tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12482690267409712732024-03-13T09:33:47.496+01:00my "real life" can wait"You about to get into the mind of a Pyscho...Malcolm...lookin' out the window with a rifle...other hand on the Bible"Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-12770919841401297642011-09-20T23:24:00.000+02:002011-09-20T23:24:42.846+02:00The Art Of Battling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Did you know I could rap? Me either...but guess what...anyone who doesn't believe me needs to check out your boy in action<br />
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The first set of videos is from an Official ApolloKidz mixtape where fellow aK memeber (Fluff Daddy) and I had our epic battle. After a clean win (via fan voting on the internet) he was waiting for my arrival back to NY with open arms (pause) and bars for a rematch....peep the result after the jump<br />
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"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-84445700784388992982011-08-08T04:02:00.000+02:002011-08-08T04:02:41.207+02:00Stuedabakerbrown -- "Couch Sitting Rattlesnake"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><object height="349" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VDFhD9CXzK0?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VDFhD9CXzK0?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br />
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Read my latest article on Dime Magazine profiling my March Madness' from the past<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div></div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-3963863501730946242011-03-11T16:37:00.000+01:002011-03-11T16:37:21.549+01:00Thoughts and Prayers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TlYWX-aJk9TbrIt97eCO6NK_hECM0IefgXe1bq9JEDzLgOJPeBNvCrVBQNwiJ59b3ysm-5gAETn0vGOowZP4GTuNInLhgWKndRiMPy069CaEH7bSJ5VjvYeP05ZKw0QaSxLVP0pUvRU/s1600/tsu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TlYWX-aJk9TbrIt97eCO6NK_hECM0IefgXe1bq9JEDzLgOJPeBNvCrVBQNwiJ59b3ysm-5gAETn0vGOowZP4GTuNInLhgWKndRiMPy069CaEH7bSJ5VjvYeP05ZKw0QaSxLVP0pUvRU/s320/tsu.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>CNN.com is my homepage. And it will forever remain my homepage because it gives me constant updates of breaking news going on all around the world. In less than 2 minutes I can skim over every headline from all different parts of the world. When I hear about Gadhafi and Libya I'm concerned but it doesn't directly affect me. When I read about the 21 oil workers rescued in Columbia I'm happy but again it doesn't directly affect me. But then I'm following this Japanese Tsunami story and I realize that I know/have played basketball with two people in the last year, who are now there. One, a teammate of mine last season, and former Stanford standout Taj Finger, who I learned today was safe. And another Japanese player who came to our team last season to work out with us who we simply called Ishi. I learned today that his city was the one that got hit directly and our coach, who communicates directly with his team, has not been able to get in touch with him. Although he was only here for a few months and his English needed work, there was still that "I'm away from home playing basketball and you are away from home playing basketball" sort of connection. We'd eat together and attempt conversations after practice and even though that was the extent of it, he's still someone I feel concerned about. And that is why, in this case, a simple tweet saying "<b>My thoughts and prayers are with #Japan</b>"didn't seem like enough.<br />
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Life is not promised and I don't think we should forget that. When I was in Elementary school at PS 153 (The Helen Keller School) I remember learning this quote "although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it" -Helen Keller. So that's where my prayers are at. That Japan can overcome this disaster. And my thoughts today are with trying to build upon relationships I've made in the past and present so that I don't have this "what if" feeling in the future. <br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div></div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-46525991211144575732011-02-25T18:37:00.000+01:002011-02-25T18:37:20.852+01:00What's With All This Flopping?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It's been awhile..yes I know...but all of my efforts now go into <a href="http://apollokidz.com/">ApolloKidz.com</a>. If that name doesn't ring a bell to you or you don't know what that is...go play in on-coming traffic...seriously...get a Santa Claus suit and go to the Running Of The Bulls. <a href="http://apollokidz.com/">ApolloKidz</a> is the movement of all movements...so get on-board.<br />
