Category: sports

My First Time at the US Open: A Newbie’s Guide to the Ultimate Tennis Experience

My First Time at the US Open: A Newbie’s Guide to the Ultimate Tennis Experience

I’ll never forget the buzz in the air as I stepped into the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for my first-ever 145th US Open. The vibrant energy of Flushing Meadows, the roar of the crowd, and the sheer scale of this Grand Slam…

The revolutionary story of Nike Air Jordans and how one shoe changed the game forever

The revolutionary story of Nike Air Jordans and how one shoe changed the game forever

“A shoe is just a shoe until someone steps into it” Can you even imagine a time when the legendary Nike brand was considered an underdog and Converse All Star was King? I guess maybe I’m relatively young, but in 1984 after Nike recently went…

The Q Foods: coming home to Cleveland for #CavsEats

The Q Foods: coming home to Cleveland for #CavsEats

I don’t always use the hashtag #BlessedAndGrateful, but when the Cavs said I could come swing by the Q (I’m a pretty big fan) for #CavsMavs to cover Quicken Loans Arena’s abundant food options aka The Q Foods, the next thing you know I was valet parking…

Stadium eats: elotes, slushies, and steak frites at Citi Field

Stadium eats: elotes, slushies, and steak frites at Citi Field

Now, don’t get it f*cked up, I am a die-hard Indians fan all the way. I love all things Cleveland sports, and I could never truly be a full-on NY Mets fan. But I cannot deny how fun it is going to Citi Field for…

NBA is back, and so is Kevin Love(‘s hair)

NBA is back, and so is Kevin Love(‘s hair)

One minute last season during the NBA finals I was having so much fun watching Kevin Love finally start to get into his beast flow as a first year Cavalier, and the next thing you know Kelly Olynyk of the Boston Celtics tore out Love’s…

New York City is the sports cap mecca of the universe

New York City is the sports cap mecca of the universe

At one point in time I was emptying my bank account on a weekly basis to purchase any assortment of Cleveland sports hats. Because if I wasn’t living at home in Ohio, I was damn sure to be repping my teams in the Big Apple,…

GET BUCKETS: the Cavs pull through in OT against the defending NBA champs

GET BUCKETS: the Cavs pull through in OT against the defending NBA champs

I cherish the moments I get to watch the Cavs in these crucial and intense end-of-season games that are nationally televised (ALWAYS MISSIN’ THE CLEVE! S/O to Sports Time Ohio!) while I’m out on the East Coast (where I’m always hearing jabber about the Knicks’ disappointment,…

KYRIE 1: Kyrie joins the Nike familia with new shoe line with Lebron James inspiration

KYRIE 1: Kyrie joins the Nike familia with new shoe line with Lebron James inspiration

Of course we love King James’ shoe collection (ALMOST as much as we love Cavaliers basketball), and it’s no secret that this baller knows what he is doing with 1) designing awesome kicks, and 2) getting fellow basketballers like teammate Kyrie Irving their own line…

Cleveland is the city that I Kevin Love: why it’s OK to totally crush on this ballin’ superstar

Cleveland is the city that I Kevin Love: why it’s OK to totally crush on this ballin’ superstar

I am from Cleveland so it is no joke that I’ve been a victim of a sort of emotional sports rollercoaster for most of my life: so many seasons filled with way too many SO CLOSE OH MY GOD games that it came to the point of being like,…

Whatever King James decides to do, we will always love his shoes

Whatever King James decides to do, we will always love his shoes

#KickGameCray When LeBron James made the decision to move on down to South Beach as a Heat player, thousands of Cleveland native hearts (self included) were broken into pieces. “How could he just leave?” we kept asking. It was madness. The Northeast Ohio city had…