Ball Up Streetball hit its first stop in conjunction with the Rivalry Nights Tour.  It was at Columbus, Ohio's Fairground and Expo Center where the Ball Up Team took on Ohio's best aka "The Dynasty"  including J.J.

Ball Up players Sik Wit It, Air Up There, Hawk, and Professor team up with NY
Knicks' Al Harrington at the Protege/NBA Block Party in Chicago. 

The Ball Up Streetball Tour will coming to 4 cities as a featured attraction at the Rivalry Nights Taligate Festival, starting Friday, September 11, in Columbus, Ohio.  Including cities like Austin, Texas; Knoxville, Tennesse; and Dallas, Texas, Rivalry Nights is the nation's largest tailgate event.  The event takes place the friday before several major college football rivalries.

Ball Up joined with Children Uniting Nations on Sunday to celebrate Dodger Day with hundreds of at-risk and foster youth.  The day's events brought together celebrities as well as local and state officials.  Read the full story here. 

Ball Up's Michael "Hawk" Hawkins takes some time out to talk to Bounce Magazine's Sean Couch.  Read the full interview here.