Alejandro Danois was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He is editor-in-chief of the Shadow League and a freelance sports and entertainment writer whose work has been published by the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Ebony magazine, among other publications.
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As the crack epidemic swept across inner-city America in the early 1980s, the streets of Baltimore were crime ridden. For poor kids from the housing projects, the future looked bleak. But basketball could provide the quickest ticket out, an opportunity to... SEE MORE