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Bow Ties: Let’s Knot And Say We Did

by Mark Robinowitz on Dec 28, 2012 • 1 Comment

Let me first say, I’m no fashionista. I don’t wear cool pants, I don’t have hip glasses and I don’t own nonfunctioning accessories. My watch only tells time in one time zone, and it’s not the size of a Frisbee golf disc.

Movies / Sports

The Lost Art of the Basketball Movie

by Mark Robinowitz on Sep 7, 2012 • No Comments

Butch McRae. Stacy Patton. Billy Hoyle. These are the names of some of the most memorable basketball players of my childhood, but you won’t find them on NBA.com or in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Why? Because they are characters from fictional basketball movies, a genre that is all but deceased.

Television

Roger Sterling’s Obituary

by Mark Robinowitz on Apr 13, 2012 • No Comments

If you watch “Mad Men,” which I know you do, then I’m sure you can relate to how painful it was to watch Roger Sterling being walked all over last Sunday. This is how I decided to cope.

Sports

An Ode To Starting Lineup Action Figures

by Mark Robinowitz on Mar 22, 2012 • No Comments

When I was a kid, there was a limited amount of athlete-related media. There was no Internet, no NBA League Pass and no Twitter feeds. PER was meaningless to basketball fans, no reality shows and only one ESPN. We weren’t exposed to athletes in the way we are now, and we couldn’t feel as connected...

Sports

Making It: Damian Lillard

by Mark Robinowitz on Mar 7, 2012 • 1 Comment

After Jeremy Lin emerged from relative small school obscurity at Harvard, everyone is looking for the next player to make a similar splash. Look no further than the snow-covered mountain town of Ogden, Utah. Damian Lillard may be the best player in college basketball that you’ve never heard of.

Sports

Greg Oden: The Light At The End Of The Arthroscopic Tunnel

by Mark Robinowitz on Mar 1, 2012 • 1 Comment

Last week, when the Trail Blazers announced that Greg Oden would have another microfracture surgery and miss the rest of this season, and possibly the next as well, there was a collective groan from the city of Portland. Oden has been such a big failure that even the hipsters are complaining about the woes of...

Sports

The Brotherhood of the Traveling Euro Step

by Mark Robinowitz on Feb 23, 2012 • No Comments

Rule 10, Section XIV, Part 2: A player who receives the ball while he is progressing or upon completion of a dribble, may use a two-count rhythm in coming to a stop, passing or shooting the ball. This is the beginning of the rule for traveling, which every basketball player knows. Yet for the last...

Fashion / Style

An Ode To The Canadian Tuxedo

by Mark Robinowitz on Feb 18, 2012 • 1 Comment

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly gathered the attention of everyone within eyeshot with a single look? A wave of unbridled attention that reminds you that women want you, and men want to be you. Not because of your perfect haircut, James Bond-like swagger or debonair smile, but because of your perfectly...