Meet Jaliyah Manuel, a 7-year-old girl with Steph Curry-like handles

She may be small and cute, but she'll break your ankles. Meet 7-year-old basketball phenom, Jaliyah Manuel. The young girl from New Orleans has more than 115,000 followers on Instagram, and that’s for good reason: Her skills on the court. Jaliyah wants to be the first woman to play in the NBA (her backup plan is to be a nurse [...]

By |2017-09-25T18:49:27+00:00September 25th, 2017|Breakthrough Athletes|Comments Off on Meet Jaliyah Manuel, a 7-year-old girl with Steph Curry-like handles

P2P’s Top Five Stories: March 2017

Photo courtesy of Juliana Buhring We covered all kinds of trailblazing athletes in March from a group of 80 and 90-year-old's setting a new world record to a former NFL safety who was accepted into Harvard's neurosurgery residency. Have a look at these amazing folks and our top stories from the month: 5. Former NFL Safety Myron Rolle [...]

By |2017-04-01T07:00:24+00:00April 1st, 2017|The Big Play|Comments Off on P2P’s Top Five Stories: March 2017

7-Year-Old Girl With Incredible Handles Has Sights Set On The NBA

Photo: jovan_ridersinc/Instagram Meet 7-year-old Jaliyah Manuel. She has more than 100,000 followers on Instagram, and that's for one good reason: She's a basketball phenom. The New Orleans girl wants to be the first woman to play in the NBA (she also wants to be a nurse), and with her ball-handling skills right now, she very well could make [...]

By |2017-03-05T19:11:54+00:00March 5th, 2017|Breakthrough Athletes|Comments Off on 7-Year-Old Girl With Incredible Handles Has Sights Set On The NBA
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