Bogues Encourages Youth to "Always Believe" - April 22, 2013

Former Charlotte Hornet Muggsy Bogues paid a visit to WBTV studio's on Monday afternoon. Muggsy has always been determined to motivate the youth to believe that they can overcome the odds, by using his own story as an example. As many know, he's widely known for his success as a 5'3" NBA Athlete. Muggsy's foundation, Always Believe Inc., took a timeout for several years after his mother passed away. But today Bogues was more than thrilled to say it's back, and better than ever. "I am tired of all this bullying going on, where our young kids are not able to reach there full potential, believe in themselves, or have a dream that someday could be reached." Always-Believe.org has been re-launched, and the goal is to raise awareness and funds, so that the youth have a safe environment to learn, grow and play. "We need a place for the youth to go, people for them to talk to, and someone to encourage them. I remember as a kid being small, being picked on. If I would have allowed that to get to me, I wouldn't be here talking about this today." Read Article

Muggsy Bogues: Not Too Small To Ball - 2013

From a young age Muggsy encountered doubters who constantly told him he was too short to play basketball. Muggsy heard them, but he refused to listen. Muggsy was part of an undefeated championship team at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Maryland with former NBA stars Reggie Williams, David Wingate and Reggie Lewis, and went on to play college basketball at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The point guard explains that it's important for young athletes to be fearless and have thick skin. "When you're fearful and you care about what other people think, it limits you and it stops you from reaching your potential," he says. "Mainly I just understood that I had a gift of playing the game of basketball. I really didn't care about what people thought, I think that really carried over and allowed me to become who I am. When you have that belief—I don't care about what anybody is thinking, and just focus on what you're trying to do, that carries you a long way." Although his self-confidence helped him to overcome many obstacles, Muggsy also credits his strong support system, which consisted of his family and his coaches for his success. He had a close network of people who believed in him and continued to support him in his basketball aspirations. One of his biggest supporters was his mom, Elaine Bogues. Read Article

Bogues Talks Trade Deadline - February, 2013

The former 5'3" NBA player talks about the difference in the NBA now versus when he played, what it's like around the trade deadline and his thoughts on Eric Gordon. Listen to Interview

 

 

 

 

Bogues Q and A With Slam Magazine - September, 2012

Muggsy Bogues has always garnered more attention due to his height rather than his game, when in reality, it should have always been the other way around. Bogues played an integral part to the Charlotte Hornets success and held a solid team that included Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson together. To show respect for an under-appreciated player, our friends over at KIX are paying homage to the point guard’s career by collaborating with him on a series of tees and shorts that feature Bogues exclusively. Check out their Q/A - Read More

 

K1X Introduces the Muggsy Bogues Collection - September, 2012

Muggsy Bogues’ career arose from storied beginnings at Dunbar High School in Baltimore and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem to Landover as the Washington Bullets’ 12th overall pick in the 1987 NBA Draft. Before long he was the face of the Charlotte Hornets, sparking the offense with timely buckets and dishing to Alonzo Mourning, Larry Johnson and Kendall Gill. Twenty five years after making NBA history as the league’s smallest player ever, Muggsy gets his own apparel line. K1X has introduced the Muggsy Bogues Collection, a series of tees celebrating the point guard’s career and legacy. Find the actual collection at Colette in Paris, select basketball apparel retailers, and at Kickz.com. Read More

Bogues Visits Australia - September, 2012

BASKETBALL fans rejoice: NBA star and long-time fan favourite Muggsy Bogues is coming to Ringwood. That's right, Ringwood. The diminutive point guard is making the long trek from the US for a one-night-only talk show at the Karralyka Theatre on October 13. Bogues, 47, is making the trip specifically for this event, and his visit is sure to have hoop-heads in a spin. The event, titled "Muggsy: The Tyrone Bogues Story", will be hosted by National Basketball League hall-of-famer and broadcaster Steve Carfino and will cover Bogues' journey to and through the professional ranks. His 10-year spell with the Charlotte Hornets in the mid-90s coincided with basketball's surging popularity throughout Australia, and he found cross-over appeal as a cast member in the Michael Jordan movie, Space Jam. Bogues said he and his wife were looking forward to returning to Australia, which is why he signed on for the show. The man behind the event is Croydon's Ryan Sinclair, a basketball tragic from way back. Read More

