that's why the union that represents the nba is going to donate $360,000 to buy lights, bleachers, new rims and backboards and a scoreboard. the park's renovation is a passion project for roberts, who recently announced her retirement. the sound of a bouncing basketball�*s like the soundtrack of my life. i heard basketball every day because the building we lived in was adjacent to the park where the courts were. and so basketball was all you did. win or lose, basketball has a way of bringing people together through a shared love of the game. monica miller, bbc news, new york. he boldly went where no others had been before william shatner, who played captain kirk in star trek