Tag: Jackie Robinson
Movies
SDIFF 2017 Opening Night is a Hit
SDIFF Opening Night (Photo by Mike Bitanga) The 2017 San Diego International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet on opening night with the crowd-pleasing film, Marshall . The film is about a young Thurgood...
Culture of Hoops
GOAT Week: The Greatest Sports Cult Hero
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...
Culture of Hoops
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest of All Time
Image courtesy of cliff1066™/Flickr. Muhammad Ali invented swag. It was 1964 at Miami’s 5th St. Gym and a date with Sonny Liston awaited. Ali was Cassius Clay back then. Writers called him the Louisville Lip....
MLB
Are 'Unwritten Rules' Ruining MLB Baseball?
Screen capture courtesy of the MLB/YouTube. After Rougned Odor ’s right hand connected with Jose Bautista ’s jaw, baseball was talked about in enjoyable terms. Then various publications highlighted Odor’s involvement in a minor league...
Culture of Hoops
adidas Unveils Special Edition Baseball Cleats for Jackie Robinson Day
Brought to you by our friends at adidas. Taking inspiration from Robinson’s accomplishments on and off the field, adidas designers took the adizero Afterburner 2, the lightest cleat in the game at 8.7oz., and the...
Culture of Hoops
Brooklyn Nets pay homage to Dodgers in 'BK Blue'
Before the Los Angeles Dodgers were even a thing in California, they were first representing in Brooklyn, New York. It is in Broolyn where Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and became a legend in...
