Overview
- Nantucket police made public the recording of a July 5 non-emergency call in which a man identified on the tape as Adam Sandler asked, “Is there any outdoor courts where people play?”
- A dispatcher directed him to the public court on Backus Lane behind The Muse & Pizza Joint, information that Sandler accepted on the call.
- Local player Andrew Kesler and others corroborated that Sandler showed up and played in a pickup game, with Kesler describing Sandler’s passing and layups.
- National outlets published the audio and local interviews on July 16–17, turning a short, official recording into broadly circulated, light human-interest coverage.
- The episode follows Sandler’s high-profile July 3 appearance at Madison Square Garden and a July 4 stop in New Hampshire, and the police release serves as the primary official confirmation of the encounter.