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I had to divulge back to my blog to post these two videos though because they both came to me today via <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/younglit11">John Little</a> and <a href="http://dimemag.com/2011/02/chris-bosh-with-a-flop-that-would-make-vlade-divac-proud/">Dime Magazine</a> and anyone that knows me knows how I feel about flopping. These just take it to the extreme<br />
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First we have Chris Bosh, who is not known for his "masculinity" or "toughness" but rather his "finesse" and "touch"...not saying he's not a good player, or even that I'm not a fan...but big boys don't flop like this...smh<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" </div><div style="text-align: right;">follow your boy on Twitter at @blackhercules21</div></div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-2050108310889995532011-01-17T15:43:00.001+01:002011-01-17T15:50:12.613+01:00EuroCup Final 16 Preview<span class="FieldValue contentFieldValue">Tomorrow we begin the Top 16 of the EuroCup. The first round was a good one for the boys in Purple. </span><br />
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</div><span class="FieldValue contentFieldValue">...we had an opportunity to play against Tony Parker's team in France and one of the best young teams in Europe out in Serbia. The next round is no different, except for the fact I'll be going up against a good friend in Bryant Dunston (former ESPN NIT All Star Teammates) and Aris Baskets. This round will definitely be tougher than the last but we're patiently awaiting the challenge...</span><br />
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But just as I was accomplishing one of the greatest feats of my basketball career, in beating a future NBA Hall of Famer, it seems that another kid from that little block in the BX is doing her thing as well. I just saw a trailer for a film coming out called <u><i><b>For Flow</b></i></u> and there she is...Cherrye Davis...doing it big. She was also an NYU alum (just throwing that out there) who let everyone know from Day 1 (of those Christmas Sing-A-Longs) that she was going to be a star. Check my girl out in the trailer for her short film debut...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"tryna build a team? I'm the playa ya need, heart like Willis Reed, top thief and scorer in the league"</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-44142217998074811422010-11-19T12:13:00.000+01:002010-11-19T12:13:12.152+01:00EuroCup Game 1 Recap: Rough Week For Tony ParkerAbout every 30 seconds during our game in Lyon, France last week a digital banner would pop up saying "Tony Parker" with some French word in front of it. I later learned that the word was "owner", as he is part owner of <a href="http://www.eurobasket.com/team.asp?Cntry=FRA&Team=340">the ASVEL basketball club</a>. Back in February '09 it was reported that in the hard economic times, it's never too early to begin thinking about your retirement. As the then 26yr old proved by buying himself "a nice little retirement package: a French basketball team. In an interview aired on France's Infosport cable network, Parker <span style="font-weight: bold;">announced his purchase of the second largest share of ASVEL</span>, France's most titled professional basketball team, and he will, he says, begin <span style="font-weight: bold;">serving immediately as the club's Director of Operation</span>."<br />
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Now my only hope is that us beating ASVEL last week, them firing their coach, and Tony Parker getting divorced wasn't all contingent on each other. Because I heard that Tony was sending scandalous text messages to, former teammate, Brent Barry's wife and Eva found out. To pay for the lawsuit Parker took money from the team budget, in turn the players were upset...weren't winning games and then Coach gets fired. But here at <b><u><i>my "real life" can wait</i></u></b> we (meaning I, since I'm the only one writing here) don't like to slander the truth nor start rumors...so until reports come out confirming why they lost to us...why they fired the coach and why Tony Parker is divorcing that beautiful wife of his I will not delve any further into these topics.<br />
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Here are some sights and sounds from our trip to France's second largest city. Lyon is a city known for silk weaving and housing the headquarters for EuroNews, International Cancer Research and Interpol.<br />
