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EastWest x Mitchell & Ness “Bleached Denim” Snapback Collection

by Aron Phillips on Dec 11, 2012 • No Comments

When it comes to NBA snapbacks, no one has done it better in 2012 than EastWest. And with only a couple weeks left until the new year, they’ve partnered with Mitchell & Ness once again to create one of the season’s best offerings.

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Review: The Announcement

by Eric Newman on Mar 12, 2012 • No Comments

Twenty years later it is still surreal. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, one of the most dynamic figures our culture has ever seen, was forced to retire after he contracted the HIV virus. He stood in front of the cameras, shared it with the world, and whether he believed it or not at the time, he told...

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Kobe’s Black Mask

by Aron Phillips on Mar 6, 2012 • No Comments

After 31 points the other night Kobe Bryant joked, “Maybe I’ll get a black mask.” Tonight he’s wearing one. Mike Trudell of Lakers.com snapped the first picture before the game, after the Black Mamba chose the black mask from the three new ones he had made in Detroit by the maker of Rip Hamilton‘s masks....

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The Jeremy Lin Show

by Aron Phillips on Feb 11, 2012 • No Comments

If Jeremy Lin isn’t the definition of #howtomakeit then I don’t know who is. After a ridiculous streak of games as the starting point guard for the Knicks, Lin put together an absolute gem against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers last night in front of a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden. With that, check...

Movies / Sports

Trailer: The Announcement

by Aron Phillips on Feb 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

On Nov. 7, 1991, the eyes of the world turned to The Forum for reasons other than basketball. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the perennial NBA All-Star and three-time MVP held a press conference in the same building he led the Lakers to five NBA championships to announce he was HIV-positive. Now 20 years later, ESPN Films...