Biography of champ bailey family

FOLKSTON, Ga. — There wasn’t much room for it, and there were the usual signs of neglect.

No net.

Biography of champ bailey family

A rusted backboard. Bent rim. Nevertheless, the transportable basketball hoop had become a magnet for neighborhood activities. It was around suppertime, between downpours on a midsummer day, and the air was sweating.

Moving within a foot radius of the ironed circle were five boys, all shirtless, not an ounce of fat anywhere.

Champ bailey kids

There were smiles during horseplay, although there were hints the game was but a few minutes shy of serious. Girls were approaching from both sides of the road, oblivious to the boys, intent on conversation.

The nearby yards were covered with green grass, toys and bikes, randomly scattered outside tiny houses set on cement blocks, a foundation necessity in the southern Georgia swampland.

“This area here is where the boys grew up,” said Elaine Bailey, who was serving as a tour guide from the passenger seat in the white rental car with