The 3-on-3 basketball tournament known as Mike Madness will be held at UAB Recreation Center on Aug. 20, 2022, starting at 9 a.m.
Applications to play, rules, and other useful stuff can be found at the Madness website www.mikemadness.org.
This marks the fourth tournament since 2017. Due to COVID it was put on hold in 2020 and 2021.
The tournaments have raised more than $30,000 for Lewy Body Dementia Association and on UAB medical research of this deadly disease.
I was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2016. Lewy body dementia is a degenerative brain disease with no cure. It eventually kills you by killing your brain cells.
Friends, family and fellow Saturday morning hoopsters tossed around a fund-raising event, and it has gone from there. I feel due to the efforts such as this one, there is a growing understanding of the disease in the community. The degenerative brain disease, which resembles a combination of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, has been misdiagnosed because of the similarities in symptoms. Notably, comedian Robin Williams’ wife, Susan Schneider Williams, blames a lack of a correct diagnosis for her husband’s death by suicide.
All are invited to a post-tournament celebration at Cahaba Brewing Co. and Taproom, 4500 5th Ave. South, Building C. There will be live music from the extraordinary Alabama rock band Les Nuby.
To find out about my story and learn more about the disease, please see my website: www.myvinylcountdown.com.