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Get ready for another round! The PS 8 basketball league shows no signs of stopping

For 44 years, the Staten Island Basketball League has been going strong, and it has kept the old style alive. The Staten Island Basketball League was founded by Craig Raucher 44 years ago, and it is still going strong. The..... Read More
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Craig Raucher-Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous and the Staten Island Basketball League; The Healing Power of Basketball

Since we began the Staten Island Basketball League in 1980 we have had over 460 players walk through our doors. A handful of our players were former alcoholics or illicit drug users or drug dealers. In 1990 one of my..... Read More
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The Critical Importance of Pre-Habilitation Prior to Orthopedic Surgery

I am the Commissioner and Founder of one of the oldest basketball leagues in New York City: The Staten Island Basketball League www.sibl.us. which I began in 1980. Pre-Hab is what you do to get yourself ready physically prior to orthopedic..... Read More