New Basketball Court in Detroit
April 06 2009
If you've opened the sports page, stood by a water cooler or turned on a TV in the past few days, you know that the Final Four weekend and March Madness will come to a close tonight with either North Caroline or Michigan State cutting down the nets while confetti and champagne rain down.
But no matter how many sports pages you've opened, water coolers you've stood by or TVs you've turned on, you probably don't know that the weekend was kicked off in equal style with players from the Franklin Wright Community Center in Detroit hanging nets for their new home court.
In celebration of the Final Four weekend, Nike installed a new indoor basketball court at the Franklin Wright Community Center with WNBA legend, Cynthia Copper, on hand for the dedication last Thursday. To ensure that the court (made from recycled shoes via Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe) was built to withstand a pounding, Nike started things off strong with a tournament between local teams. The Franklin Wright team did their new court proud, coming away as champions.
Who knows, maybe in a couple of years some of these players will be cutting down the nets as NCAA champions...
But no matter how many sports pages you've opened, water coolers you've stood by or TVs you've turned on, you probably don't know that the weekend was kicked off in equal style with players from the Franklin Wright Community Center in Detroit hanging nets for their new home court.
In celebration of the Final Four weekend, Nike installed a new indoor basketball court at the Franklin Wright Community Center with WNBA legend, Cynthia Copper, on hand for the dedication last Thursday. To ensure that the court (made from recycled shoes via Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe) was built to withstand a pounding, Nike started things off strong with a tournament between local teams. The Franklin Wright team did their new court proud, coming away as champions.
Who knows, maybe in a couple of years some of these players will be cutting down the nets as NCAA champions...