LIFE SPAN: The Hooded Hooper

February 21, 2024

There’s several basketball content creators who feel like my spiritual brothers and sisters, and The Hooded Hooper is among them. These creators channel the struggles and spiritual quandaries of our lives through the quiet practice of working on their game. Basketball isn’t just a sport you play. Basketball can be a portal that guides you to places where you can ask deeper questions about yourself.

Taweh Browne, aka The Hooded Hooper, taps into that headspace with his POV series, which he films at his neighborhood court in Suwanee, Georgia. Located outside of Atlanta, Peachtree Ridge Park is Browne’s home court. When he wanted to get into content creation in 2022, he specifically looked for a court that was peaceful and offered isolation. It reminds me of the early days of Sacred. I was doing the same thing in 2019; visiting quiet courts so that I could calm my head and meditate by focusing on my form and free throw shooting. My practice in Sacramento gets mirrored years later in Georgia with the Hooded Hooper stating “POV: Shooting is your therapy.” Amen.

Follow the Hooded Hooper to stay tapped in on his journey.

LIFE SPAN: Ashton Edwards Creates in the Shadows

January 12, 2024

The video creator Ashton Edwards became a viral sensation with by playing against his shadow on the basketball court. He tells the backstory of his journey in this edition of LIFE SPAN.

LIFE SPAN: @jarrelharris lost one court, but gained a family

January 25, 2023

Jarrel Harris is the NBA editor at Sports Illustrated and the co-founder of the sports media run Sunday Washed Club. Raised in the Lower East Side, Harris’s home court once resided beneath the picturesque Williamsburg Bridge. That is until disaster struck. This is his story.

LIFE SPAN: @emiguimond's hope for Holy Grounds

November 20, 2022

Emi Guimond has hooped around the globe, but she always returns home to Michigan. In all her travels, she never forgets about “Holy Grounds”, the public court that was built during her childhood and made a lasting impact on her. Even in its neglect, she still has a deep love for those double rims.

LIFE SPAN: @jimmysnightmarket returns home

October 12, 2022

Casas Park is where James Colina, Jr found a place to play and be free from the darkness that troubled him at home. Now returning home after over 16 years, he can still feel the memories of matchups on this court.

LIFE SPAN: @doublerimslim finds peace at Seminole Park

September 14, 2022

@DoubleRimSlim is a photographer and videographer from Baltimore, MD. He offers insight into how one court in particular offered him peace of mind and helped shape his project.

LIFE SPAN: @HGNEXT presents "The Wood"

February 16, 2022

Giovanni of @hgnext is making a name for himself as a videographer hosting open runs in Brooklyn, filming some of the cities devoted hoopers going head to head. This is a special entry from the archives worth revisting. It shares the story of Giovanni’s introduction to hoops and pick-up ball.

LIFE SPAN: @DANNYHOOPS

February 13, 2022

The LIFE SPAN series continues with @dannyhoops, founder and coach of Hoops Minded, an Oakland-based mental performance consulting service. Previously Danny coached basketball in Israel as part of the non-profit organization Peace Players Middle East. Danny reflects on his time with the organization.

LIFE SPAN: @SWISHHDREAMS

January 22, 2022

The LIFE SPAN series continues with hooper, clothing designer, and court designer Hannah Hunter, founder of Swishh Dreams. The non-profit project uses its funds from the clothing brand toward basketball court restoration. Hannah’s contribution to LIFE SPAN tells the story of the first court that launched the project.

LIFESPAN: Thai Neave of @shootinghoops

March 21, 2021

LIFE SPAN is a series in which hoopers and those who document the game share stories of courts that, to them, represent something beyond the game. Thai Neave runs the Instagram account: @shootinghoops This is his story of a special court in the Lower East Side.