By: Michael D. McClellan | We humans are a different lot. An exquisitely beautiful, unquestionably complex lot. One moment we’re constructing the Great Wall of China, the next we’re writing War and Peace, the next we’re untethered from our atmosphere and taking that historic, giant leap for mankind. We don’t merely exist, we restlessly innovate and […]
By: Michael D. McClellan | What is it about nicknames that endear us to our sports heroes so? This isn’t a relatively new phenomena, unlike the tattoo craze that, in recent years, has inked both athletes and fans alike. Nor are nicknames specific to race, culture, creed, or even the sports that we follow with such crazed […]
By: Michael D. McClellan | Imagine: You’re twelve years old, and you wake up one morning and you’re completely blind. Now, imagine finding the courage to rise up and continue following your dream to play high school football. If it sounds like the stuff of movies you’re on the right track; 23 Blast opens on 600 […]
Leonardo da Vinci once said that art is never finished, that is only abandoned. Desmond Mason, burgeoning artist with an emphasis on abstract expressionism, he of the 10-year NBA career punctuated with the bold brushstroke that is victory in the 2001 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, quickly concurs with the genius painter behind the world’s most […]