Surely you’re reading this while voting or while anticipating your voting or while reveling in the glow of that wonderful feeling that comes from voting and fulfilling your civic duties. Anyway, this column is about kicks and though sports figures aren’t the usual suspects when it comes to making political statements—who has MJ ever endorsed […]

Darchinyan Dominates Mijares The first super flyweight, unification bout in history was supposed to be Cristian Mijares’ coming out party. This was the fight where he finally got a chance to showcase his reputed top 10, pound for pound skills on a national stage. Instead, the normally wild Vic Darchinyan fought a disciplined, perfect fight […]

It’s November, the time of scheduled thanks.  Come the fourth Thursday of this month, we will reflect on all the awesome things that have happened to us this year and figure out who besides us had a hand in making it happen.  Then we will give them a big up by eating a weeks worth […]

It’s the day after Saturday and we had an extra hour to party and bulls**t and here we go again for another Sick Sunday.  I had a Shakir Stewart shout out in last week’s column but unfortunately, it must be replaced with an R.I.P. and a well wish for his children. Mr. Stewart apparently committed […]

Here we are, Week 09. We have eight more weeks to got until the playoffs and believe me; the next few weeks will be very interesting. Every year, when the NFL passes the halfway mark of the season, I think of that one verse Jay-Z had in Brooklyn’s Finest:   Time to separate the pros […]

Halloween is a holiday where things are not always what they seem.  Aside from all the paganism and all that, it’s really a celebration of illusion and projection; of how we can be what we aren’t what we wish to be, or what we wish to be perceived.    In this episode of DIGITS we […]

  Tatou, one of Los Angeles’ hottest nightclubs was all decked out for this event, which married fashion and politics.   There were models running back and forth to the dressing room, personal assistants buzzing away on their crackberries, and huge posters of Abraham Lincoln morphed with the image of Barack Obama.   This evening […]

I moved to Chicago from the suburbs in December of 2005. I picked up my stuff and moved to the big city to follow my dreams. I even remember the small panic attack I had after I signed my lease to live in Hyde Park; an upscale neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside. This was a big […]

It ain’t over, until it’s over. There is still so much work to be done. The thrill of victory is just one week away.  We hear it in the streets, we feel it in our hearts and it’s burning in our souls. Together we have successfully registered the most young voters in the history of […]

Sneakers as far as the eye can see. But know this, it’s QUALITY not quantity people.  All you herbs with dozens of Dunks (usually the wack colors nobody wanted so you caught them on sale) thinking your shoe game is tight; wrong. The plethora of wack colorways and suspect re-issues you incessantly adorn your feet […]

Honey, I’m home!   These three words have filled the hearts of wives and kids with joy for years; excluding those times, of course, when Daddy is coming home intoxicated, and fresh off a “B####, I’m going to kill you” text message. I’m curious though; if an drunken baby daddy comes through while no one […]

Man it’s been a couple  weeeks so I owe ya’ll a bunch a flavor and we’re going all over the map on this episode of the Sickest Sunday out.  The summer is over, but there’s nothing but heat  coming for the third and fourth  quarters.I’mma let the music speak for itself right now and i’ll […]

Zoinks! We’ve reached the halfway point of the season in this Halloween edition of OUT OF BOUNDS. Speaking of Halloween, what a scary season it has been. It’s as if the supernatural and paranormal has wreaked havoc on the NFL so far this season with all of the strange happenings. Teams like the Colts, Chargers […]

In this time of blue and red swing states, we have come to think of everything in opposing sides, generally dismissing the shades of gray (or in this case purple as it were). The news media it seems, is no different. Right leaning Fox mans the blue, while red-clad CNN tends to lean left, although […]

Well, I’m actually thinking about one thing you are not entitled to.  It’s that one unacceptable intangible that can never cross the Hip-Hop threshold.  Many have attempted to smuggle it in, but it is met with opposition once it is detected.  It’s everybody’s opinion, but your own.    I really hate the word hater.  I […]

Way dooown in the jungle deep…the bad-assed lion stepped on the signifying monkey’s feet.  That line was probably older than most you (it’s older than me) but it was one of the principal calling cards of one of Hip-Hop’s greatest inspirations: Mr. Rudy Ray Moore.  You may know him better as Dolemite! Moore was a […]

You can’t say the Executioner didn’t tell you the outcome beforehand.  Months before last Saturday’s master-class over middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik, Bernard Hopkins proclaimed that “I ain’t afraid of no Ghost.” Pavlik found that out in spades via a thorough boxing education, as Hopkins outfought, outfoxed, and shockingly outpunched his younger foe over 12 dominating […]

The big news from the NFL last week was the Dallas Cowboys. Whether it was Pacman’s suspension, Romo’s pinkie, or the trade for WR Roy E. Williams, the great state of Texas was the big ticket on all of the news channels. The NFL became the CFL, Cowboy Football League, last week and I’ve had […]

In the upcoming Spider-Man vehicle Web of Shadows, our friendly neighborhood web-slinger faces a New York invaded by an army of alien symbiotes led by arch foe Venom.For those of you not in the know, symbiotes take over the bodies of human hosts and turn them into violent superhuman monsters.  Doesn’t look so good for […]