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Now I've had my fair share of Red Bull and Vodka's and Jägerbombs but this stuff just seems a little bit over the top. The New York Daily News reported that it's the equivalent to having three beers and three cups of coffee (I've also heard 5beers/1coffee or 3beers/1energydrink/1coffee...but you get the point). And in that same article they claimed that the drink grew popular after a story about a Bronx gang that "forced a victim to guzzle 10 cans before beating him mercilessly in what was described as a gay bias attack." If beating someone mercilessly wasn't bad enough...forcing them to drink something comparable to 30 beers and 30 cups of coffee is as f*cked up as f*cked up gets.<br />
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Needless to say, New York, along with Michigan, Washington, Oklahoma and Utah have stopped allowing the drink to be bought and sold. And collegehumor has run a "Honest Four Loko Commercial" to help the claims of those states<br />
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Now I consider myself an experienced drinker...four years of hanging out with Matt Basford, Mike DeCorso, Dan Falcon and Chael Clark at NYU will do that to anyone...and it was a great feeling knowing that I reached my alcohol limit on three Olde English 40's and that the $20 bill I took out the ATM had enough change to get me a late night slice of Ben's Pizza (or five). So at $3 a pop for these Four Lokos...I can definitely understand the appeal...especially when that caffiene doesn't make you an "oh my god I need to lay down" drunk...but rather a "YOOOO I'M READY TO GO, WHO WANT'S ANOTHER SHOT" drunk. Things can get ugly.<br />
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INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.<br />
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Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture. "Influencers" belongs to the new generation of short films, webdocs, which combine the documentary style and the online experience.<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-23303391172026630852010-11-10T19:51:00.000+01:002010-11-10T19:51:52.987+01:00Allen Iverson Can't Get A RunAlthough <a href="http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nba_tv/2010/11/08/20101108_iverson_news.nba/">he received a warm welcome in Turkey</a>, even after arriving late, this video was brought to my attention on ** <a href="http://apollokidz.com/">apollokidz.com </a>** and I just felt like it needed to be shared.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tyrone Hill is allowed to look the way he looks in public...and AI can't get a run? </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I like MySpace better than Twitter, they tryna swallow us</div><div style="text-align: center;">put the finger on us, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano us, let the jails borrow us</div><div style="text-align: center;">on MySpace you had friends but on Twitter you got followers</div><div style="text-align: center;">everybody following each other like the D's</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you ask me it's sick like a disease, retweeting what they read</div><div style="text-align: center;">where I come from if somebody follow you, you better turn around and squeeze</div><div style="text-align: center;">threatening each other on Facebook...it's fake look</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you ask me if they mean it I tell you "they shook"</div><div style="text-align: center;">when the judge throw the book at you it's not a great look</div><div style="text-align: center;">throw the book in your face, you really get your face booked"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-86335661585375936642010-10-29T03:00:00.000+02:002010-10-29T03:00:33.686+02:00My President Is Black<div style="text-align: center;"> **as seen on Apollo Kidz**</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-6272413911979907312010-10-14T13:00:00.000+02:002010-10-14T13:00:19.905+02:00Only In Germany<div style="text-align: center;">**as seen on ApolloKidz.com** </div><br />
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/09/google-and-tu-braunschweig-independently-develop-self-driving-ca/">Who needs safety drivers</a>? Not Germany's Freie University, that's for sure, which has just demonstrated a self-driving taxi to rival <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/09/google-and-tu-braunschweig-independently-develop-self-driving-ca/">Google's efforts</a> without a soul at the wheel. This laser, radar and sensor-equipped VW Passat, dubbed "Made in Germany," has a companion iPad app from <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/14/appirions-idriver-app-lets-iphone-control-minivan-video/">Appirion</a>to do all the hard work, too -- you just start the program, punch in coordinates and wait for the car to extract itself from