by Myles Ehrlich | Aug 17, 2022 | Hoops
After an incredibly condensed sprint of a regular season, it’s playoff time for the WNBA. Before that exciting new structure tips off, let’s take a step back to appreciate the terrific play that has gotten us to this point. Many of the end-of-year accolades, in my...
by Andy Crump | Aug 15, 2022 | Movies
In 1997, Shaquille O’Neal, jolly 7’1” giant, legendary NBA center, and inveterate prankster, added a new section to his resume following “pro baller” and “rapper”: “Black American Superman.” In between his second and third nominations to the All-NBA Third Team as well...
by Carl Henderson | Aug 11, 2022 | Music
I was thinking about naming this article “The Last Meal.” Why? Well, before the release of The Last Slimeto YoungBoy announced he was done with Atlantic Records. He reportedly turned down $25 million to renew his deal. Per his Instagram, YoungBoy told the label that...
by Cody Tannen-Barrup | Aug 9, 2022 | Hoops
It is August, which can only mean one thing. It’s time to recklessly predict what will happen in the 2022-2023 NBA season! This has become a yearly exercise and I have to say, I’m not that good at it. My best prediction so far was that I had the Golden State Warriors...
by Nate Mondschein | Aug 8, 2022 | Movies
What happens when you toss five incongruously aliased assassins, two vengeance-seeking fathers, one sociopathic manipulator, one surprisingly-cast crime boss, and 30,000 self-referential one-liners onto a speeding train? Well, that depends on who you ask. Initial...
by Simon Pruitt | Aug 4, 2022 | Movies
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by Chad Ebanks | Aug 2, 2022 | Music
From the Cocaine Muzik mixtape series to now having a label as strong and stacked as the United States Army, Yo Gotti is essentially Memphis Birdman. We saw the rise of Cash Money Records from its earlier Gangsta Bounce stages with UNLV to The Hot Boys & Big...
by Josh Motenko | Aug 1, 2022 | Hoops
We are doing a countdown to the best names in the NBA today. We can all remember basketball players who had names that made non-sports fans stop in their tracks inquisitively. Larry Bird would have been a better basketball name if he could jump–or fly–at all. In fact,...
by Cody Tannen-Barrup | Aug 1, 2022 | Hoops
Author’s Note: This is a post from March of 2021. In light of Russell’s passing on Sunday, it felt appropriate to bring this back up as I still believe it. Bill Russell was an activist, a father, a leader, and a man of integrity, courage, and power. Yes,...
by Nico Carter | Jul 29, 2022 | Music
All interviews for this piece were conducted from September 2021 to February of 2022. I produced a show in the Fall of 2021. I asked my friend Jackie Robinson, who is homeless and has lived in Chicago his entire life, to talk and a group of improvisers to make...