Respect Da’ Grind

From tricks to kicks, Terry Kennedy is doing it all
In an environment where gang activity and violence are the norm, Terry Kennedy found escape in an activity that was not typical for his neighborhood – skateboarding.  At the age of 23, Terry Kennedy and his crew have taken the sport by storm, reinventing the image of the skating world. Read more

Super Bowl XLIII: Will You Watch?

All season, you watch and wait. You and your friends have begun a weekly ritual of burrowing through mountains of snacks and huddling around the television set. You watch every game with anticipation, hoping your team will do just enough to advance. Each week brings them one step closer to that all-important goal; the bright light at the end of the tunnel that is the NFL season; the reason why teams play so hard – the Super Bowl. You clench the remote control as you watch one of the most important games of your team’s season. They have to win this…We need this win…They won’t let you down, right? Wrong. After months of devotion, your team flops. Read more

MLB Salary Cap: Fair or Foul?

After adding CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and their final addition Mark Teixeira to their roster, the New York Yankees have refueled the salary cap dispute. As with everything, there are two sides to this story – the side that is completely against the idea of teams who finish first being paid the most, and the side that feels that the winning teams are merely being paid for doing their jobs better than everyone else… like a bonus of sorts.

For Teixeira, Sabathia and Burnett, the Yankees paid a combined total of about $423.5 million. Now, it seems, for many, that the fact that the Yankees have $400 million available to grab up any and everyone who becomes available is extremely unfair. As a fan of the Boys in Blue, my perception of the situation might be a bit lop-sided when I say that those in favor of the cap are probably die-hard fans of teams that don’t ever make it very far in the season. Read more

Under Armour All-American

On January 4th, hundreds of football fans showed up to get a sneak peek at the NCAA’s future playmakers during the Under Armour All-America High School Football Game. During the game, which was sponsored by ESPN, some of high school football’s biggest names, including Atlanta’s Branden Smith and Florida’s Ray Ray Armstrong, revealed their selections for college. The event also gave spectators a treat with a special halftime performance by Ludacris.

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