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Block Party! Top junior Jahlil Okafor propels Whitney Young HS to dramatic comeback victory in Chicago City Title game!
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="34157"] Arguably the nation’s top player in the Class of 2014, Jahlil Okafor scored 19 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and blocked seven shots as #4 Young defeated #2 Morgan Park 60-56 in
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Returning to form: Duke-bound Jabari Parker wins 3rd consecutive Pontiac MVP & Title (Ballislife Recap)
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="34155"] In winning his 3nd consecutive A.C. Williamson (MVP/sportsmanship) trophy, Senior Jabari Parker lead Simeon to its 3rd consecutive Pontiac Title before record-breaking crowds (2800+ per game) like the previous year. Parker
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Jabari Parker (#2 Simeon) vs. Jahlil Okafor (#1 Whitney Young) in Chicago HS Game of the Year! SICK OOPS!
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="34258"] Billed as a game for the ages between top Junior Jahlil Okafor and #1 Whitney Young (18-2) vs top Senior (Duke Commit) Jabari Parker and 3-time defending state-champ #2 Simeon (18-2),
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Ben Coupet Jr.: Chicago’s top Freshman lights up the City’s South Side! (Simeon)
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="34261"] The smooth 6’6 freshman forward has played major minutes all season with Simeon’s undefeated Sophomore team. He’s come of the bench for the loaded varsity team. In either role, young Ben
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Instant Classic: Sterling Brown (Shannon’s brother) & Proviso East battle STACKED Chicago Morgan Park Team in title game
In a midseason clash of the Chicago-areas two quickest teams, 6’7 junior Josh Cunningham scored 24 points and 16 rebounds as #3 Morgan Park Mustangs beat #4 Proviso East 82-57 to win the 32-team,
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Unguardable! #1 Junior 6’11 Jahlil Okafor dunks at will in season’s first 4 games for Chicago’s #1 Whitney Young HS
Chicago’s 6’11 star junior Jahlil Okafor has simply dominated the competition. He is unguardable. Here’s a recap of Chicago’s #1-ranked (for the first time in several years) Whitney Young Magnet High School’s 4-0 start.
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Chicago’s coldest shooter: 8th grade phenom 6’3 Zack Norvell Jr.’s SICK Season mixtape
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="33841"] 6’3 Zack Norvell, Jr. led Chicago’s Beasley Academic Center (public grammar school) 8th Grade team to a 43-2 overall record. Zack and his Beasley teammates avenged their 2 mid-season losses to
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Watch Jabari Parker’s Good Morning America Interview with Katie Couric
video platform video management video solutions video player Enjoy Class of 2013 basketball star Jabari Parker and his parents’ interview with Katie Couric for Good Morning America. It aired Thursday, June 14,
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5’10 Marcus LoVett, Jr. Spring highlights mixtape: Top 15 year old playing with Mac Irvin Fire 17U
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="33813"] Ballislife fans know Marcus Lovett, Jr. is one of the top prospects in the Class of 2015. Check out some highlights from his debut with Chicago’s Mac Irvin Fire (17U) from
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6’5 Sterling Brown (Shannon Brown’s Brother) Official Ballislife Breakout Junior Season Mixtape: Proviso East HS (Maywood, IL)
[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="33807"] 6’5 junior Sterling Brown (brother of Phoenix Suns’ Shannon Brown) had a monster breakout season for Proviso East High School (Maywood, IL). Under first year coach Donnie Boyce, Proviso East won
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