Category: Culture of Hoops
This is Hardwood and Hollywood's section covering the culture of basketball, whether it be the NBA or amateur leagues, such as the NCAA, high school, and AAU circuit, we'll cover its top teams and players. We also focus on the culture off the court with fashion and kicks, in other words, the lifestyle.
Culture of Hoops
Russell Wilson Creates Problems for Defenses and DJ’s?
Image courtesy of WEBN-TV/Flickr . When you’re a NFL quarterback you’re bound to have some interesting and famous love interests. Tony Romo dated Jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood. Tom Brady managed to snare Gisele Bundchen....
Culture of Hoops
Dallas Cowboys Trade for Brice Butler
Screen Capture courtesy of the NFL/YouTube. Rather than enter into Week 2 of the NFL season with the wide receivers they have or bring a man up from the practice squad, the Dallas Cowboys have...
Culture of Hoops
Fantasy Basketball: Top Rookies to Target 2015-16
I don’t normally target rookies in my fantasy drafts, but when I do, I tend to curb my enthusiasm. Before every season starts, you hear words like “upside”, “high ceiling”, and “potential” thrown around when...
Culture of Hoops
NFL Breakdown: Patriots vs Bills
Image courtesy of Fernando De la Torre/Flickr . There may not be a better matchup on the slate of games for Week 2 of the NFL than the New England Patriots vs the Buffalo Bills....
Culture of Hoops
Sonny's NFL Picks: Week 2
Image Courtesy of Mark Runyon | Pro Football Schedules It's Week 2 of the NFL season, and that just so happens to be the week where fans and analysts alike overreact to absolutely positively everything...
Culture of Hoops
NFL Week 1 Recap
Image courtesy of C_osett/Flicker . NFL Week 1 Recap: The NFL season has begun and in explosive fashion. After four weeks of tentative pre-season play, the live speed of the regular season is incomparable in...
Culture of Hoops
Philadelphia Eagles: Chip's Mix Leaves Sour Taste
When Chip Kelly entered into the offseason there was a lot of optimism. The Philadelphia Eagles had only barely missed the playoffs and appeared to have a good core group of players to work around....
Culture of Hoops
Sonny's Top 50 NBA Players: #42 Pau Gasol
Image Courtesy of Jim Larrison/Flickr Resume: 18.5 points, 11.8 rebounds (4th in league, career best), 2.7 assists, 1.9 blocks (8th in league), 54 double-doubles (1st in league), 34.4 minutes, 49% FG, 80% FT ... Team...
Culture of Hoops
NBA rookies Kelly Oubre, Terry Rozier stripe up with adidas
One is a native of New Orleans whose family was washed out of the city by Hurricane Katrina and 10 years later, became a first-round selection of the Washington Wizards; the other, a former college...
Culture of Hoops
JJ Watt gets 'Locked In with Reebok ZPump Fusion'
JJ Watt, superstar NFL lineman for the Houston Texans, has consistently talked about his workload driving whatever talent and potential that's attached to his person when it comes to playing, and it's the same thing...
