October 25, 2021February 8, 2026

Beer of the Month: October 2021

na zdrowie.

Could it be? Yes? Yes? It is!

We’re back for Beer of the Month after a nearly 18-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 crisis, the cause for our inability to be “On The Mitten Road” with no destination except our new favorite brewery somewhere in Michigan.

Truth is, we didn’t really go far to find this “local” brew.

Standing in the middle beer aisle at Siciliano’s on a Monday afternoon staring at a five level rack of aluminum cans doesn’t seem like a bad thing until you realize you’ve been there for 12 minutes just looking for something different.

Then we realized October began with Pulaski Days here in Grand Rapids and the drink of choice for our team is Tyskie.

From their website:

Gronie is our flagship pale lager of full strength, which has been gaining recognition both in Poland and all over the world for years. Thanks to the centuries-old tradition of Tyskie Browary Książęce and the experience of their brewers, Gronie provides the perfect balance between hoppy bitterness and malty fullness.

A discerning beer drinker will sense some malty notes, a delicate aroma of hops, and even apple and banana flavours. Tyskie Gronie is the only Polish beer to have won two “Brewing Oscars” – Grand Prix at the British Brewing Industry Awards.

Alcohol content: 5.2%

Best with: baked and grilled meat, game, pasta and potato dumplings

Serving temperature: 4-6°C

Nutrition facts: www.abcalkoholu.pl

August 1, 2021July 26, 2025

Highlights from the Rex Reed Roundball Ruckus XI

July 24, 2021July 26, 2025

Ricky Robby signs a new deal with the Creston Rock Crew

Ricky Bobby, the big fundamental from the Greyline Nines, has announced he’ll be taking the stage with the purple Creston Rock Crew for the upcoming 2021-22 season and beyond.

While most of you know the background of the team, you don’t know that Ricky Bobby is also the lead singer of the Pretoria Band, who play tonight on the City’ s WestSide at the Tip Top Deluxe on Butterworth Ave SW.

1st Ward Division

Season	Team	DPOY	MVP Race	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	GRM	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	FT%	GS	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Year 1 2020-21	Nines**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Year 2: 2021-22	Nines**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2nd Ward Division

Season	Team	DPOY	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	GS	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Year 1 2020-21	Crew**	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Year 2: 2021-22	Crew**	8.767	6	33	86	38.4	8	28.6	28	74	12.3	52	8.7	29	9	2	6	0.0	4.8	1.5	0.3
Total	-	8.767	6	33	86	38.4	8	28.6	28	74	12.3	52	8.7	29	9	2	6	0.0	4.8	1.5	0.3

the GR3G league

Season	Team	DPOY	MVP Race	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	GS	APG	SPG	BPG
Year 1 2020-21	Nines**	2.600	0	11	23	66	34.8	7	29.2	24	0	0	126	11.5	27	2.5	8	7	0	11	0.7	0.6	0.0
Year 2: 2021-22	Crew**	8.243	30.33	14	69	205	33.7	18	24.3	74	4	0.0	174	12.4	118	8.4	57	17	4	14	4.1	1.2	0.3
Total	-	10.843	30.33	25	92	271	33.9	25	53.5	98	4	0.0	300	12.0	145	5.8	65	24	4	25	2.6	1.0	0.2

Career Total

Season	DPOY	MVP Race	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	GS	APG	SPG	BPG
Year 1 2020-21	2.600	0	11	23	66	34.8	7	29.2	24	0	0	126	11.5	27	2.5	8	7	0	11	0.7	0.6	0.0
Year 2: 2021-22	8.243	30.33	14	69	205	33.7	18	24.3	74	4	0.0	174	12.4	118	8.4	57	17	4	14	4.1	1.2	0.3
Year 2 Finals (Winter 2021-Spring 2022)	8.150	2.64	4	19	56	33.9	6	27.3	22	2	0.0	45	11.3	37	9.3	23	3	0	4	5.8	0.8	0.0
Total	18.993	32.97	29	111	327	33.9	31	80.8	120	6	0.0	345	12.0	182	5.8	88	27	4	29	2.6	1.0	0.2

Rumor: The Nines are currently working the phones to add a big man and a point guard from Summer League.

July 23, 2021July 26, 2025

Nines losing PG as Wasabi heads west

The Greyline Nines learned this week that speedy PG Joe Tan, aka Wasabi, will not be returning to the League in 2021-22.

