Full of surprises, the second set of matches saw the underdogs take the spotlight while perennial Champions League teams fail to live up to their pedigrees. This week had two late equalizers – one from CSKA Moscow against Madrid and the other from Basel against Bayern Munich, while Inter Milan and Chelsea played poorly. With the second leg up to come in a few weeks, we’ll see if the powerhouse clubs bounce back. Read the rest of this entry »

Neil Armstrong extended an invite to his place to catch last night’s Knicks-Kings game, seeing as we both share our love for the blue and orange and there’s now an aura of optimism for our team, evident in people congregating just to see them play. Obviously, the emergence of Jeremy Lin has invigorated our fanaticism Read the rest of this entry »

The first week of matches in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League didn’t provide too many surprise results but with top clubs like AC Milan and defending champions FC Barcelona listed on the fixture schedule, great soccer was sure to be seen. It’s still strange to have the knockout round missing Manchester United but after Arsenal’s large deficit, Chelsea may be only one team left from the English Premier League with any hope to advance. With the first four games finally finished, let’s break down the winners and losers. Read the rest of this entry »

Legitimacy. Validation. Whatever you want to call it, Jeremy Lin led the New York Knicks to victory last night against Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant said he heard of Jeremy Lin but didn’t know about his game. Unfortunately for him, he found out firsthand what “Linsanity” was all about. Read the rest of this entry »

I used to play “The Light” from Pharoahe Monch on my train ride to work to start my day inspired. Watching “Still Standing” reminded me of the veteran emcee’s ability to come off so motivational, a trait taken for granted amid the necessity to have swag. Produced by Australia’s finest M-Phazes and accompanied by Jill Scott, I’m glad a visual dropped from an overlooked track Read the rest of this entry »

The last time FC Barcelona and Real Madrid met in the Copa del Rey, Cristiano Ronaldo and company took the trophy in the Final. Unfortunately for “Los Blancos,” the dropping and destroying that trophy from their victory parade bus is what people remember more than actually winning. For Ronaldo, Barca is that thorn preventing aspirations for soccer supremacy Read the rest of this entry »

Madlib and Freeway collabo? Nope. The doo-rag and Philly Freezer-style beard threw me off. In the image above, you’re actually looking at Jacob “Pop Life” Barrow and Deen Whitter better known as the latest aliases from the rapping members of De La Soul. Read the rest of this entry »

Take a look at this unbelievable goal by Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard scoring from his own box (insert joke here) during Wednesday night’s EPL action. Credit this play on shoddy defending or just a lucky bounce but this is one of the craziest goals you will ever see. Read the rest of this entry »

Last night Black Star performed on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon but I fell asleep. Thank goodness for the Internet otherwise I would’ve forever missed their performance of “Little Brother” and, more importantly, Questlove sharing the song’s intriguing backstory on the show’s site. Read the rest of this entry »

Fitting I found out that HBO’s How To Make It In America was cancelled via Hypebeast initially. Readers of the Gen Y fashion hub would be the best gauge to see what people in that scene or at least those “who try to make it” there felt about the axing. Read the rest of this entry »

FC Barcelona’s goalkeeper flubbed a clearance resulting in a Real Madrid goal in the first minute of the game but with a little luck and resiliency, Barcelona won 3-1 to tie their rivals as league leaders in Spain. Read the rest of this entry »

Fit Antonio Margarito for an eye patch now. Avenging his loss from their first fight, Miguel Cotto’s nine-round pummeling of Margarito resulted in a TKO to retain his WBA Super Welterweight title. Cotto (37-2-0) tactically took out his opponent in one-sided dominance with all three judges scoring in his favor 89-82. Read the rest of this entry »

Soccer fans don’t have NBA withdrawal; we have the Champions League. And with all the drama Wednesday night – including Bayern Leverkusen’s upset of Chelsea, Valencia’s 7-0 demolishing of Genk and Arsenal being the only English club to secure a spot in the knock-out stage – the match all fans anticipated with FC Barcelona and AC Milan lived up to the hype. Read the rest of this entry »

The crowd booed the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Saturday night once the judges decision to award WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao the victory over Juan Manuel Marquez aired over the speakers. The match could have easily went the Mexican’s way but with the card reading (116-112),(115-113), (114-114), against him, Marquez again goes winless against Pacquiao. Read the rest of this entry »

As the resident Filipino of TSS, I was going to comment on this after the Pacquiao-Marquez III fight on November 12th however I felt compelled to write after viewing the last night’s Pac-Man karaoke session on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Yes, Manny Pacquiao and Jimmy Kimmel have taken their bromance to the next level by singing a duet of the Bee Gees’ “How Deep Is Your Love.” Read the rest of this entry »