a nearby parking lot and pick you up from school<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-82844785884360898062010-10-12T00:58:00.001+02:002010-10-12T01:03:32.767+02:00Apollo Kidz With a Z...So some of you know and some of you don't but it's about time you got familiar with <a href="http://apollokidz.com/">http://apollokidz.com/</a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-2885875250849472802010-10-02T21:19:00.000+02:002010-10-02T21:19:41.065+02:00Meet The Team 2010With the first game less than 24 hours away I suddenly realized that you all haven't <i>met the team</i>. I didn't have enough time to get as descriptive as last year but I think it'll be okay because some of the faces should be familiar.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">The Captain John Little #11...</span></i><br />
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</span></b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Mike Scott #4 Kent State University aka "Slim"</span></b></u><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Besides having a freakishly long wingspan the dude is quick and has hops. Making him the favorite for putting opponents on a poster this season. When he takes off it's a good idea to go the other way because it's normally going to end up bad for the defense. Also as far as locker room guys go...he's top notch...so Meet Mike... </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Mike Scott at Kent State</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGv0mKxjSsWdimrDV4yOSwkilsum0rWFhlyRVjnQKjW6ux1udK0KGSH5bilzVSrl8AHc5rPYPonxLs2_v5NdmFJoI7NqOQAksV5advX8VhqBPhhMvskq_1zrDwi6zHiutDgVIoDo5LENU/s1600/NCAA+Basketball+Tournament+Omaha+First+Round+6fMRrbqtGyll.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGv0mKxjSsWdimrDV4yOSwkilsum0rWFhlyRVjnQKjW6ux1udK0KGSH5bilzVSrl8AHc5rPYPonxLs2_v5NdmFJoI7NqOQAksV5advX8VhqBPhhMvskq_1zrDwi6zHiutDgVIoDo5LENU/s320/NCAA+Basketball+Tournament+Omaha+First+Round+6fMRrbqtGyll.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Slim against Bamberg</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-Aa4c5UIYmhzqexery04asfSpLafom66Bk6_kQyH5FYLjvqdIIuOx6BUdHt_IH2qijb-KGBUnphSZxvZnz4ImdCH18PVUdyCkemJzW1o0DWDOfuzdgUyYPtoyqi2d4ltyaqvVvg9aHs/s1600/big_1844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-Aa4c5UIYmhzqexery04asfSpLafom66Bk6_kQyH5FYLjvqdIIuOx6BUdHt_IH2qijb-KGBUnphSZxvZnz4ImdCH18PVUdyCkemJzW1o0DWDOfuzdgUyYPtoyqi2d4ltyaqvVvg9aHs/s400/big_1844.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here he is after his recent visit to India to study the Yoga Based Fighting Style (Dhalsim)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jDzXLD5FdS2NEuulUT0vkXqw46F7pij1PT3458nQReBr7p4XcvyguKNOhBlZypdsp3S-40k7wCaZprpjBeJEEphnjJWmDf6k_5X47ZwdkzcNAdNZONvq1jXEWpgd5MyHcfWqfdnyxuk/s1600/dhalsim_big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jDzXLD5FdS2NEuulUT0vkXqw46F7pij1PT3458nQReBr7p4XcvyguKNOhBlZypdsp3S-40k7wCaZprpjBeJEEphnjJWmDf6k_5X47ZwdkzcNAdNZONvq1jXEWpgd5MyHcfWqfdnyxuk/s320/dhalsim_big.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Trenton Meacham #7 Illinois University aka "Trent"</span></u></b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Your All-American Good Boy. If BG Gottingen was an American High School drama based in the suburbs he'd be the Pretty Boy Quarterback. And with Kulawick on the team that's not an easy thing to accomplish. But as "clean cut" and "on the straight as narrow" as Trent may come off as...my favorite thing about this dude is that he's not afraid to get down and dirty on that basketball court...as a teammate you cannot ask for more. So Meet Trent...</div><br />
This is Meacham in college<br />
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This is Trent during the preseason<br />
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And here he is working on his post-basketball TV/Music career (Peter Andre)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvSLZ6oK9n7hJYxLBxMXFFPst3hrwYVF7Lyy3PNmuInUdj_cLPL-yEhFTomBlOGqY4sJztVweGT7U1QVb7YVcGROfSWbVQcLx4v6fUeBcKme4hAnuuV5Fqy0dnurYSshWbO5JZsFC0JA/s1600/peter-andre.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvSLZ6oK9n7hJYxLBxMXFFPst3hrwYVF7Lyy3PNmuInUdj_cLPL-yEhFTomBlOGqY4sJztVweGT7U1QVb7YVcGROfSWbVQcLx4v6fUeBcKme4hAnuuV5Fqy0dnurYSshWbO5JZsFC0JA/s320/peter-andre.jpeg" width="256" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kyle Bailey #9 Santa Clara University aka "KB"</span></b></u><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">It's gotta be more than pure coincidence that those are his initials because he is a "Knowledge Base." One of the smartest players on and off the court coupled with being one of the biggest competitors and leaders I've ever played with is a great combination. When we spoke this summer it was about coming back to this team for one reason only...To Win. So Meet Kyle...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here Is Kyle In His Villain Outfit<br />