1st Ward Division

Season	Team	DPOY	MVP Race	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	GRM	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	FT%	GS	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Total	-						0						0		0		0				0		0	0	0	0

the GR3G league

Season	Team	DPOY	MVP Race	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	GRM	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	FT%	GS	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Total	-						25.0						0		4.0		5.0				0		0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0

Career Total

Season	DPOY	MVP Race	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3P%	3PA	GRM	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	FT%	GS	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG
Total						25.0						0		4.0		5.0				0		0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0

April 23, 2021July 26, 2025

2021 Gr3g League MVP: Los

Nines guard takes home inaugural MVP honors

Los, #13 in white, has won the 2020-21 Gr3g League MVP award after a great season for the Greyline Nines.

Los received 14 player votes for MVP, no other player had more than 6 votes.

The award was measured on the algorithm below.

League MVP Award Points Breakdown:

Games Played x .2
Wins x .3
Total Points x .1
3G Made x .05
3G% x .1
Vote by Players x .25

Year 1: 2020-21 Player Stats

Player	Position	Age	MVP Race	DPOY	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	GRM	GRA	3G%	PTS	PPG	RBZ	ZPG	AST	STL	BLK	APG	SPG	BPG
Wall	Guard	5	37.62	1.133	15	15	61	24.6	3	22	13.6	4	14	28.6	230	15.3	15	1.0	15	5	0	1.0	0.3	0.0
Bandit	Guard	5	32.07	1.262	13	15	39	38.5	0	4	0.0	4	17	23.5	202	15.5	18	1.4	7	2	0	0.5	0.2	0.0
Ell	Center	5	0.00	0.800	13	7	25	28.0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	140	10.8	13	1.0	2	0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Spaghetti	Forward	5	0.00	0.631	13	1	9	11.1	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	97	7.5	9	0.7	3	1	0	0.2	0.1	0.0
I’ll Will	Forward	5	12.82	0.817	12	4	11	36.4	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	57	4.8	11	0.9	1	1	0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Shippy	Guard	5	18.24	1.117	12	13	42	31.0	3	15	20.0	3	7	42.9	100	8.3	13	1.1	4	3	0	0.3	0.3	0.0
DJ Seven Eightz	Guard	44	0.00	1.000	12	7	28	25.0	2	7	28.6	0	0	0.0	74	6.2	15	1.3	8	0	0	0.7	0.0	0.0
Money	Forward	32	17.29	1.317	12	6	20	30.0	1	9	11.1	1	4	25.0	93	7.8	16	1.3	4	3	0	0.3	0.3	0.0
Big Baby	Center	36	0.00	0.333	12	5	10	50.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	28	2.3	5	0.4	2	0	0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Sam Awry	Forward	44	0.00	0.327	11	5	11	45.5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	83	7.5	2	0.2	1	2	0	0.1	0.2	0.0
Silky	Forward-Guard	44	25.42	1.255	11	11	35	31.4	3	13	23.1	0	1	0.0	167	15.2	11	1.0	2	3	2	0.2	0.3	0.2
Ricky Bobby	Forward	5	0.00	2.600	11	23	66	34.8	7	24	29.2	0	0	0.0	126	11.5	27	2.5	8	7	0	0.7	0.6	0.0
Jimmy G	Guard	56	0.00	0.000	11	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	63	5.7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fries With That “Diesel”	Forward-Center	5	17.90	0.945	11	6	15	40.0	1	4	25.0	0	2	0.0	106	9.6	8	0.7	2	2	2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Ureste*	Forward-Guard	5	19.03	1.140	10	4	12	33.3	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	120	12.0	8	0.8	2	5	0	0.2	0.5	0.0
Los	Forward-Guard	5	37.35	2.200	10	30	60	50.0	9	24	37.5	0	3	0.0	263	26.3	25	2.5	8	2	0	0.8	0.2	0.0
Goolay	Guard	5	0.00	1.360	10	3	19	15.8	2	2	100.0	0	0	0.0	34	3.4	12	1.2	1	4	0	0.1	0.4	0.0
