Coach Occh is now putting on motivational assemblies around the country. Want to see Ball For Lives in your school or church? Scroll down below for info for the 2009-2010 school year. What started Ball For Lives in the first place was the idea that basketball had the power to captivate...

Gian Paul dribbling the 2008 NYC Marathon amounted to a whole lot more than just raising money. It created a partnership between Ball for Lives and pretty amazing basketball organization called 4-One. A lot of big ideas are in the works for us. Check out www.4-One.org and tell us...

Gilbert Arenas & Occh On Friday, April 4th, I had the opportunity of meeting Washington Wizards All-Star Gilbert Arenas. After Spalding donated basketballs to my NYC Marathon run, I sent in one of the marathon pictures for a photo contest they were having. My photo won and the...

After dribbling the New York City Marathon in November 2007, I was contacted by Dime Magazine, a major basketball magazine for people who love the basketball lifestyle. I wasn’t sure how big Dime was until I saw Adidas advertising on their website and Shaq on the front cover of...