Hard In The Paint
For 26 years, I called basketball games inside of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. No one had heard me outside of a prison yard until the Golden State Warriors came inside of San Quentin State Prison and then Coach Jackson said “I know some guys at ESPN that would be worried about their job if they heard you.”No one knew who I was until Marcus Thompson of Theathletic.com wrote about me on his visit to the prison in 2017.And no one saw me until the movie “Q Ball” was shown during the shutdown due to coronavirus. Now, I'm home, and after working in the Venice Basketball and several other leagues in and around Southern California, its time for me to not only provide play by play for sports, but to also introduce the athletes that play sports to an audience eager to learn about how others triumph over tragedy.My story isn’t the only one that’s unique. Sit for a little bit and listen to others who’ve also overcome great odds to succeed.
Hard In The Paint
Adam Stafford aka the flash
Adam Flash Stafford is more than a basketball player. His lifes journey to reach the point to become an international basketball player started back in Louisville, KY.
Listen how he overcame personal tragedy and losing loved ones, to elevate his game and business, One Mission.
For 26 years, I called basketball games inside of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. No one had heard me outside of a prison yard until the Golden State Warriors came inside of San Quentin State Prison and then Coach Jackson said “I know some guys at ESPN that would be worried about their job if they heard you.”No one knew who I was until Marcus Thompson of Theathletic.com wrote about me on his visit to the prison in 2017.And no one saw me until the movie “Q Ball” was shown during the shutdown due to coronavirus. Now, I'm home, and after working in the Venice Basketball and several other leagues in and around Southern California, its time for me to not only provide play by play for sports, but to also introduce the athletes that play sports to an audience eager to learn about how others triumph over tragedy.My story isn’t the only one that’s unique. Sit for a little bit and listen to others who’ve also overcome great odds to succeed.
Here's a little about our guest on this episode....
Adam Stafford
I was born on 2/15/95 in California raised in Richmond Kentucky, after middle school I moved back to California. Finishing my high school season at AB Miller. I attended Shaw University for 1 semester before transferring to Kentucky Wesleyan College to focus back on my basketball, once graduating from KWC and winning two Conference Championships and being invited to the NCAA TOURNAMENT 2 years in a row. I went to Campbellsville University for my last year of Eligibility. Leaving College I went straight to play overseas in China, then signed to play in Denmark while playing in Denmark I created my own clothing line called “One Mission Clothing”. After Denmark I got drafted to play in Thailand for a team called the Bangkok Tigers, soon as that ended I tried for the G-League but kept on playing in Pro-Ams in California mainly the Drew League and the VBL, after Thailand I went back to China and then Mexico, as soon as Mexico ended I went back to Thailand, then played in Hong Kong for 2 months and I finally just signed to play in a new league in Canada called the “ECBL”.
