Author: Sam Cohn

The 19th annual Rumph Classic ended with a dominant performance by Team F.O.E. as they mercy-ruled Rumph Center 110-87, becoming five-time Rumph Classic Champions. Leading the charge for the new champions was former Miami Hurricane, Isaiah Wong. The Pacers guard poured in many effortless buckets finishing the night with 31 points.   Rumph legend Marcus Morris…

At halftime of Monday night’s championship, Senator Jimmy Dillon and Councilmember At-Large Isaiah Thomas presented a grant check for $75,000 toward the Daniel E. Rumph II Foundation and Philly Legendary Summer Hoops. Conversations between the senator and councilman have been extremely collaborative in helping to make the contribution – with backing from Senator Vincent Hughes…

Before 2009, Mark Tyndale was a Simon Gratz and Temple graduate who never personally met Danny Rumph. He was a gritty dude from North Philly with a knack for scoring. A desire to work his way up to the NBA through the G-League (formerly D-League). In the summer of 2009, just before training camp, Tyndale…

Bring your game, not your name. The phrase might as well be summer league basketball scripture. However, in some instances, it’s okay to bring both. Blue Magic’s Brandon “Bodybag” Moss did just that on Friday night at The Rumph Classic, scoring a game-high 27 points in his team’s 78-66 win over DevelopNow.  “(I want to)…

For the first time in Rumph Classic history, Team Cloud and Team Candy battled Sunday afternoon for the right to call themselves the women’s tournament champion. Candy dominated en route to the final matchup, but they didn’t have the same luck Sunday. Cloud controlled the latter half of the matchup and took home the 50-40…

An army of youngsters filed into the Community College of Philadelphia gym Sunday morning for the Rumph Classic’s second annual kid’s clinic. These kids, ages 6-12, preceded the tournament’s semifinal action and women’s championship game rotating basketball drill stations and games. Coaches Sharif Bray, Aaron Owens, Sandy Tanner and Mike Morak directed the hour-long session.…

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The Temple News, Temple University’s student newspaper, wrote a beautiful feature on the history of Rumph Classic. Student reporter Ryan Mack writes, in part, “The tournament spread like wildfire, and people from around the area began wanting in on the action. Soon the crowds were too big to fit in the old rec center and…