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2005 And 1 Mix Tape Tour Returns to Houston on June 25th.


HOUSTON -- 2005 And 1 Mix Tape Tour:
WHO:    Basketball footwear and apparel company AND 1 and playground
        legends including the newly signed Spyda and Baby Shack as
        well as living legends Main Event, AO, Professor, Helicopter,
        50 and Go Get It.

WHAT:   The 2005 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour is the official, authentic
        streetball event running this summer in 30 cities from June
        10th through August 21st. What began as an underground,
        five-city event is now the United States' largest summer-long
        basketball tour featuring the world's best streetball players.
        Each Tour stop consists of a free Open Run followed by a
        ticketed Mix Tape Game.

Below is the schedule of AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour events in Houston open
to the media:


  What         D.R.I.V.E.            Shoot-around         Game Day
           community service
              appearance          open media session
-------- ----------------------- -------------------- ----------------
  Date         Friday 6/24           Friday 6/24       Saturday 6/25
-------- ----------------------- -------------------- ----------------
                                                        4:00-6:30 pm
  Time     11:00 am - 12:15 pm       2:30-3:30 pm         Open Run
                                                      7:30 pm Tip-off
-------- ----------------------- -------------------- ----------------
         Boys and Girls Club of     Toyota Center      Toyota Center
Address          Houston           1510 Polk Street   1510 Polk Street
              5950 Selinsky      Houston, Texas 77002  Houston, Texas
          Houston, Texas 77048                             77002
-------- ----------------------- -------------------- ----------------

DETAILS:


--Open run is a series of non-stop basketball games during which Houston talent take to the court to try to earn a spot on the AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour roster. Participants must be 18 or accompanied by a parent or guardian. Open run participants will be vying for a place on the 2005 AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour, an endorsement contract and may be featured on the fourth season of "Street Ball: The AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour presented by Mountain Dew mountain dew
n.
Illegally distilled corn liquor.
" on ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network  this summer. Careful: "featured" can mean "embarrassed".

--FOR GAME CREDENTIALS and more information media is invited to register at and use AND 1's new electronic press kit at www.and1press.com.

--Tickets to the event can be purchased at www.and1.com.

--Houston Rockets endorsed by AND 1 are Clarence Weatherspoon Clarence Weatherspoon (born September 8 1970 in Crawford, Mississippi) is a professional basketball player in the NBA.

After a college career at The University of Southern Mississippi, Weatherspoon was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the ninth pick in the 1992 NBA
, Bob Sura Robert Sura Jr. (born March 25 1973, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA currently for the Houston Rockets.

Sura played high school at G.A.R. Memorial in Wilkes-Barre. He had a high game of 68 while leading G.A.R.
, David Wesley For the board game designer, see David Wesely.
David Barakau Wesley (born November 14, 1970, in San Antonio, Texas) is an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association. He is currently retired and lives in Houston, TX.
, Mike James

For other people named Mike James, see Mike James (disambiguation).
Michael Lamont James (born June 23 1975 in Amityville, New York) is an American professional basketball player currently with the Houston Rockets of the NBA.
, Moochie Norris Martyn "Moochie" Norris (born July 27, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional basketball player formerly with the NBA and currently with Italian club Climamio Bologna[1]. , Ryan Bowen Ryan Cleo Bowen (born November 20 1975 in Fort Madison, Iowa) is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'9", 218 lb. Power forward. Career
Bowen played college basketball at the University of Iowa, where he finished in the top 10 of career blocks and
 and Scott Padgett.
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