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Here Is KB In His Superhero Outfit<br />
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And Here Is KB after Addi's Strength Program (Vin Diesel)<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of acronyms AWAL can stand for 1 of 2 things...Absent Without Authorized Leave which is what he makes opposing defenses. Honestly this guy can score on anyone...even those who pride themselves on defense. It can also stand for Around the World in A Lifetime which is what he will be able to say one day. It always helps having a guy who is a little older and who has played "here" "there" and "everywhere in between." So Meet Adam...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's Adam reppin' FSU<br />
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This is AWAL reppin' BGö<br />
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And here is a preview of post-bball Adam when he becomes American again (Hacksaw Jim Duggan)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Louis Dale #12 Cornell University aka "Lou"</u></b></span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Lou reminds me a lot of myself...minus the NFL Tight End body frame. Educated, witty and horrible with ladies, I've had the chance to room with him on every road trip so far and feel like I have lucked out. Except for that one time I walked in to him singing and dancing to Usher...that was a little awkward. So Meet Lou...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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And here he is in his High School Yearbook Senior Picture (Steve Urkel)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Christoph Tetzner #13 Tip-In aka "Tetz"</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Tetz is your typical Berlin Bad Ass...I had the chance to play with a few of them during my days in Bernau and although Jan and Kula think they are some...they aren't. It's good to have another one on the team. Plus the fact that he does Karate...shiiiiiiiit...that just adds to being a bad ass. So Meet Tetzner...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Here is Christoph...as his parents call him...before he hit puberty<br />
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Here is Tetzner reeking havoc for opponents <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(even thru 3 of em with one holding his waist he got the ball)</span><br />
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And here is Tetz pursuing his goal to be the Ultimate Bad Ass (Chuck Norris)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Jermain Raffington #25 Ehingen aka "Maine"</u></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Jermain is so Westernized I forget he's a "German." Sometimes it's the music he listens to, sometimes it's the way he dresses...or possibly the fact that he speaks better English than Rocky Trice (and Chris Oliver just because I know he's reading this) but he's one dude on or off the court I know always has my back and that's a great way to feel about a teammate. So Meet Jermain</div><br />
Here is Jermain jumping for a rebound (you gotta box out)<br />
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Here is Maine stylin' off the court<br />
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And here he is doing the Mambo Number Five (Lou Bega)<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"> Every team has a young German and he's ours. But for the guys who actually know him they'd say he's the funniest guy on the team. And sometimes I don't even think he knows it. German players can sometimes get the label of having no heart or not playing with enough heart all the time. Especially the younger ones new to the league...but I'll tell you what, Corny embodies our team philosophy that You Can't Teach Heart just as much as the most seasoned veteran...and it's because of that I know we'll be successful. So Meet Cornelius...</div><br />
Here is Cornelius wearing socks with sandals (who does that?)<br />
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Here is Adler showing that White Men Can Jump<br />
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And here he is being a GIANT humanitarian (Eli Manning)<br />
