Ballislife.com is an American sports website that provides basketball coverage and video mixtapes.[1] Founded in 2005 by young basketball fans Matt Rodriguez and Jonathan Durden,[2][3][4] the site is now owned by Rodriguez and Arek Kissoyan.[citation needed] It specializes in creating highlights of high school players,[5] as well as delivering up to date coverage in and around the sport of basketball as a whole.[citation needed] The company also sells a line of apparel to supplement its YouTube advertising revenue,[2][5] and hosts a summer camp for fifth through ninth graders.[6]
| Available in | English |
|---|---|
| URL | ballislife |
| Commercial | yes |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
In 2011, it started the Ballislife All-American Game, an annual high school all-star game.[1][7] Originally created to showcase West Coast basketball players, it grew to include top players from throughout the nation.[8][9] 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.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Mejia, Stephanie (March 25, 2011). "BallisLife All-American Game". Slam. Archived from the original on May 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Littman, Chris (March 12, 2014). "Video Kings: An oral history of Ballislife and Hoopmixtape". Sporting News. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
- ^ Laird, Sam (December 5, 2011). "Mixtape Madness". The Classical. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
In 2006, Wagner joined BallIsLife, then a new company founded by two young basketball fans looking to apply a variation of the And1 model to high school ball, which had been recently transformed by LeBron James.
- ^ "About Us". Ballislife.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016.
- ^ a b 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 27, 2016.
- ^ Casey, Tim (July 20, 2017). "At Age 15 (or So) They Shoot, They Score, and Millions Watch". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ "Boys' basketball: All-star game comes to Fullerton". Los Angeles Times. March 28, 2011. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016.
- ^ Flores, Ronnie (April 5, 2016). "2016 Ballislife A-A Game April 30". CalHiSports.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016.
- ^ 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 5, 2016.
- ^ Flores, Ronnie (November 10, 2015). "2015-16 FAB 50 Rankings Announcement". Grassroots Hoops. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016.