11.   Denver lost backup quarterback Jeff Lewis when he injured his knee in a pickup basketball game.

12.   During a summer pickup basketball game, he fainted after blood temporarily stopped flowing to his heart.

13.   During his yearlong sabbatical after stepping down from the Bulls, Jackson played pickup basketball in Woodstock, N.Y., with friends.

14.   Every week or so on an asphalt court in Queens, my buddies and I play a high-spirited if rather gimpy version of pickup basketball.

15.   Gordon said he got a taste of life behind bars when his pickup basketball team played Norfolk County Jail inmates.

16.   He could hang with his friends, play some pickup basketball, and help out around the house before getting back to the factory.

17.   He exercised every day, but reserved Saturdays for pickup basketball games in Brooklyn.

18.   He arrived and implemented his trademark style, using the blitz and mixing coverages on the field, and organizing pickup basketball games off it.

19.   He pretty much kept up his routine of pickup basketball and jogging and staying away from the fast food drive-thrus.

20.   He is also soft-spoken, friendly, and loves to play pickup basketball.