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DANKA: I started a summer camp last year for the
youth in our area and about 400 plus kids participated
in that one week event. I also coordinate a benefits game
for my best friend Jeremy Williams (rip) who was taken
away from us last year. I plan on organizing this benefits
game every February annually.
NAME SOME BALLPLAYERS THAT CAME FROM
THE MAYWOOD AREA?
DANKA: Glenn Doc Rivers (NBA Coach / Legend)
Micheal Finley (Long NBA career), Shannon Brown
(NBA high flyer) and his brother Sterling B.(SMU star
player), Dee Brown (U of ILLINOIS Legend / assistant
coach), Jacob Pullen (Kansas St. Standout in College),
Demetri McCamey (I of ILLINOIS / big 10 standout)

to get a little more tighter and work together in order
to protect the future. I look forward working with you
Lefty and the rest of the leagues throughout the city.

Shout outs to Danka for continuing to
be a great key player within this thing
of ours.

GIVE SOME ADVICE TO SOMEONE THAT MAY
WANT TO START UP THEIR OWN LEAGUE?
DANKA: Make sure you have all of your components in
place then go for what you know. Study other successful
leagues and see what they are doing right, but remember
running your own league is not as easy as it seems.
ANY LAST WORDS FOR THE CHICAGO BASKETBALL COMMUNITY?
DANKA: We have lost a lot of ball players already in
this city to senseless gun violence and I feel that we need

Eat2Win

BY: CHEF DAVID FULLER

www.etlfoods.com | @etlfoods (IG)

There is scientific evidence that links performance to diet and rest. We caught up
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Check out Chef Fuller’s tropical smoothie recipe and a few key recovery foods.
Smoothies are excellent, low calorie, nutritious drinks for athletes, especially
after an intense work out. Check out our Tropical Smoothie Recipe + 5 power
foods for athletic performance.

Tropical
Smoothie Recipe
1/2             ripe mango
1/2             ripe papaya
1                ripe banana
1/4 cup      freshly squeezed
orange juice

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1/4 cup      skim milk
1/4 cup      nonfat yogurt
1 teaspoon honey
2 cups         ice
mix in blender for :30 sec

TOP 5 FOODS

for optimal athletic performance.
KALE
BANANNAS
CHIA SEEDS
SALMON
WHEY