Red Leif	Forward	5	0.00	0.480	10	2	4	50.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	41	4.1	6	0.6	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moten	Forward	5	0.00	0.820	10	9	26	34.6	1	6	16.7	0	0	0.0	171	17.1	9	0.9	11	1	0	1.1	0.1	0.0
MJ	Guard	5	30.11	2.067	9	25	50	50.0	7	22	31.8	1	7	14.3	214	23.8	22	2.4	5	1	0	0.6	0.1	0.0
Frain Wreck	Forward-Guard	5	0.00	2.556	9	10	19	52.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	91	10.1	25	2.8	5	2	1	0.6	0.2	0.1
Tyco	Forward	5	0.00	0.356	9	6	15	40.0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	104	11.6	4	0.4	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
D Nags	Guard	46	0.00	1.422	9	7	15	46.7	4	9	44.4	0	0	0.0	105	11.7	16	1.8	4	0	0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Kid A	Forward	40	0.00	1.000	9	5	13	38.5	5	12	41.7	0	0	0.0	56	6.2	10	1.1	2	1	0	0.2	0.1	0.0
Berlin Wall*	Forward-Center	5	0.00	1.178	9	7	17	41.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	44	4.9	12	1.3	1	1	0	0.1	0.1	0.0
B. Buckets	Guard	43	0.00	0.000	8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	74	9.3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Loubalance	Guard	5	0.00	0.000	8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	100	12.5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jackson	Guard	44	0.00	3.743	7	19	42	45.2	4	9	44.4	0	0	0.0	106	15.1	29	4.1	6	3	0	0.9	0.4	0.0
Jackson Sr.	Forward-Guard	5	0.00	0.000	7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	142	20.3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Zaza*	Forward	5	0.00	0.000	7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	41	5.9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Boston	Guard	5	0.00	0.857	7	2	5	40.0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	48	6.9	5	0.7	1	2	0	0.1	0.3	0.0
Jerms	Guard	5	0.55	3.000	5	6	20	30.0	0	7	0.0	0	3	0.0	26	5.2	15	3.0	1	2	1	0.2	0.4	0.2
B Stacks	Guard	5	0.00	1.000	4	1	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	9	2.3	5	1.3	2	0	0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Boog*	Forward-Center	5	0.00	0.000	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	81	20.3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wasabi	Forward-Guard	5	0.00	4.333	3	5	20	25.0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	12	4.0	15	5.0	3	1	0	1.0	0.3	0.0
HomeSub3	Forward-Guard	0	0.00	4.100	2	16	30	53.3	2	9	22.2	0	0	0.0	34	17.0	9	4.5	0	1	0	0.0	0.5	0.0
Cake	Guard	43	0.00	3.200	2	4	25	16.0	1	19	5.3	0	0	0.0	12	6.0	8	4.0	5	0	0	2.5	0.0	0.0
Leland	Guard	5	-2.49	4.400	2	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	0	4	0.0	14	7.0	6	3.0	1	3	1	0.5	1.5	0.5
The Juice	Guard	5	0.00	0.000	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	30	15.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dr. Weed	Forward	51	0.00	0.000	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
AwaySub3	Forward-Guard	0	-6.63	2.600	1	1	8	12.5	0	3	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	2.0	2	2.0	1	1	0	1.0	1.0	0.0
AwaySub4	Forward-Guard	0	0.00	9.600	1	5	13	38.5	2	6	33.3	0	0	0.0	12	12.0	7	7.0	1	4	0	1.0	4.0	0.0
HomeSub2	Forward-Guard	0	0.00	6.800	1	2	15	13.3	1	10	10.0	0	0	0.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	3	2	0	3.0	2.0	0.0
Jspoon	Forward-Guard	5	0.00	0.000	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	6	6.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Double Barrett	Guard	4	0.00	0.000	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	18	18.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

