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Future Stoke

By Eddie Matz

Monday, December 1, 2008

Imagine playing H-0-R-S-E at the local gym when a voice from the sideline calls, "I got next." You whip around to see a 6'6'' guy rocking a purple-and-gold jersey with No. 8 on the back. Kobe Bryant wants to shoot. With you. Never happen, right? Right. At least not in basketball (or baseball or football or hockey, for that matter). But in places like SoCal's Encinitas Y, Florida's Sebastian Inlet, Oklahoma City's Mat Hoffman complex and the dirt trails of Central Texas, tomorrow's X Gamers r ...

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