By Luke Jackson: The NBA’s first batch of playoff games featured some interesting occurrences before it even started in who would be participating. For the later half of the NBA season, most casual fans were too caught up in March Madness, Dirk and D-Wade’s farewell tours, and The Masters among other events to realize that…
Category: Film & Television
This Week On Wax Extra: A chronicle of basketball players trying to rap
By Luke Jackson Most people have heard the age-old adage “all rappers want to be ballers, and all ballers want to be rappers”. It seems that to these young and restless millionaires, there is a self-imposed semipermeable membrane between balling and bars. I mean, I won’t speak for y’all, but I know that I don’t…
This Week On Wax: KIDS SEE GHOSTS
By Luke Jackson “Kanye’s latest micro-album captures the confidence of Ye and the vibes of Cudi in just 7 short tracks, but it’s inconsistencies show at times.” 2018 has been a wild ride for Kanye Omari West. On April 15th, when Kanye hopped back on Twitter and embarked on a polarizing stream of consciousness,…
Dreyfuss Mock Draft: Vol. 1
By Adam Dreyfuss This year’s NBA draft is sure to be filled with big surprises. Boston already made a bold move by trading the first pick to Philly, the Pistons actively shopping their pick for a veteran, and murmurs that this could finally be the moment that the Bulls pull the trigger on a Jimmy…
A Watchers Guide To The 88th Academy Awards
By Justice Skinner The Oscars are finally upon us! It has been a crazy year defined by a gorilla named Harambe, a guy named Daniel’s white vans, and the future of the free world passing into the hands of Donald Trump. But despite the hysteria of the outside noise, the realm of cinema has had…
Bracketology
By Harris Hicks There are only two weeks left until the start of the NCAA Tournament and the annual debates about who’s in and who’s out are beginning to heat up. From top to bottom, the NCAA Tournament field is a complete mess. There are no clear favorites and no team has separated themselves from…
Breaking Down Boogie To Bourbon Street
By Harrison Larner “Kings send Cousins to Pelicans in 5 player trade.” I sighed and went back to sleep. Inside my head, I was so mad at Dell Demps for trading Anthony Davis in exchange for a guy who is pretty similar to him in Demarcus Cousins. About thirty minutes later, I decided to look…
Super Bowl LI Preview
by Evan Oscherwitz How They Got Here: The Atlanta Falcons surprised the football world this year by winning the NFC thanks to a high-powered offensive attack led by NFL MVP quarterback Matt Ryan, wide receiver Julio Jones, and a prolific backfield tandem of Tevin Coleman and Devonta Freeman. Coming into the season, more people had…
Hicks 2017 NBA Allstar team: East
by Harris Hicks The NBA season is near its halfway point which means we need to start paying attention to the NBA All-Star game. The 66th annual All-Star game, taking place in New Orleans, replacing the prior venue of Charlotte, will head down to the bayou for the third time in NBA History. With just…
The Year 2016 in Review: Film
by Justice Skinner Keep in mind this list is not in order. This is a list of 16 of the great movies in film this year, which means that some great movies will be left out. Enjoy! Deadpool The hilarious box-office surprise of the year, the R-rated mercenary with a mouth did more than expected…
Sequels That Outshined the Original
by Justice Skinner For this list of sequels I am doing the second movie in the franchise, not the third or beyond. This list also doesn’t have any order or numbering, this is just talking about the movies in general. There are also more sequels that are better than the original, but theses are the…
#SQUADGOALS ?
by Brandon Martin We live in a world where ordinary people flock to the theaters to get a glimpse of extraordinary. With Suicide Squad, DC’s newest film, hitting the cinemas August 4th, this trend should continue. Suicide Squad is the story of a task force full of criminals put together by the government to try…
Dynasty Network of America 