The story of Len Bias is perhaps one of the most tragic in all of college and professional basketball history. Described by many as one of the greatest players to ever hit the college basketball scene, and with skills on the court that rivaled (if not surpassed) those of his ACC Conference-mate Michael Jordan, [...]
I certainly don’t think so. Everybody knows that all the cool kids left Super NES in the dust, and transitioned from Classic NES directly to Genesis—the console that truly changed the game for my generation.
CNET blogger Don Reisinger seems to think otherwise. He recently rounded up his old gaming consoles (NES, [...]
In her new video for the single “Honeyâ€, Erykah Badu shows love to local mom and pop record stores (establishments that are rapidly disappearing), and does one hell of a job at reinterpreting a number of classic album and magazine covers (see how many you can recognize). This might just be the first dope [...]
Today, The Washington Post launched “The Rootâ€â€”an online magazine geared towards African American readers. Founded by writer and Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Post Co. Chairman Donald E. Graham, The Root looks to follow in the footsteps of Slate Magazine (an online magazine founded by Microsoft, and later bought by The Post [...]
Rudy Gay, of the Memphis Grizzlies, is counting on a bit of crowd participation to win this year’s NBA Slam Dunk Competition. He’s asking fans to upload their “sickest†dunk ideas to YouTube, and on the night of the event (Feb. 16th), he plans to incorporate the winning submission into his dunk routine. [...]
Have you ever thought about taking a commercial flight to space? If so, here’s a look at what you’ll be traveling in if you fly with Virgin Galactic. Yesterday, Richard Branson, head of the Virgin Group, officially unveiled designs of the spacecraft that will be used during the company’s space tourism missions. [...]
In what is promised to be the first of a long string of monthly, multi-genre spanning mixes, the good folks of Flwrpt have blessed us with “Boogiescoâ€. As the title may suggest, it’s a mix of made up entirely of Boogie and Disco tracks—with quite a few rare gems thrown into the selection. [...]
The New York Times takes a look at two high cost, highly sought after coffee machines brewers making their way into the industry. If you’re a slave to the bean, as I know many of you are, then you might want have a look at this. Brewing the perfect cup of coffee is [...]
