If you grew up playing basketball in the Bay Area in the late 1980s, you knew about Hook Mitchell. You might not have known his first name -- it's Demetrius -- or perhaps even his last. But you knew ...

"Hooked" tells the story of "the greatest basketball player to never make it into the NBA," Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell. Hook is currently slam dunking behind bars while his childhood pals celebrate ...

TIMES HAVE changed and the gates are open and this would be Hook Mitchell’s chance, the only real chance he might have had. He wouldn’t have to bother with college or classwork or professors or, for ...

Every sports community has its triumphs and tragedies, and Oakland’s passionate and enduring relationship with sports, particularly basketball, provides it rich representations of each. From Bill ...

Superman was known for leaping tall buildings in a single bound, but could he do a 360 dunk over a car? Hook Mitchell can, and he doesn't even need a cape.

He's 43 now, dressed nattily in a trendy black sport coat that drapes over a patterned shirt. He wears glasses and speaks softly. His handshake has a relaxed, though still firm, grip. As he settles ...

The sad case of Demetrius Mitchell, a gifted basketball player who went to jail instead of the NBA, is the subject of this video documentary by Michael Skolnick and William O’Neill. In the early 1990s ...

Raised in the drug infested, crime-ridden streets of West Oakland, California, Demetrius "Hook" Mitchell was born to a drug addicted mother and a father he never knew. Growing up on basketball, he ...