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Season is officially kicking off tomorrow and it's good to know that the guys on this team are again good quality dudes. Stay tuned to find out how the team you just met does this season. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-11789323485712659292010-08-21T07:24:00.003+02:002010-08-21T07:24:00.318+02:00Abstract City By Christoph Niemann I came across this article a while back in the New York Times and it's so fitting to the trip I'm preparing to take...back to the Deutschland. This will have to hold you over until I kick off the new season of <b>Meet The Team</b> because I'm going to spend the next few weeks getting ready to win games...until then, as always...do what you do...<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-10917052924130521042010-08-21T02:24:00.000+02:002010-08-21T02:24:36.801+02:00Are You Going To Miss Me?Dear America,<br />
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Could it work out any better that on the day where I spent 12 hours in my house doing last minute stuff (which meant frequent TV/Internet breaks) people on TV and online were talking about this new video? Some people love Drake and some people hate on Drake but for a 23 year old he's in a league all his own. I respect the work he puts out and want to know the same thing he does...<br />
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<i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/wonderful-life1989">wonderful-life1989</a>. - <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/us/channel/music">Explore more music videos.</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">...As I leave you...I just hope that you MISS ME a little when I'm gone...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-78030597821801911972010-08-20T02:41:00.001+02:002010-08-20T02:47:00.851+02:0048 Hours<div style="text-align: center;">As I count down my last 48 hours in America, I can only think about these three questions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-81966307957637106122010-08-11T22:27:00.000+02:002010-08-11T22:27:37.260+02:00My New Toy<div style="text-align: justify;">I've been going back and forth the past couple of days trying to decide whether or not I wanted this new iPad but as is normally the case with Apple (and it's not a bad thing if you are a "mac-person") they keep everything proprietary. So being a PC guy I've decided to take my business to Archos and get that new Tablet # 9...it's a little more condusive to what I need it for. Lightweight, portable, wi-fi, touchscreen, windows already installed etc etc etc...I'm looking forward to when it gets here and I can play with it.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;"> "Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-16738278103950812652010-08-02T20:36:00.000+02:002010-08-02T20:36:16.760+02:00Who Is Antoine Dodson?Quick Background: There was an attempted rape in Alabama and once the Internet got hold of the story...the Internet did what the Internet does...I love the Internet<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-19200409835480482162010-08-02T08:42:00.000+02:002010-08-02T08:42:34.515+02:00StuedabakerbrownWhen you are out of the country as long as I am you need to make your time as memorable as possible...that's why when I come back I like to get roles in Movies (see Just Wright) and TV Commercials (see Rajon Rondo 2on2 Tournament). I'm currently in the process of learning how to play an instrument so I can take the musical world by storm and that's why my Talk Show appearance this summer was a great transition. It was half-serious half-joking but full-fun...and it was with some friends of mine from back in the day. The group is called Stuedabakerbrown and if you haven't heard of them...GET FAMILIAR...<br />
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If you like the Gin Blossoms and/or Kings of Leon you should have their CD <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/strangers-well-become/id365664332">Strangers We'll Become ...it's available on iTunes</a>. Anyway, since the interview I've gotten the chance to catch up with my boys at a free show they put on at a NYC Best Buy.It was mainly for some exposure during their cross country tour that ends with the singing of the National Anthem at the LA Dodgers-San Diego Padres Game on August 5th...Keep Doing Your Thing Fellas...usually I'm the one getting recognized for something and so it feels nice being able to say I'm truly proud of how hard these guys worked to get where they are at...it's inspiring<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-74894315862423628442010-07-25T04:53:00.001+02:002010-07-25T04:55:57.415+02:00My First Wedding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I just attended my first wedding ever this past weekend and it made me recall this webpage I saw that explained the 8 stages of dating...this will have to do because the stories from the wedding were neither appropriate or good publicity for any of my friends who attended...haha</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">"Do What You Do" --blackhercules21</div>Black-Hercules21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855663026675513662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248269026740971273.post-62481956760153591102010-06-22T19:08:00.005+02:002010-06-22T19:16:44.389+02:00All That Carmen San Diego Paid OffSo when I was younger I used to always play Carmen Sandiego...and not to brag but I was pretty good...the problem solving part of my brain always worked better than the creative side but that was probably the last time I had to do some detective work. Picking up on non-verbal cues has never been my forte (see all past relationships) but when a problem lies in plain sight I can usually get it figured out...<br />
