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What Sunday looks like

29 photographs from BBLNYC sessions. No stock photography, no staged shoots — this is the gym, the pinnies, and the boys who show up.

  • A player in an orange pinnie holding an end-of-season award, a taller trophy standing on the floor beside him while a shootaround goes on behind
  • Six players in orange BBLNYC pinnies at center court, each holding a tall championship trophy
  • Five players locked arm in arm in a huddle, a coach standing with them holding the ball
  • A player in a white BBLNYC pinnie holding his end-of-season trophy at the side of the gym
  • The whole session posed at center court beneath the flag, coaches standing at the back
  • Six players in orange BBLNYC pinnies, arms around each other's shoulders, posed under the hoop
  • Five players in white BBLNYC pinnies standing in a row across the court
  • Three players in orange BBLNYC pinnies standing together at the side of the gym
  • Two rows of players holding end-of-season trophies, the front row kneeling and three coaches standing behind
  • A player holding the two trophies he was awarded at the end of the season
  • A line of players in BBLNYC pinnies standing across the gym floor, several holding basketballs
  • Players in numbered pinnies packed into a huddle at center court
  • Five players in orange BBLNYC pinnies posing under the hoop, championship banners on the wall behind them
  • A group of players in pink BBLNYC pinnies standing shoulder to shoulder on the court
  • Players in orange pinnies gathered in front of the folded bleachers
  • A full session posed at the center circle, front row kneeling with basketballs
  • Six players in orange and pink pinnies lined up at mid-court
  • Teammates with arms around each other's shoulders after a game
  • A group in orange pinnies standing arm in arm in front of the bleachers
  • Five players posing in front of the blue padded gym wall, two kneeling in front
  • The painted center-court circle on a polished hardwood gym floor
  • Players spread out across the gym in rows, each on his own spot at the start of a session
  • A gym full of players dribbling basketballs during a spread-out warm-up drill
  • A coach kneeling with a ball, explaining a drill to players seated in a circle around him
  • Players working ball-handling drills in a line down the length of the court
  • A team photo at center court, players kneeling in front with three coaches standing behind
  • A group of players and coaches posed for a team photo, a basketball set on the floor in front
  • The whole session posed under the hoop, the front row kneeling with basketballs
  • End-of-season collage: trophies lined up beside the scoreboard, and players holding the ones they won

We never name a child in a caption. If your family appears in a photo you would rather we didn’t publish, email BBLNYC@yahoo.com and we will take it down.

Next season

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9 Sundays, 75 minutes each, at Townsend Harris High School in Flushing.