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
BMF Gridiron: NFL Nike Super Bowl XLIX Collection
Nike celebrates the road to Super Bowl with the new NFL Nike Super Bowl XLIX Collection. As an official on-field uniform, sideline, baselayer and practice-wear supplier to the NFL, the collection mirrors the electric atmosphere...
Culture of Hoops
Kendrick Lamar Debuts Reebok Classic Ventilator Reflective
Reebok Classic keeps bringing the noise and most surprisingly with its flagship retro sneaker, the Ventilator. Now a certified Reebok Classic, new Reebok ambassador/rapper Kendrick Lamar has debuted a special edition Reebok Classic Ventilator Reflective...
Culture of Hoops
Lost NFL Conversations: Oakland Raiders
Image courtesy of Jeffrey Beall/Flickr . Every year my buddy Ben and I talk football when the Super Bowl is long since over. We talk about the schedule ahead, the free agent market, the draft,...
Culture of Hoops
Prop It Like It’s Hot: Super Bowl Edition
Image courtesy of WEBN-TV/Flickr . The most anticipated prop column in football is back, as the Seattle Seahawks battle the New England Patriots for ultimate supremacy in Super Bowl XLIX. Although the game is important...
Culture of Hoops
Sonny's NFL Picks: The Most Important of Super Bowls
Image courtesy of WEBN-TV/Flickr . For the last (almost) two weeks, I've been pondering the answer to a question that I hoped would be the big talking point of my Super Bowl preview. I racked...
Culture of Hoops
Magic Free Fall Continues With Loss to Bucks
Image courtesy of Michael Tipton/Flickr . It's been almost two weeks since the Orlando Magic won a game. Since defeating the Houston Rockets, they've been in a free fall, losing nearly every game by double...
Culture of Hoops
Lost NFL Conversations: Philadelphia Eagles
Image courtesy of Matthew Straubmuller/Flickr . Every year my buddy Ben and I talk football when the Super Bowl is long since over. We talk about the schedule ahead, the free agent market, the draft,...
Culture of Hoops
The Wrong End of the Knife: Mavericks Lose Fourth Straight Game
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . “I’m sure they’ll boo me,” Dallas Mavericks Chandler Parsons shrugged following a painful loss against the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday when asked about having another shot at his former team,...
Culture of Hoops
Predictions for the 2015 NBA Slam Dunk Contest
Image courtesy of cliff1066™/Flickr. I know what you're thinking: the 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest is riddled with a list of no-names. You're exactly right. The contest is getting more obsolete every year, and frankly,...
Culture of Hoops
Marshawn Lynch Super Bowl YouTube Primer
Image courtesy of WEBN-TV/Flickr . Fifty words. Granted, many of those were the same word said over and over, but 50 nonetheless. That's how many it took Marshawn Lynch to send a message to the...
