Kickball players, rejoice: City Councilman Stephen Levin is putting $930,000 towards fixing the constantly-flooded McCarren Park. One softball player tells DNAinfo, "It's a nuisance, but it's also become a part of the landscape. People ride their bikes through it, kids are dying to play in it and the parents are like, 'Don't go in there!' because it's so dirty," and reveals she and her friends call it "Hipster Lake." Another park visitor's dog "sat vomiting after slurping up a fetid puddle." more ›

Rosters turn over every season, but we lost players over the winter to grad school, or moving away, or being married. Some folks are traveling for the summer, or have jobs that interfere with playing. Grown-up stuff. I'll still wear my Crucial Taunt jersey in memoriam. I've already asked my loved ones to bury me in our red lightning bolt knee socks when I die. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] Kids, get out there and play! But don't play too hard, because games like freeze tag, red rover and Wiffle ball pose a "significant risk of injury," according to the state Health Department. In 2009, the Health Department created a list of summer camp "risky activities" that would now be subject to state regulation. Which was fine at first, until kids weren't allowed to go swimming. Will Brooklyn's kickball leagues be next? more ›

There's not a lot to add commentary-wise to this video, which is a German report on the Brooklyn kickball league. Hipsters, Germans, a Beavis and Butthead quote... it's well worth your 6 minutes and 43 seconds. more ›

Brooklyn kickball team Los Pirates Mechanicos (pictured) are down one man as of yesterday; Lawrence Jackson (better known as Lance) was arrested for carrying around a rusty pirate sword (also pictured) in Macy's. Unsurprisingly, the NYPD took it for a weapon, not a recreational sports prop. more ›