Ballislife.com

Ballislife.com
Available in English
Slogan(s) It's a movement. It's a lifestyle.
Website ballislife.com
Commercial yes
Launched 2005 (2005)
Current status Active

Ballislife.com is an American sports website that provides basketball footage and video mixtapes.[1] Founded in 2005 by Matt Rodriguez and Jonathan Durden,[2][3] it specializes in creating highlights of high school players.[4] The company also sells a line of apparel.[2][4]

In 2011, it started the Ballislife All-American Game, an annual high school all-star game.[1][5] Originally created to showcase West Coast basketball players, it grew to include top players from throughout the nation.[6][7] Since the 2015–16 season, Ballislife.com has published the FAB 50 National Team Rankings, a weekly ranking of the top high school basketball teams in the nation, and has also awarded the Mr. Basketball USA honor, given to the top boys basketball player in the nation.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Mejia, Stephanie (March 25, 2011). "BallisLife All-American Game". Slam. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Littman, Chris (March 12, 2014). "Video Kings: An oral history of Ballislife and Hoopmixtape". Sporting News. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Ballislife.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Ugland, Devin (May 3, 2015). "Kentucky signees and Thon Maker star in BallIsLife.com All-American game". USA Today. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Boys' basketball: All-star game comes to Fullerton". Los Angeles Times. March 28, 2011. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Flores, Ronnie (April 5, 2016). "2016 Ballislife A-A Game April 30". CalHiSports.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Guardabascio, Mike (April 30, 2016). "Lonzo Ball earns MVP honors at Ballislife All-American Game in Long Beach". Long Beach Press–Telegram. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016.
  8. ↑ Flores, Ronnie (November 10, 2015). "2015-16 FAB 50 Rankings Announcement". Grassroots Hoops. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.

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