The Crescent Sports League was started in 2007 by a group of Muslim friends, and it has grown beyond basketball into a multisports organization that also has softball and football leagues. In addition, Crescent's leaders organize cricket and bowling games, and they try to preserve the organization's roots by maintaining a 50% balance between Muslims and non-Muslims, Newsday's Jamie Stuart reports. Credit: Newsday/Reece T. Williams, Howard Schnapp

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