NBA heads rejoice! All-Star Weekend is upon us and we’re in for three days of top-tier basketball with some throwaway events in between. The kid likes basketball more than Kurtis Blow so you know I’ll be glued to the tube for the festivities. I decided to switch things up in anticipation for the weekend by cooking up some quick picks for the bigger events. We’re not counting filler like the Celebrity game or the WNBA/NBA/old fogy parity shootout either. Read the rest of this entry »

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The iPhone Is The Ultimate Kid-Pacification Device [Slate]

Black Music Needs More White People [Dallas Penn] Read the rest of this entry »

This was kinda lost in the shuffle last week with the playoffs & NFL Draft going on, but 17-year-old Jeremy Tyler has decided to forgo his senior year of *drumrolls* high school to play pro ball in Europe.

Jeremy Tyler, a 6-foot-11 junior, has dropped out of San Diego High School and says he will skip his senior year to play professionally in Europe, The New York Times and Yahoo! Sports reported on Wednesday.

Tyler, 17, will become the first player born in the United States to leave high school early to play professional basketball overseas. He is expected to come back in two years, when he is eligible for the NBA draft.

I was a little skeptical at first, but I say good for him. Read the rest of this entry »