Culture of Hoops
4/13/16: The Single Greatest Evening in NBA History?
Image courtesy of Erik Drost/Flickr. It started as an ordinary Wednesday, but it turned into a Wednesday that will live forever. For any and every NBA fan, regardless of your loyalty, April 13th in the...
Culture of Hoops
The 2016 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge: The Story of the Big Men
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. This was the best Saturday night in NBA All-Star Weekend history! Saturday night, for all its ups and downs, is the best night of All-Star weekend, even better than...
Culture of Hoops
NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Where the Stars Shoot for the Moon, and Sometimes Miss
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. The 2016 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Where the stars shoot for the moon, and sometimes miss. Note: I actually wrote this live while watching the game. #nofilter The 2016...
Culture of Hoops
2015-16 NBA Season Preview: Orlando Magic
Image courtesy of Michael Tipton/Flickr . As a franchise, the Orlando Magic is/are like the middle son who always lets you down. Sure he made the honor roll once in his junior year of high...
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NBA All-Star Skills Challenge: Patrick Beverley Sneaks up on the Competition
Gang Starr said it best: it is all in the Skills, Skills, Skills! So, let’s eat Taco Bell for Valentine’s Day, and toast cheap champagne, because the 2015 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge is the ultimate...
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Fear and Loathing in Miami: A Magic Fan Ventures into the Heart of Post-LeBron Heat Nation
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Present tense. I had booked a few poetry readings in Wynwood, a hoodie hood in North East Miami, and I was lucky enough to find time and company for...
Culture of Pop
'Begin Again' Will Make You Hum
As a well-deserved and much-needed relief in between summer explosions and robot reboots, Begin Again is a touching tale about a chance encounter between a disgraced and disgruntled music-business executive and a young, sad singer-songwriter...
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Orlando Magic Magical NBA Draft Day Sidenotes
Oh man! I am so excited for tonight’s 2014 NBA Draft. I haven’t been this excited since Hollywood started making comic book movies. I have so many predictions. I'm going to write an article for...
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NBA Draft Lottery: Gettin’ Fishy With It
Image courtesy of Joseph Glorioso Photography/Flickr . After watching this year’s NBA Draft Lottery, most NBA fans with half a brain have to admit something fishy is going on. Cleveland winning two years in a...
Culture of Hoops
Quinton Ross is still alive
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Imagine waking up and getting a million phone calls and emails saying that the New York Post has just declared you dead, your body found buried in garbage and...
