and Adidas sporting-apparel empires, a 10-year-old Tualatin company has built a niche kingdom by outfitting youth club teams and leagues nationwide. "You go to the Hoop on any given day, and about 50 ...

Back before kids sports — with their pricey equipment, expensive coaches and summer camps — had become a major American industry, American boys, when playing pickup basketball on a neighborhood court, ...

The old basketball standby will be back in vogue Sept. 3 in a kids tournament that sounds about as pure as it gets - on a court in a neighbor's backyard. With hot dogs and mustard - and custard. It's ...