One City Basketball League Celebrates Championship Finals

One City Champions Together Chicago from the West Side (Photo Credit: Jarvis Kim). On Saturday (Dec. 7), the One City Basketball League commemorated the end of its third season with a championship celebration at Wendell Phillips Academy High School. The months-long League featured 28 teams of young people ages 16-25 from Chicago’s South and West sides. The season consisted of eight game days and more than 100 individual games, culminating in today’s final championship, where community advocates, family members and founders of the League gathered to commemorate the players’ accomplishments.& “I’m so grateful to be here celebrating the third One City Championship,” said Noah’s Arc Foundation Co-Founder Joakim Noah. “I always say that basketball is more than just a sport, and we have hundreds of people here today who are proof of that. Basketball has the power to bring people together, create common ground and help us work towards a common good, and I’m so thankful to have the chance to celebrate our players and all the people who helped make this League happen today.” Joakim Noah (Photo Credit: Jarvis Kim). The One City Basketball League is a collaboration spearheaded by the Noah’s Arc Foundation, Transform Justice and 28 other...