Bogues Can Teach Charlotte Bobcats a Lesson - June, 2012

Muggsy Bogues is showing campers at Crews Road Recreation Center in Matthews a crossover dribble. He goes between his legs and hard to his right, all precision and speed, and now he’s free. Those of us who watched the Charlotte Hornets in the 1980s and ’90s have seen this move. Bogues was the team’s point guard and soul, a 5-foot-3 leader seemingly immune to fatigue. A collection of personalities and talents, the early Hornets were more special than almost any of us – player, fan, media – realized. They also had it easy. Charlotte was by major league sports standards an outpost in 1988, when the NBA sent the Hornets our way. It was like getting running water or electricity. There was nothing to compare the Hornets to or measure them against. No Charlotte team, not even the Carolina Panthers, has or will receive a warmer welcome. Read More

Bogues Breaks In Renovated Dome at Madison Square Center - June, 2012

Are you from here? The right arm of the man sitting at the top of the key, two seats over from Mayor  Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, answers the question. Yes, the shotgun pellets lodged in that arm since he was 5 years old say that he's from here, shot hoops here, was shot here and saw friends die here. "It's just great to be back home in Baltimore," Muggsy Bogues, told those assembled at Monday's unveiling of the renovations to The Dome. "We didn't have this type of facility," Bogues continued. "But having this, [we see] Under Armour and the NBA have decided to make sure [kids] become active and continue to understand what's important." As a kid in Baltimore's Lafayette projects, Bogues decided early on what was important for him, and what was important for him was basketball. When the older kids laughed at him for being too small and wouldn't let him play, he tied empty milk crates to a chain-link fence to serve as a hoop. When his father went to prison for 20 years for armed robbery and his friends turned to the drug game, Bogues committed himself to the court. Read More

Bogues Comes to Town - March, 2012

One of the smallest stars in NBA history is coming to Murfreesboro. Former Charlotte (now New Orleans) Hornets guard Muggsy Bogues, who stands 5-foot-3-inch tall, will take part April 13 in the third annual Sneaker Ball and Golf Scramble benefiting the local First Shot Basketball Foundation. The event will include a golf scramble at Old Fort Park, a basketball clinic at Patterson Park, and finally a reception at the Smyrna Air Center. “We are excited to have a person and player of Muggsy’s caliber to be a part of our annual fundraising event,” said Andy Herzer, executive director of the First Shot Basketball Tournament. “He has been an inspiration to many youths over the years from his play on the court and his work off of it.”. Read More

Bogues Hosts Annual Camp in Mathews - March, 2012

Muggsy Bogues is hosting his annual Fundamental Basketball Camp from Monday, June 25 through Friday, June 29, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Crews Road Recreation in Matthews, North Carolina. Boys and girls ages 6-14 with a passion for basketball and are looking for some great summer fun are encouraged to come. For those interested in a later date, Muggsy Bogues Back to School Basketball Camp will be taking place Monday, August 13 through Friday, August 17. Muggsy Bogues, the NBA all-star himself, will be onsite throughout the entire week. In 1989, Muggsy began his first basketball camp and 23 years later, the camp is still flourishing and spreading his ideology: "Always believe".  At 5'3, all Muggsy had to do to break records was step on a basketball court. He became the living personification that anything is possible with hard work and an intense passion for the game. Bogues wants to spread the message that no matter how big or small, as long as you have heart and believe in yourself, anything is possible. Read More

Bogues: Atlete, Mentor Coach - February, 2012

Charlotte Hornets legend, Muggsy Bogues, is the boys head basketball coach at United Faith Christian Academy in Charlotte. Bogues was an assistant coach for the Falcons several years ago, but took over the head coaching reigns for the 2011-2012 season. A very talented group of young men are benefiting from the lesson's Bogues is teaching them, on and off the court. Three Falcon student-athletes have also recently committed to play basketball at the Division 1 level. See the attached video for the story.

