 4 ASST . . IN THE MIDDLE IS TYQUAN CUFFY . . TO THE LEFT IS JONATHAN WATTS.  THESE ARE OUR RUCKER PARK TEENS WHO WERE APART OF THE 8TH AVE COLLABORATION.  

      THE 2017 SEASON @ RUCKER PARK

       from left . . 

      TYLER PERRY - KARL UPSTART - GEORGE

      ST.PARICK  - BLAKE BEST - MARMODU ZULU - MALIKAI PEAKER 


      JUMPSHOTS OVER GUNSHOTS 

      WENT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN 

      BUT CAME UP SHORT IN THE 13U DIVISION.

      WE MANAGED TO HAVE  A  5 - 0  SEASON 

      AND LOST  

      IN THE FINALS @ RUCKER PARK

      ( 2ND PLACE )

      🥈

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      RUCKER PARK KIDS

      Jr  JOURNALIST /  VEON RODRIGUEZ . .  GIVING  “KYRIE“ HIS C00L P0INTS.  THIS YOUNGSTER HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE. 

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