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In 2012 the Coachella Music Festival and DDMG (Digital Domain Media Group) took everyone in attendance for a wild ride when they had a surprise performance by a virtual Tupac Shakur.  The hologram of Tupac performed flawlessly along side Snoop Dogg and left everyone who saw it speechless. Shortly after the performance it was reported that Dr. Dre (not a real doctor by the way) paid upwards of $400,000 to make this ha

The Larry O’ Brien Trophy is the sacred object hoisted up by best team at the end of the NBA season. Larry O’Brien was once the Post Master General for the United States of America and later became the commissioner of the NBA from 1975 to 1983. The trophy that was renamed the Larry O’Brien Trophy  and was originally called the Walter A. Brown Trophy.  They renamed it in honor of Larry O’Brien and the work he did as c

One of the recent things to get attention in mainstream sports, is the idea of custom kicks.  Custom kicks have been around for awhile but with the rising trend of players no longer signing shoe contracts (allowing them to wear what ever shoes they want until the perfect opportunity presents itself) custom kicks are on a rise.  Now with some pro hoopers taking interest, we are starting to see these shoes make their w

Have you ever watched Pawn Stars and seen that awkward exchange when the customer thinks their item is worth WAY more than the store does? That is how the rest of the NBA feels about the Lakers and Pau Gasol right now. Gasol is under contract for 2 years at $19,000,000 per. Short of taking on a bad contract themselves, the Lakers are in a tight situation. The Lakers are desperate for an interior presence and have mad

Some of the greatest players in the history of the NBA have worn Los Angeles Lakers uniforms. With so many Hall of Famers having hoisted championship banners for L.A., it’s almost impossible to label one of them the greatest Laker of all time. Jerry West, who won an NBA title, made it to the Finals nine times and was a 14-time all star, would be in the discussion. However, West emphatically gives that title to Kobe B

In 1958 comic book writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp wanted to give one dimensional comic book characters another side for the reader to see. While coming up with ideas they thought readers would like to see what the opposite of characters did and how they lived. It was with this idea in mind that they came up with the Bizzaro World. They put the idea into motion by having a scientist build a duplicating ray

Three weeks ago if I asked the average sports fan who Jeremy Lin was they would have probably come up with something along the lines of a figure skater, or golfer. But now it seems like we can’t escape the Lin-words: Linsane, Linderella, Lincredible, so on and so forth. To me personally, I don’t buy it yet. But thats not to say I don’t like the kid, I mean he is playing extremely well right now and that I do like. Wh

On March 8, 1993 an artist by the name of Mike Judge showed the executives at MTV a short film he had made called “Frog Baseball”.  This short film featured best friends from the town of Highland Texas playing in a field, and by playing in a field I mean blowing up bugs, hitting frogs with a baseball bat and in the end, even hitting a poodle.  After MTV saw this film they signed Judge to a contract and Beavis and But

Muhammad Ali is arguably the greatest boxer in history.   Relying on his unbelievably fast foot speed and unorthodox positioning of his hands, held low while fighting, Ali was an extremely tough fighter to beat.  He was given the nickname “The Champ” after, not only dominating his fights but also predicting which round he would win the fight, months before the fight was to be held.  One thing that is amazing to watch

On the afternoon of  March 2, 1962 Wilt Chamberlin arrived in Hersey Pennsylvania with the rest of the Warriors.  They arrived at the arena about 5 hours before tip off and decided to go to the penny arcade located in one of the lobbies.  Wilt says he remembered picking up a pellet rifle to play a target game, and after shooting for a few minutes he realized he couldn’t miss… On January 22, 2006 Kobe Bryant had