 

Metro PCS, USA Basketball Launch 15 City Tour - January, 2012

MetroPCS Communications and USA Basketball today are launching the USA Basketball Dream Tour. The seven-month tour begins in Orlando, with two stops in each of 15 cities across the country. The on-site events will include visits by USA Basketball team legends – such as Chris Mullin, Lenny Wilkens and Muggsy Bogues – for photo ops and autograph signings, as well as product demos of MetroPCS Samsung phones. The tour will feature a mobile basketball court.

 

Bogues Leads Another HS Powerhouse - January, 2012

"Far from the bright lights of NBA arenas or March Madness Bracketology, former NBA point guard Tyrone “Muggsy” Bogues has spent the past five months pacing the sidelines at a private high school gym in Charlotte, North Carolina. Although, the diminutive ex-NBA point guard has the stature of the average high school freshman, this isn’t a 21 Jump Street-inspired attempt at rekindling his high school hoops greatness as an undercover transfer student. He’s the head coach. As the NBA has globalized the game of basketball in the past two decades, an emerging prep basketball powerhouse at United Faith Christian Academy’s unique situation is also proving that basketball’s multinational reach has trickled down to the high school level as well. Read More

Bogues Shares Love of Basketball Around the World - April, 2012

"This was no scoot around the corner to pick up milk, bagels and the morning newspaper. The shortest player in NBA history took his longest trip ever to coach a single afternoon of basketball. First, it was a two-hour flight to Toronto. Then a 7 1/2-hour flight to Brussels, Belgium. And finally an 8 1/2-hour flight to New Delhi. All that to teach 75 kids from India how to dribble and shoot. No sightseeing, no banquets. And ex-Charlotte Hornet Muggsy Bogues loved it. "I feel like this is my mission - to help introduce kids to basketball everywhere," Bogues said upon return from the quickest transcontinental trip imaginable. Bogues was representing the NBA in the league's ongoing effort to globalize basketball. With such a large population (about 1.2 billion), India has to have plenty of athletes with unrealized hoops potential, just as China eventually produced Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. Bogues has the resume; he played 14 NBA seasons for four franchises, mostly in Charlotte, where he still lives. Read More

How To Make It In America - November, 2011

"As a kid, I just wanted to fit in, and basketball was my savior." When Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues speaks, his countrified voice carries an air of authority and his citified words deliver a stainless steel message. Hardly what you'd expect from a 5-3, 100-something-pound Baltimore baby turned Charlotte-based adult. The shock at hearing mighty words come from a mini man is short-lived, though. After all, Bogues has been defying expectations since his escape from the womb 46 years ago. Barely born into this world after his mother suffered a prior miscarriage, Bogues focused on basketball from a young age. Read More

NBA Star to Launch "Basketball Camp" Vintage T-Shirt Line - October, 2011

The NBA’s shortest-ever player is receiving an assist from vintage sports clothier, No Mas, which is dipping into the past to release a t-shirt celebrating the 5’3” Bogues record-breaking career. Set to launch Wednesday, Oct 19, the deal joins Bogues with a prestigious line of American athletes and brands who have partnered with the apparel company including Muhammad Ali, Everlast, and Wiffle ball. “As a short guy, I built my NBA career by being creative…That’s why No Mas is the perfect fit,” said Bogues. Themed after Bogues’ popular summer clinics, the line will be sold in upscale retailers across the country. Bloomingdale?s, Fred Segal, Collete in Paris, and the No Mas website will offer the vintage line. Bogues’ personal mottos “Always believe” and “You’re never too small to ball” are uniquely woven into the line’s artwork while the brand continues its commitment to luxury craftsmanship. Read More

