Thursday, June 29, 2006

Damon Dash Sponsors 'Kingdome Basketball Tournament', Giving Away Free Sneakers

Mogul Damon Dash and Pro-Keds will launch "Pro-Keds Day" on July 1 as part of a celebrity basketball tournament taking place during New York’s Kingdome Basketball Tournament.
The ten-week basketball competition which is in it's third week, features top talent from high school, college and the
NBA. For the third year, Dash and Pro-Keds are title sponsors of the tournament..
Teams such as P. Diddy's Fat Joe’s “Terror Squad” Cam’ron and Jim Jones’ “Diplomats” and The Ruff Ryders are vying for the coveted championship.
On July 1, Dash and Pro-Keds will hand out new limited edition "Kingdome" Pro-Keds, a brand worn by iconic basketball figures such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, "Pistol" Pete Maravich and others.
NBA stars expected to attend include Ron Artest and Francisco Garcia of the Sacramento Kings, Rafer Alston of the Houston Rockets, Sebastian Telfair of of the
Portland Trailblazers and others.
The Kingdome Basketball Tournament is taking place at the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers at 115th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.
Dash and Pro-Keds will hand out the free sneakers Saturday, July 1st starting at 5 PM