April 21, 2021July 26, 2025

Hawks soar to 2021 Championship

Red Hawks leave the Crew behind on way to inaugural Gr3g League title

It came down to one final game in the inaugural Gr3g League playoffs on Tuesday night at the Knapp Shack and the Red Hawks Of Force clawed their way to raise the trophy, 55-41, over the Creston Rock Crew.

The Crew got out to a quick 7-0 lead to start the game but found themselves behind 16-13 at the end of the first quarter. The Hawks were able to take a 30-20 advantage at the halftime break and kept their opponents at bay throughout the second half.

Mr94Feet led the way for the Hawks scoring a game-high 24 points, including 13 in the first nine minutes.

Ureste (driving) took top honors for the Crew with 12 points.

Jimmy G (below) added 11.

April 19, 2021

City of Bridges wins Draft Lottery

City wins the lottery, will pick 1st overall in 2021 Draft

At least one thing went their way in April. Coming off a tough loss in the Gr3g League Playoffs Elimination Game, the City of Bridges and injured guard Jackson have a little sun shining down upon them today.

City, aka The Blues, will have the 1st overall pick in the 2021 draft, scheduled for mid-October.

2021 Draft Entrants

Rank	Player	Position	Height	Weight
1	Big Max	Forward-Center	6-4	200
2	B Stacks	Guard	5-10	215
3	AwaySub2	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
4	AwaySub3	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
5	AwaySub4	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
6	AwaySub5	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
7	AlphaWolf	Forward-Guard	6-0	220
8	GRCCedar	Guard	6-1	200
9	AwaySub1	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
10	HomeSub1	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
11	HomeSub2	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
12	HomeSub3	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
13	HomeSub4	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
14	HomeSub5	Forward-Guard	6-0	200
15	Hengy	Forward-Center	6-1	240
16	I’ll Will	Forward	5-9	185
17	MTall	Guard	5-10	175
18	Ureste*	Forward-Guard	6-1	185
19	Cake	Guard	5-8	186
20	Jackson	Guard	5-10	195

April 7, 2021July 26, 2025

Nines stay atop the standings, City goes fishing

Seeding Round and Elimination Game highlight Week 11

It really all had to happen over Spring Break while players, coaches, and League staff were finally getting a chance to escape the pandemic for a few slight moments. Yes, folks, it all came down to who showed up in Week 11.

In Game A, otherwise known as the 7pm game (which normally starts about 7:12p, sigh), the Nines worked their way to a 59-55 win over the Crew to solidify their #1 seed in the Playoffs. With the win, the Route Nines achieved the storied honor of choosing their semi-final opponent. They have the option of facing off against the Crew for a second week in a row, but will have to weigh the return of players for both teams. MJ did his thing.

In Game B (we started at 8p, not bad), the Greens took advantage of an injury-riddled City team. Behind $ilky’s team season-best 43 points, the Green Ligers made a run just after halftime to send the City of Bridges into the 3rd game of the night and a date with possible elimination.

Oh, the terror of playing your last game of the season. That’s the nightmare the Hawks and City had to deal with. After a tough loss to the Greens and an immediate turnaround in a game against the hungry Hawks team looking to notarize the playoff paperwork late in the year. After a stretch of 7 straight losses, the Hawks won big in Week 9 and lost by 1 in the final game of the regular season. But Tuesday night, the Red Hawks of Force were flying a stealth bomber right up and over the defense of the City squad. “Green Light” Bandit led the way in the final 3 quarters, but really put it away in the 2nd. Mr94Feet and Berlin Wall complimented well and fan favorite Big Baby did his thing, driving the gallery into a frenzy.

Today is #NationalBeerDay, so go pop a top at a local shop and drop and flop some cash on your favorite people in the industry.

March 23, 2021July 26, 2025

Jackson (broken foot) out for season

News broke (sorry for the pun) over the weekend that City’s Jackson has a broken bone in his foot.

Sources confirmed the info late Saturday night.

City will be without Money for Week 9, as well.

March 18, 2021July 26, 2025

Los orders up a Fifty Burger with cheese in Nines victory over Greens

Los drops league-record 52 points

After a slow offensive start to the night, the Nines overcame a 26-8 deficit to push themselves into first place of the Gr3g League, beating the Greens, 73-70.

Without backcourt running mate MJ on the court, Los and the Greyline 9 looked to Boston, Red Leif and Goolay to methodically tear down the defensive wall the Ligers had built early.

$ilky did his best to keep the game close, scoring 30 to lead his squad while Moten (16), Sam Awry (10) and B Buckets (10) all hit for double digits.

The Nines moved to 6-2 overall and hold down first place for another week. The Greens fell to 3-4 before a quick turnaround against an up-and-coming City of Bridges club.

Pos	Team	W	L	STRK	PF
1	Hearts	18	1	W3	875
2	Fire	10	9	L1	709
3	Legends	10	9	W1	702
4	Rhythm	10	9	W1	754
5	City	8	11	L1	736
6	Ligers	1	18	L18	591

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1st Ward Division

2nd Ward Division

the GR3G league

Career Total

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1st Ward Division

the GR3G league

Career Total

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Nines guard takes home inaugural MVP honors

Year 1: 2020-21 Player Stats

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Red Hawks leave the Crew behind on way to inaugural Gr3g League title

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2021 Draft Entrants

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Seeding Round and Elimination Game highlight Week 11

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Los drops league-record 52 points

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