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So first off let me back track a tad... when I'm out in Germany (6 hours ahead of NY) and I wake up to Crooked I's (LA rapper 3 hours behind NY) late night tweets like "glad we had such a good turnout at the impromptu show tonight" I started to learn that people will really give no word to where they're going to be except on Twitter...I never paid it any mind until the European Slaughterhouse Dates online conflicted to what these dudes had on their Twitter accounts...so after that, I started to base my knowledge of where they perform on their Twitter accounts.<br />
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So now all week they were being "Shady" Royce Da 59 was out in LA with Crooked I at the Lakers Game...Joell Ortiz was getting shows in Boston canceled...and Joe Buddens was just being Joe Buddens. But I started to hear the innanets buzzing about a show in NYC...so now I'm locked in to every tweet they make because the first time I saw them perform at Rock The Bells they killed it...but it was a small stage out back (because Wu-Tang was there...some of you may remember that). Anyway all I see is Slaughterhouse x Eminem NYC June 21st...so now I'm on Eminems Twitter, NYC shows' Twitter blah blah blah and no one is giving me a solid answer.<br />
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So I go online and find out about this Road to 8 Mile rap battle...but it's at the Bowery Ballroom (200 people maximum)...he can't be doing a show there...and then I see it...Eminem writes online that the first 50 people that email emonletterman@gmail.com get to see his performance live in NYC...album dropping the same day...the whole works...so I'm like that has to be it...but I can't get tickets for Letterman...I emailed anyway though. Ended up getting on the standby list for Letterman but also copped two tickets for this RedBull Road To 8 Mile show...just incase...<br />
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So now my best friend and I drive down to New York City and catch up...it's been awhile since we kicked it and he's working full time...finally got some time off and I told him about this Lupe styled Fiasco that was going on. He has not ventured off into the Twitter world and seemed lost when I tried explaining to him that I bought tickets because of rumors...but he's the kind of guy who respects real Hip-Hop and would've been fine with just seeing the Freestyle Battles.<br />
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So (yes I'm going to start every paragraph with "so") now we're down there at this quaint quiet little ballroom that can barely hold 300 people. Any more than that is a guaranteed fire hazard, but we're there early and we're standing right down by the stage and the DJ is on stage playing a ton of NY rappers keeping the crowd entertained (unlike the Drake concert a week back) and we're having a few drinks waiting for everything to get started. Then I see <a href="http://musiklounge.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/the-alchemist2.jpg">The Alchemist</a> who is a judge later that night and I'm telling my boy that him and I used to go to the same barber back when I was in college so as he's walking by, I go "yo do you still get your haircut by Steve?" and he looked at me and said "I was just there" and from his crooked line up I figured he wasn't lying. But he was just on WorldStarHipHop with Eminem and Royce Da 59 drinking RedBulls wasn't he? We'll come back to that later..<br />
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So now the MC battle is about to begin...there are four white guys and four black guys and it just so happened, randomly of course, that in each of the first round battles a white guy was battling a black guy...now we all know black people can rap better (Vanilla Ice and Eminem cancel each other out) but of the four rappers that advanced...3 were black...and I'm just saying that to say that the judges were wrong...the one white guy that advanced shouldn't have and the two that didn't should have (the other guy got cooked pretty bad). Now I'm internalizing this like Eminem in 8 Mile...because rumors have it that he's showing up tonight...Bunny Rabbit...gotta beat the 3 black guys to advance...it's working out perfect...that was until round two where he choked and got booed off the stage.<br />
