Basketball fans may not be familiar with Lenny Cooke, but at one time, he was a hot commodity in the amateur basketball world. In the early 2000s, he was one of the very top high school basketball ...

LeBron James’ former high school coach, Keith Dambrot, opened up about a pivotal moment in basketball history when LeBron “ruined” the career of once-top ...

For their first nonfiction feature, New York-based indie filmmakers Joshua and Benny Safdie (Daddy Longlegs) tell the story of a onetime pro-basketball hopeful who lapsed into obscurity after failing ...

Before he was an NBA superstar, Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James may have been the most talked-about high school athlete of all time. During his high school career, LeBron had plenty of rivals, ...

Ten minutes into Lenny Cooke, the documentary’s star sits on a couch, watching the 2001 NBA draft with two friends. They debate who is the best player in the NBA: Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, or Kobe ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lenny Cooke, a New York City basketball legend who was ranked the No. 1 high school player in America in 2000 ahead of LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, accepted a $350,000 ...

For their first nonfiction feature, New York-based indie filmmakers Joshua and Benny Safdie (Daddy Longlegs) tell the story of a one-time pro-basketball hopeful who lapsed into obscurity after failing ...

Ordinary life comes to look like a humiliation in the late reels of Lenny Cooke, yet another heartbreaker of a doc in which a compelling basketball story powers a discomfiting examination of a crisis ...

ATLANTIC CITY - When the hype faded and the dream of playing in the NBA died, Lenny Cooke had nothing to fall back on. The Atlantic City native was one of the highest-rated basketball prospects coming ...