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Embrace The Hate: My Challenge To Skip Bayless
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Embrace The Hate: My Challenge To Skip Bayless

By Sonny GiulianoApril 25, 2018

Let's start with this ... I don't really know why I'm challenging Skip Bayless to a debate. It's probably a waste of my time, but perhaps I need to blow off some steam in a...

GOAT Week: The Greatest Sports Cult Hero
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GOAT Week: The Greatest Sports Cult Hero

By Hardwood and Hollywood StaffAugust 09, 2017

Image Courtesy of Kevork Djansezian/AP Hardwood and Hollywood’s G.O.A.T. Week is a series of posts on various categories to be published in two-week period. Yes, there were so many categories, we had to do two...

Welcome to Hoopfest: If You Don’t Know, Now You Know
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Welcome to Hoopfest: If You Don’t Know, Now You Know

By Terra KohutJuly 07, 2015

Image courtesy of Terra Kohut. Imagine the streets of your hometown lined with not a multitude of cars and urban chaos, but a plethora of half-court basketball games, all being played with professionalism, passion, and...

Ball Up Interview - Demetrius Spencer, Ball Up CEO
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Ball Up Interview - Demetrius Spencer, Ball Up CEO

By Mister KingJune 12, 2015

BMF Sports' Mister King had the opportunity to speak a bit with Ball Up CEO, Demetrius Spencer about the Ball Up Million Dollar Summer Challenge - its partnership with ESPN, where the idea came from,...

LA Rising: Inside Ball Up's Million Dollar Summer Challenge
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LA Rising: Inside Ball Up's Million Dollar Summer Challenge

By Hector DiazJune 03, 2015

A few miles northeast from Los Angeles in North Hollywood's East Valley High School, eight different teams are geared up to play a basketball tournament. Despite the locale, these aren't high school games. These are...

ESPN to Televise Ball Up Competition for $1 Million Prize
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ESPN to Televise Ball Up Competition for $1 Million Prize

By Hardwood and Hollywood StaffMay 27, 2015

Ball Up, the leading streetball brand in the world and home to some of the most talented athletes to play the game, has reached an agreement with ESPN to televise its first-ever Million Dollar Summer...

Flashback: Chris Farley Reenacted the Christian Laettner Shot for ESPN Ad
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Flashback: Chris Farley Reenacted the Christian Laettner Shot for ESPN Ad

By Hardwood and Hollywood StaffMarch 17, 2015

With the NCAA Tournament right around the corner and the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary starring Christian Laettner fresh on everyone's mind, let's take a trip back in the time to the '90, when Duke...

Take That, ESPN: San Francisco Giants Advance to NLDS
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Take That, ESPN: San Francisco Giants Advance to NLDS

By TJ MacíasOctober 02, 2014

Image courtesy of Harsh Light/Flickr . It’s hard not to fall in love with the San Francisco Giants after attending one game at AT&T Park. You watch as the silvery fog rolls onto the drab...

Fantasy Football Draft Guide: Insight for Beginners, Refresher for All
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Fantasy Football Draft Guide: Insight for Beginners, Refresher for All

By Terra KohutAugust 19, 2014

Image courtesy of Craig Hawkins/Flickr . Growing up a basketball purist I was a bit late to the NFL party. I was committed exclusively to my sport of choice and had little to no interest...

adidas, ESPN team up for Uprising championships
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adidas, ESPN team up for Uprising championships

By Sandy DoverJune 17, 2014

Courtesy of adidas >> adidas and ESPN announced a three year television agreement to air championship games of the adidas Uprising basketball program. Programming includes the championship and All-Star game of the adidas Super 64...