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So now we're waiting for the Final round and Bun-B rolls thru, Royce Da 59 is kicking it with the judges and I see Joell Ortiz walk in. I immediately shout YAOWA (ya'll actually one world away) which is his individual little ad-lib catchphrase and he immediately looked up and dapped me up...so now Royce and Joell are in the building...Joe BuddenEminem but I would have been FINE with just them...Finals are over...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEoD-eNcVqY&feature=related">DNA</a> wins over the crowd with a shoutout to the judges (something about my homies just blaze...) and then finished with a shoutout to the XM radio station (like Shade 45 I'm Dead Sirius...then something about being over for this Maxi Pad...Period) and with that...DNA took the title<br />
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So we're waiting for the DJ to make an announcement after the finals because now all four members of Slaughterhouse are present and accounted for. They finally come out one by one and kill their song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NIcdOIuz-8">Sound Off</a>...they then pay a tribute to Hip Hop with their song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXbYD5cf3ok">Woodstock Hood Hop</a>...have us all hold our one's up in the air and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sQ3K5GjsSs&feature=fvw">The One</a> and finally finish with my favorite Slaughterhouse song... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwzdY6uvUw0&feature=channel">Microphone</a><br />
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So...I'm all set...my favorite Hip Hop group did 2 of my favorite songs and I got to see a very good rap battle all for $20 (4 Jim Beam & Cokes cost more than two tickets)...then Slaughterhouse exits stage left and no one moves...the "Shady" chant starts and the DJ walks off the stage...hmmmm??? Come to find out the Alchemist is going to be on the 1's and 2's for this "special performance." If it wasn't obvious before it just became clear to everyone there that Eminem was going to be performing. But we were nervous all night because we were hearing that he was on a rooftop performing Renegade with Jay-Z and I know he was supposed to be on Letterman tonight...but who the hell else could upstage Slaughterhouse at this concert???<br />
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So I'm getting the vibe all night...especially looking at the crowd that most people weren't there to see the rap battle...you could just get that sense...they were there because of the fact that Eminem was rumored to show...so all of a sudden the Over beat by Drake comes on and people are looking around like...wtf??? Is Drake here? No way, he was just in <a href="http://dimemag.com/2010/06/drake-brings-kobe-bryant-on-stage/">LA pulling Kobe on stage wasn't he</a>? Well his concert did get shut down? Wait a minute...then this big ass black dude runs out on stage and I'm like no way is that Ving Rhames? Turned out it was Mr. Porter (from D12) and Eminem came out spitting his Despicable Freestyle<br />
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He then goes into <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=EminemAudio&annotation_id=annotation_361662&feature=iv#p/c/6/DbIydrWZKLw">On Fire</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=EminemAudio&annotation_id=annotation_361662&feature=iv#p/c/15C78C812821E6E0/0/RKz2c7elDKA">Won't Back Down</a>...I didn't expect him to give us a 10-song set for $20 so I was cool with the 3 he decided to do...he then got a little emotional thanking the fans from Day One...telling us that he wouldn't be where he was today if he didn't start out battling...gave a tribute to his boy Proof and then walked off stage...people started cheering Encore and <a href="http://blackhercules21.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-new-favorite-song.html">part of me thought that that he was going to bring Slaughterhouse out and perform Session One aka My New Favorite Song</a> with a mystery verse from Joe Budden...but that would have just been asking too much. Night was over and I went home...but definitely the highlight of my summer to date<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You probably won't hear from me again until AFTER Vegas...things are bound to get a little craaaaazy but whatever I can remember/am allowed to blog about I will...</div><br />
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