Tag Archives: Kyrie Irving

Monday Media: Cozying up With Corporate America to Appeal to the Inner-City

Across a multitude of brands and platforms, basketball players participate in advertisements primarily to make that scrilla, but a good ad campaign can effectively enhance their image. We have previously looked at what Chris Paul’s “Big” commercial says about the … Continue reading

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OKCupid Season Preview: Cleveland Cavaliers (#19)

My self-summary Hi. I’m Cavalier_n_Klay. On the outside, I seem like a fun, young, run-n-gun team. But if you know my history, you know that I’ve been through a lot. I once had it all, and then I lost it. … Continue reading

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Your Annotated Smartphone Bathroom Reader for Thursday, August 23, 2012.

I’ll be gone this weekend.  Enjoy this special midweek version of the Reader. What Happened To Him?  Basketball Star Jonathan Hargett’s Promising Career DerailedPete ThamelThe New York TimesNo major news outlet crafts a long-form basketball melodrama quite like The New … Continue reading

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The Week That Was: May 14-20, 2012.

Lakers point guard Ramon Sessions let it be known earlier this week that his pregame meal is a Snickers.  He eats it because “it’s a small meal”.  Are Snickers bars meals?  I’m not sure it’s even a snack.   Anyways. … Continue reading

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Wild Speculation and Outlandish Guesses: We’re Almost at the End Edition

Anthony Davis put up a very interesting NCAA Championship Game box score: 1-10 shooting, 16 rebounds, 6 blocks, 5 assists and 3 steals. Is he good enough to single-handedly transform a bad (read: Bobcats) team? Omar Bagnied: Anthony Davis’s shooting … Continue reading

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An Open Letter to Andrew Luck.

March 7, 2012 Dear Andrew Luck, Hello sir.  My name is Jacob Greenberg.  We have never met. So I’ll be honest — I don’t follow college football all that closely.  The “Good Ol’ Boy” aspects of the sport have never … Continue reading

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Fortunate Moments for Unfortunate Franchises: Cleveland Cavaliers

Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin’d from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. – Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man The ebb and … Continue reading

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