The driveway that loops behind the house shows the scars and buckling of too many deep - frost winters, and the worn wooden basketball backboard is supported by spindly iron posts burnt with rust. (si.com)
Because school board members believe older children need more recreational activitiesthan those in the playground, they have agreed to spend up to $ 15,000 to install basketball backboards, volleyball courts and facilities for other group sports. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
Perhaps Hammons did go with the buck: In 2013, a record price of $ 8 million for his work, the highest for any living black artist, was set at Phillips New York when he consigned an untitled basketball backboard chandelier to the auction house directly. (mnuchingallery.com)