[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 15 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E223]
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               IN HONOR OF ROCKY RIVER BASKETBALL COURTS

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 25, 1998

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mike McLaren and 
the players at the Rocky River courts in Rocky River, Ohio.
  Chris Ballard, the author of Hoops Nation, recently toured the 
country looking for the best basketball courts and pickup games around. 
I am pleased to announce that Ballard features the Rocky River Courts 
in Rocky River, Ohio among America's top five basketball courts. NBA 
greats Danny Ferry and John Amaechi must agree since they play there 
regularly. The following is Ballard's description of the Rocky River 
Courts:
  Take well-organized yuppie ball out of the health clubs, dump it on a 
court in a wealthy suburb of Cleveland, and you've got Rocky River, a 
magnet for Ohio's most talented gym rats. Mike McLaren, a local hoops 
junkie, has been organizing the games for 20 years, setting up teams 
and court rotations and keeping the slug fests to a minimum. Until City 
Hall runs the players out of town, as it's been threatening to do for 
years, McLaren's legions will be playing in fair and foul weather.

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