Bogues Takes Reigns at United Faith - September 19, 2011

Former Wake Forest and Charlotte Hornets point guard Muggsy Bogues is the boys' basketball coach at private United Faith Christian. He will start Tuesday. Bogues, 46, replaces Shaun Wiseman, who led United Faith to three straight appearances in the N.C. 1A Independent Schools championship game. The Falcons won the title in 2009 and 2010. "My goal is to make sure I do a great job this year and give the kids what they need," Bogues said. "I'm looking forward to working with the kids and helping to build the program." Bogues was an assistant on Wiseman's first state championship team at United Faith in 2009, which featured one of the players Bogues mentors and coaches, Ian Miller, now a sophomore point guard at Florida State. Bogues also is close to another current player, 7-foot senior center Peter Jurkin, who has committed to Indiana. Read More

Bogues Thanks Mark Cuban - SLAM Magazine 2011

Deserved or not, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has acquired somewhat of a lousy rap. Over the course of his 11-year ownership of the Mavericks, he's been accused of a lack of common sense, of insider trading and has lost over $1 million in fines for actions or comments deemed inappropriate by the NBA. But for every negative associated with Cuban's name, there is an equal or greater positive. Just ask former NBA player Muggsy Bogues. "I've never met Mr. Mark Cuban, but I tell people that I thank him more than life itself," Bogues, 46, said recently over the phone from his home in Charlotte. "I had three years left on my contract when my mom passed away, and I decided it was time to move on [from basketball]. I walked away from the game with three years left on my contract. He (Cuban) could have easily just have bought me out of my contract, but he went on and honored it and paid the three years out and never looked back." Read More

Game Changers: Undersized Players Left Big Mark on NBA - NBA.com 2011

It was one of those remarks that most people thought was absurd at thetime, but not so much nowadays. Allan Bristow, former coach of the then-Charlotte Hornets, said: "Everyone talks about how we'll never see another Michael Jordan and we'll never see another Larry Bird. But truth is, we'll never see another Muggsy Bogues." You could say a lot of folks sold Bristow short. While we are indeed waiting for the next Jordan, and perhaps we saw the next Bird during the 2011 NBA Finals, our great-grandchildren might be the only witnesses the next time a 5-foot-3 player darts around the floor like a pinball and carves out a very productive NBA career. Plain and simple, NBA teams just aren't big on little guys anymore. Not that they ever were. But you just don't see an abundance of players under 6-feet on rosters, and definitely none in All-Star Games. That makes Muggsy, Spud Webb and Calvin Murphy before both of them, Game Changers who paved the way for the little man -- even though the NBA still practices size discrimination. Read More

YMCA Welcomes Muggsy Bogues to Healthy Kids Day - April 16, 2011

In communities across the country, the Y is a leading voice stressing the importance of bringing children and families together to have fun be active and grow together. YMCA's Healthy Kids Day TM is our largest national event supporting our focus on healthy living. Healthy Kids Day is the nation's largest health day, bringing children and families together and providing the education, activities and experiences that teach good health and foster connections through fitness, sports, fun and shared interests. As a result, youth and families achieve greater health and well-being. Read More

Bogues teaching Kids Basketball - Charlotte FOX News - 2010

When you’re trying to learn the fundamentals of basketball, it helps to have a former NBA star by your side. “Just tryin” to get them ready for that next level, whatever that level is,” says former Hornet star Muggsy Bogues. Bogues is launching a new back-to-school basketball camp. “We’ve gotten away from the fundamentals of the game" Young players like Matthew Spears see working out with Muggsy as a way to take their game to the next level.“ He's played at that level, he knows what he's doing and it’s a great experience,” says Myers Park Sophomore Clayton Massey. Read More