Puerto Rican pro “Pretty” Ricky Apodaca stops by the office spontaneously for pasta and beers. One love ever since. His weapon of choice: the Strictly Business.

Rick Apodaca has been labeled “instant offense” on the streetball courts of new york city for a reason. but rick is playing hard on both sides of the ball, picking the pockets of BANCO DI SARDEGNA SASSARI (italy) for five steals to go along with his 24 points last weekend!

here’s a sneak peak at rick apodaca’s new store “apodaca’s barber shop & barrio fino clothing” in san juan (puerto rico), which also features this mural depicting p.r.’s favorite son himself, as well as our strictly business (p.r. edition) and a quote from bounce magazine’s bobbito garcia. we’ll keep you updated right here …

what started out as an interview with rick “open bar” apodaca on www.bouncemag.com heated up in the comment section. after ruling out a 1on1-matchup bobbito challenged rick to a 3 point contest. the “pride of puerto rico” accepted the challenge and corey “homicide” williams got in the mix as well. so it is set. watch [...]

This summer was full of great basketball and no game was more of an example of that than the K1X HITS All Star game. The court was star studded with all-nyc Top 10 ballers Antawn Dobie, Kenny Sat, Mike Glover, DP, Cab Driver, Stixx, Rick Apodaca, Jiggie Josh, Special FX, Undertaker, and many more. There [...]

The 2008 HITS All-Star Game more than lived up to the billing – it was the number one spot to be this Sunday, July 20. With the weather in the upper 90′ies, crowds galore and the best players in the city, there was no choice but to put on a spectacular showcase for the fans. [...]

can new york get any crazier? yes, it definitely can! once a year, the big apple celebrates it’s puerto rican community by going completely nuts at the puerto rican day parade. the annual party pops off this sunday along 5th avenue from 44th street to 86th street. and k1x has really pulled a rabbit out [...]

we just found this clip of k1x warrior rick apodaca getting tatted up in bella italia. here’s what rick had to say about the situation seen in the clip: “that’s my ‘new york big city of dreams’ tattoo, my man adrian “the sardinian” is the artist. he tatted up the botttom of my left sleeve [...]

some of you have no doubt read the feature on our boy rick “open bar” apodaca in yesterday’s bouncemag post. and if you haven’t, read it here: www.bouncemag.com after winning polish mvp honors in 2006 and leading the italian league in scoring last year, rick is currently on top of the turkish league with his [...]

k1x warrior rick apodaca and his besiktas istanbul squad have made it to the uleb cup’s final 8. without losing a single game! considered favorites to win the coveted european team cup, they take on crosstown rivals galatasaray istanbul in turin (italy) tonight. it´s do or die – we’re rooting for you, son! in a [...]

the facts: besiktas is the first uleb cup team ever to advance undefeated to the final 8. rick apodaca’s team is considered the main threat to lift the coveted european trophy. and their fans are more „auuu“ than the spartans. only two days left ricky! and 3 things are for sure: the quarterfinals opener between [...]

rick and besiktas istanbul made it look sooo easy, advancing unbeaten to the uleb cup’s final eight. señor apodaca looked pretty comfortable in his chiefgliders adding 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the 81- 69 victory over european powerhouse red star belgrade. wanna see and feel and hear how pretty ricky felt with [...]

kareem reid, rick apodaca and darren phillip all managed to see off 2007 with stellar performances and victories. “big game”, “open bar” and “primal fear” were the topscorers for their respective teams in winning efforts. now that’s what we call playing hard without embarrassing our products. well done fellas, and a slammin new year to [...]

the transition from america to australia doesn’t seem to be big of an obstacle for corey williams. in his first game for the townsville crocodiles homicide recorded a team high 26 points to go with seven rebounds and six assists to give his team it’s first victory of the year. no wonder the fans down [...]

australias nr.1 b-ball publication, handle magazine, has a great feature of k1x warrior rick apodaca written by ny streetball expert bobby ciafardini in their newest issue. high school, university, streetball, international fame and the dream of someday suiting up in the league, it’s all in here… to read the full story, click images below! www.handlemag.com.au

Rick apodaca & co. took down brazil yesterday 111:107 to claim the bronze medal at the fiba pan American in vegas. The victory over the samba dancing south American powerhouse put an exclamation point behind a successful tournament for Puerto rico. After establishing themselves as the number three team on the continent (behind only usa [...]

Rick Apodaca had plenty of reasons to celebrate Thursday night. After beating Canada 72:66 Puerto Rico has clinched the fourth and final spot in the fiba Americas championship’s semi finals. And “pretty ricky” definitely played his part in the win hitting 100% of his shots from behind the arc. The question remains if his k1x [...]

the pan american games kicked off yesterday in las vegas, nevada. and k1x warrior rick apodaca started the show with a bang. rick went to work (in his k1x strictly business) and scored a team high 15 points in just 23 minutes of action. he also raked in 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the [...]

LAST SUNDAY, K1X HAD THEIR TOUGHEST MATCH UP OF THE SUMMER FACING S&S ALL-STARS, WHICH FEATURED NYC ALLSTARS JOHN “FRANCHISE” STRICKlAND, BJ “THE BEAST” MCFARLAND AND SPEEDY POINT GUARD “WORLD PREMIER”. K1X DID NOT HAVE THE SERVICES OF HOMICDE (LOANED TO THE NBA’S GS WARRIORS, SEE BELOW FOR INFOS), BUT PULLED A RABBIT OUT OF [...]

When Puerto Rican national player Rick Apodaca recently dropped by k1x headquarters, we gladly took the time to interview the spanish harlem native about his flourishing career, beating team usa etc. here’s what he had to say… check out his bio: www.hoopshype.com/players/rick_apodaca Where did your career start? I’m from New York, that’s where I grew [...]