Slamball

This was Trevor Anderson's dunk in the Youtube video "Nasty Slamball Dunks". I wanted to do Noah Ballou's dunk but I thought it ... vimeo.com

 UK In short, the challenge is to find the next slamball, a sport that to some was tragically ahead of its time, though others suspect that flaws in the nascent game ran deeper. Slamball is effectively basketball with eight trampolines for men who can't ...

 NY These men are still big caged (aquarium'd really) animals with sticks, so you'll have a better chance of eliminating spitting from baseball then you will stamping out fighting. My proposal? A Slamball-style rink that combines ice with trampolines. ...

By alyoung is basket played on a smaller court with only 4 players. There are areas of the court which have a trampoline area which gives your extra hops. The other main difference is that there are no fouls. You can grab and tackle the ...

There are three positions - Handler - the main handler of the ball. Gunner - the primary scorer, and Stopper - the primary defensive player. Just three personal fouls per player is permitted. Each team has an 8-man roster. ...

By Berry Slamball is sort of a hybrid sport. It's a mix between football, basketball and hockey with trampolines thrown in. It's a full-contact sport, so it's pretty rough. It's a really exciting, high-octane sport. The character of Nathan is ...

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Nathan gets a call from a guy who wants to offer him an opportunity to play Slamball. Slamball is like basketball, only with more body checking and a few trampolines. It certainly looks more entertaining than boring old basketball, ...

Slamball is perhaps one of the first sports to have been referenced in a science-fiction film before it actually existed. Characters from Back to the Future Part II mention a sport called slamball, and there was meant to be a scene in ...

By candress I have had my first introduction to Slamball this week. Think of basket ball being played on Olympic trampolines. Actually, they are Australian trampolines and designed to give some major altitude as you can see in the photo. ...

By Bunny Only in America! Slamball 2008. This sport is just crazy, it is essentially a game of basketball with trampolines. Everyone tends to just run forward and attack.

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 New York - Albrecht invested $5 million of it in Slamball, essentially a 30-minute basketball game played on a court made of trampolines. IMG and Albrecht parted ways ...

 United States - According to Allsports.com, slamball is meant to be like a real-life video game. The trampolines give athletes the ability to jump extraordinary heights and ...

What is slamball, you ask? Picture a slam-dunk contest, in overtime, high speed. It's that intense. Invented by sports and video game enthusiast Mason Gordon, slamball...

 AZ - Does anyone remember Slamball, the quasi sport that used to be on Spike TV (yes I know there are people asking three things, what is Slamball, ...

Philiadelphia 76ers president/part-owner Pat Croce will be on board as the league's commisioner. The original Slamball, created by Mason Gordon, ... CBS to Air Slamball Championship Broadcast Newsroom Slamball scores nets Variety

 CA - Aug 20, 2008 Players were trained in June at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla. In 2009, SlamBall plans to spread eight franchises out in cities across the country. ...

By Megan Barnett We recently wrote about Albrecht's decision to invest $5 million of IMG's money in slamball, which is essentially basketball on a court of trampolines with football body checks thrown in. Brian Weiss, an IMG spokesperson, ...

With a new television deal, sports and entertainment firm IMG bets $5 million on slamball. Read More. The Basics Two four-person teams score by landing shots in their respective baskets. Body checks, trampolines, and on-the-fly ...

 Australia - Jul 12, 2008 They were originally called "Slamball Shoes," and that's what most people called them around Nike. There was supposed to have been a scene in the movie in ...

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By GC in more than a few links related to domestic violence. On the other hand, if things continue to go poorly for Brett Myers, he can always consider trying out for America’s fastest-growing sport that involves basketball and trampolines.

 United States - Donaldson told the court that Lattimore plays professional Slamball, a variation of basketball using trampolines. Questioned yesterday by Assistant Suffolk ...

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By Jon Bois Filed under: MLB Rumors, The DugoutI've never been to an independent-league professional baseball game before, but I'd like to table this analogy: Independent leaguer Jay Gibbons attempts to relate to Bonds the joys of independent baseball in today's Dugout, after the jump.

By Andrew Katz After rumbling through the obstacle course in Brooklyn at the preliminary Slamball tryout, I stood with my hands on my hips as Mason Gordon and Pat Croce.

By Pat Croce I was in LA shooting the 2008 Slamball Championship Series at Universal City Walk for the past ten days. While on the west coast I was also filming interview segments for my new internet show Down to Business that launches in August ...

 MA - Jun 16, 2008 By Anthony Hall | June 15th, 2008 Anyone remember Slamball? It was a sports league whose games aired on Spike TV a few years ago, and proved to be an ...

I’ma long-time football fan and never thought I would see a brand-new sport that could match the excitement of the NFL. But Slamball is really exciting to watch! If you’re in the area, you can watch games live for free: ...

