A Memphis Pastime: Basketball in the Heat and Humidity

Basketball is simply an enjoyable sport. The church parking lot has long been a site of hard-fought basketball games. Not much has changed on our court over the years except for the spray painted three point line and the fact that we are on our third goal in the history of the court (at least as long as I can remember.) Not many fouls are called on this court; the players having learned to not call one unless absolutely necessary, i.e. a very hard foul, and sometimes not even then. "Why?" you may ask. Because this, my friends, is part of the unwritten rules of our court, otherwise known as "The Slab."