When I watch footage of NBA players from before my time, I find that it becomes kinda clinical. I already know the results, and how the players’ careers turned out, and the following players who were influenced by them, and so. The elements of surprise and of context are missing. The times and society and…
Scene (x) scene: Please Forward My Mail, chapter 3
Anthony “Fergie” Ferguson is a loner, a porn addict, a video game aficiondado, and a stalker. In other words, Fergie is pretty much an average all-American young man. Writer Chris DeBrie’s “Please Forward My Mail” is a novel in serial form, written scene by scene. Click here 3. Someone who’s really in love doesn’t…
Kevin Durant: From Annoyed to Maddened in the NBA
A few years ago, OKC Kevin Durant was the least-critiqued, or most coddled if you will, supertalent in the league. Remember local media there actually apologized for a story about him? He was the kinda-nice guy? Things really flipped. Fans and media eat him alive now. And he walks around ice grilling, cursing, and secretly…
Bird, Curry, and long distance flurries: NBA white boys
We know the obvious similarities between Steph Curry and Larry Bird: They shoot threes real good, they’re white, and they’re fragile. 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 Will Curry (~670 as of mid-February 2019) pass Bird (897) in total NBA games played? I know, I know… Bird was anything but fragile. And Curry’s injuries are largely thought of as “freaky”,…
Alexandr: Page 67
PAGE 66 PAGE 68 Click here While surviving years of abuse, poverty, crime, and prison, Alexandr Vikayanov was transforming into a lethal weapon. Chapter 1: “First Blood” Sick of all the vampire love? SO IS HE. www.meanpimento.com/alexandr Chapter 2: “Feed Your Faith, Starve Your Fear” Chapter 3: “Quid Pro Quo“
Defensive elbow tap: NBA tactics
The defensive elbow tap to disrupt a jump shot… classic “They do that in today’s game…Â Foul,” said one NBA fan. and, should it be? Is that a foul? or just slick gamesmanship? adjust for era? Comparing past and present NBA players Maybe in today’s game, the shooter would have flung himself into the courtside seats….
Propaganda Matters: Speck in yo eye
When we see media reports of some racist person being racist, we first of all know that said alleged racist person being roasted is almost always white. But that’s a whole other issue. Black Leaders Who you lookin at? Point today is: Are we highlighting the alleged racist white person because we’re making an example…
Alexandr, the comic book, by Chris Debrie: Page 66
PAGE 65 PAGE 67 Click here While surviving years of abuse, poverty, crime, and prison, Alexandr Vikayanov was transforming into a lethal weapon. Chapter 1: “First Blood” Sick of all the vampire love? SO IS HE. www.meanpimento.com/alexandr Chapter 2: “Feed Your Faith, Starve Your Fear” Chapter 3: “Quid Pro Quo“