  United States - Slamball isn't your typical basketball game. The sport was invented in 2000 by Mason Gordon in a warehouse in East California. ...

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By julianw I always thought that Slamball -- the full-contact basketball game played on a court with a trampoline surface -- was the world's craziest sport. That was until I heard about the annual cheese-rolling event in... read more.

SportsBusiness Daily (subscription) League Notes SportsBusiness Daily (subscription), NC - In LA, Greg Johnson reports Slamball Founder Mason Gordon is planning a single venue event in LA over the first three weeks of June, and while a site has ...

By hollywoodsnews Slamball is ready to jump back into the game http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-slamball13-2008may13,0,2596051.story?track=rss A reconfigured version, which resembles a street-style basketball game on trampolines, has the backing of ...

Sports Business Journal (subscription) Inside Out Sports Business Journal (subscription), NC - Apr 28, 2008 Tollin is also a co-owner, with former employee Mason Gordon, of Slamball. Pat Croce is the commissioner of their league. … Speaking of full circle, Croce, ...

By Tim Nudd Slamball Former HBO exec Chris Albrecht, who left the cable net in disgrace, is staking his comeback on SlamBall, a violent, ???futuristic??? basketball/ rugby/gymnastics hybrid sport that apparently failed to capture the public???s ...

By jbercovici Former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, now at IMG, is making a big bet on Slamball, a "full-contact" version of basketball, with trampolines. Good luck with that. [WSJ]. -So noisy was the backlash to ABC News's handling of Wednesday's ...

By Andrew Katz After rumbling through the obstacle course in Brooklyn at the preliminary Slamball tryout, I stood with my hands on my hips as Mason Gordon and Pat Croce congratulated me on making it to the big stage of tryouts/training camp down here ...

By Anthony Hall Anyone remember Slamball? It was a sports league whose games aired on Spike TV a few years ago, and proved to be an excellent combination of basketball, hockey and high-flying trampoline stunts. If you’ve never seen it, take a look at ...

By Nick's Picks Pat Croce, former GM of the 76ers, wrote a great article in his blog about Nick. Pat, who is the Commissioner of Slamball, was down at the Academy last week for Slamball tryouts. If you haven’t heard, Slamball is coming back and IMG is ...

By Andrew Katz Matt Brown) It’s not the Suns’ gorilla mascot boosting up off of a trampoline high enough to slam a ball down through the rim. It’sa full-contact, sky-high hoop/football hybrid on a 100-by-60 foot court with enough testosterone to make ...

By Austin Kent After a five-year hiatus that saw Slamball creators Mason Gordon and Mike Tollin take their portable trampoline-laced court all around Europe and Asia in an attempt to generate publicity, Croce has officially jumped on board to help it ...

Slamtastic Slamerrific SLAMBALL!  CA - Mar 21, 2008 For those avid viewers of Spike TV (and what guy doesn’t love that channel), you may have seen the sport Slamball for two seasons, in 2002 and 2003. ...

By dshawla In January of 2002 I got a job as a production assistant (PA) on a ridiculous TV show called Slamball (it was supposed to be legitimate sport - basketball with trampolines under the baskets and a walled in court, like hockey). ...

The greatest sport in the history of sports may be making a comeback, according to Philadelphia Will Do. (As a bonus, the item reminds us how endearingly batshit crazy former 76ers president Pat Croce can be when he gets a couple of Red ...

By Selph Dkoda originally told me about this sport a couple months ago and I have finally found a good 10min. highlights/explainer video of this mad sport. It's a mix of basketball, american football and ice hockey played on trampolines. ...

By D-Mac Teams have names like the Mob and the Bouncers and the two divisions are X and Y.) Ex-76ers prez Pat Croce was a partner in the original Slamball run, and he told some Philly.com video show that won't load for me on Leap Day that he's ...

A little bit of every sport rolled into one… Video: YouTube via Bits & Pieces Tags: Slamball.

By Jeremy Kaufman By far the most original aspect of Slamball is the trampolines that are installed into the floor of the court. In order to dunk, players can jump on any one of the four trampolines that surround their respective hoop, sending them ...

By Editor The guardian recently posted an article on “slamball”, a combination of basketball, hockey, gymnastics and American football where the participants use modified trampolines to score baskets, or “slams”, adding that the new sport is ...

It's not often you hear about a brand new sport, so stand by your isotonic drinks canisters and get set for... Slamball! It's the first "action team sport", apparently, a "full contact competition played on a combination of surfaces and ...

By feeds@yuku.com (eddiehouse5) it was hot in the first season then homeboy broke his ankle in the tryouts for season 2...........................yuck.

By feeds@yuku.com (twenty3liveson) They ended it though whens someone got majorly hurt, like hitting their head on the backboard or something