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    the downtown girls basketball league on sports and style

    ​Every Tuesday night, Chinatown's Seward Park plays host to a creative crew of models, artists, designers, gallery directors, and more coming together to take things above the rim as the Downtown Girls Basketball League. With celebratory vodka gimlets…

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    Name: Raine Trainor
    Age: 24
    What do you do? I’m an artist
    What position do you play? Ball stealer
    Who’s your favorite baller? Chris Brown
    How do you customize your uniform? Cryin’ Hawaiian
    What’s your warm up jam? Nelly – Air Force Ones
    Why do you <3 NY? Salads in SoHo
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Gimlets and dancing in Air Forces
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Kathy

    Name: Camille B. Brunet
    Age: 24
    What do you do? That’s a good question
    What position do you play? MVP
    Who’s your favorite baller? World Peace.
    How do you customize your uniform? Knee-high socks and windblown hair
    What’s your warm up jam? Wu Tang Clan – Bring the Ruckus
    Why do you <3 NY? I fell in love here
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Dumplings
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Liz2cool

    Name: Maureen O’Brien
    Age: 25
    What do you do? Copywriter
    What position do you play? Big D
    Who’s your favorite baller? Maya Angelou
    How do you customize your uniform? I have a basketball necklace that’s good luck
    What’s your warm up jam? Enrique Iglesia – I’m a Freak
    Why do you <3 NY? I love all the different kinds of bagels here. There’s a Hot Cheetos bagel I’ve gotta try
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? I like to cool down by winning a game of Lightning
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? C’mon, we are all softies

    Name: Aria McManus
    Age: 25
    What do you do? Artist/ designer
    What position do you play? Coach
    Who’s your favorite baller? Yonce and Mckenna Peterson, the 12-year-old girl who wrote to Dick’s Sporting Goods about sexism
    How do you customize your uniform? Temp tats and socks
    What’s your warm up jam? Beyonce – Drunk in Love
    Why do you <3 NY? Easy access
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Dancing
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? There’s no “I” in “team”

    Name: Caroline Debruhl
    Age: 20
    What do you do? I’m a model
    What position do you play? Center, of course, because I am tall
    Who’s your favorite baller? Reggie Bullock from the LA Clippers
    How do you customize your uniform?Baggy shorts and a sports bra. That’s comfort for me
    What’s your warm up jam? Tom Petty –  I Won’t Back Down 
    Why do you <3 NY? You have endless opportunities here in NYC
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Music and talking with my girls
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Tali, she’s a force to be reckoned with

    Name: Jennifer May Reiland
    Age: 25
    What do you do? I’m an artist
    What position do you play? I live for defense
    Who’s your favorite baller? Hakeem the dream!
    How do you customize your uniform? Whatever’s left on after my quick change from street clothes
    What’s your warm up jam? Listening to This American Life on the F train
    Why do you <3 NY? I moved here when I was 18 and knew it was my home
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Beverly’s
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Aria

    Name: Maren Lord
    Age: 24
    What do you do? Unemployed actor
    What position do you play? Vertical
    Who’s your favorite baller? Bud from Air Bud.
    How do you customize your uniform? I try to look like a dork
    What’s your warm up jam? Todd Terje
    Why do you <3 NY? Cause it’s all I know, baby
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Cycling home
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Kathy Lo

    Name: Emily Garbato
    Age: 25 
    What do you do? Spirits marketing
    What position do you play? Midfield
    Who’s your favorite baller? Aaliyah
    How do you customize your uniform? I don’t, that’s why no one sees me coming
    What’s your warm up jam? Ciara – Like a Boy
    Why do you <3 NY? It’s never boring
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Drinking a Modelo with lime juice and eating pork dumplings
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Raine! She sprains her fingers every week and still plays 100%. She’s not scared

    Name: Liz Hopkins
    Age: 25
    What do you do? I work as a gallery director
    What position do you play? Ball hog
    Who’s your favorite baller? Allen Iverson and MJ
    How do you customize your uniform? Color and flavor
    What’s your warm up jam? Gucci Mane
    Why do you <3 NY? It’s spicy
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Brews and babes at Beverly’s
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Kathy Lo

    Name: Sophie Helsey
    Age: 26
    What do you do? Cook at Dimes
    What position do you play? Semi-tall girl
    Who’s your favorite baller? K.D.
    How do you customize your uniform? Reeboks
    What’s your warm up jam? Space Jam
    Why do you <3 NY? The F train
    What’s your post-game relaxation ritual? Soup
    Who’s the toughest Downtown Girl? Captain Aria

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