Gridiron Celebrity Hoops XVII

Event Type: The 17^th year of the first and only celebrity basketball game to have ever become officially sanctioned by the National Football League returns to Arizona. Now separately and independently produced exclusively by Jam Sports Productions, and endorsed by the United States President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. This preeminent event is where NFL players, prospective NFL draft picks, boxing champs, world-renowned wrestlers, streetballers, and celebrities from music, television, and film are “Playing with a Purpose”.

Gridiron XVII offers football fans of all ages and levels of interest a once-in-a-lifetime experience to witness the Best of Both Worlds – their favorite football heroes playing in a competitive game of basketball alongside fun, safe, indoor sports-themed contests. The charity game annually raises awareness about child abuse and enriches the lives of abused, abandoned, neglected and homeless youth in foster care waiting to be adopted into loving “forever families”.