AND1 Live Tour

The AND1 Live Tour, formerly known as the AND1 Mixtape Tour, was a traveling basketball competition and exhibition that existed from 1998 to 2008. It was presented by B-Ball and Company and the basketball apparel manufacturer AND1.[1][2][3] A group of streetball players, along with Emcee Rell and B-Ball and Company CEO Linda Hill, travelled from town to town and challenge teams composed of local talent. Games tended to be characterized by isolation one-on-one ball handling moves and acrobatic slam dunks and alley-oops.

The tour was televised in half-hour "Streetball" segments on ESPN2, and were compiled into highlight reels, offered under the mark AND1 Mixtape, which were sold on DVD. AND1 has released 10 volumes. The first mixtape was AND1 Mixtape Volume 1 (1998) and the most recent is AND1 Mixtape X (2008). The AND1 team has toured the world, meeting success against most international teams and scoring wins over adversaries from places as diverse as Chile and Angola, remaining undefeated outside the continental United States until they lost to the debuting Puerto Rico Streetballers in 2012.[4]

  1. ^ Warner, Ralph (2013-09-03). "The Story of the AND1 Mixtape Tour, as Told by the Ballers Who Lived It". Complex. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. ^ Erk, Andy (2016-07-14). "And1 mixtape brought streetball to the masses". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  3. ^ "AND1 Mixtape Tour History". streetballin.net. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Raul Sosa (2012-07-27). "AND1 & PR Streetball Put On a Show!". BoricuaBallers.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2012-07-31.