Jerry Sloan to Resign

Utah Jazz coach, Jerry Sloan, has announced that he will retire after a total of 20 seasons as an NBA coach. Sloan's assistant coach, Phil Johnson, will also resign. Sloan, who is in the basketball hall of fame as a coach and is a former player with the Chicago Bulls and Baltimore Bullets, leaves in the middle of the season with his team on a 31-23 record and playoff run. Seems like something went wrong for a legendary coach as Sloan to leave in the middle of the season. Stay tuned.

Every Superhero Needs Their Theme Music




Wiz Khalifa has not just made a name for himself in the music industry, but now he's crossing over into professional sports with his song "Black & Yellow."

 

I'M BACK! HELLO ALL! It's been a while since I've posted on here. My apologies, “Did you miss me??? (Varnel Hill voice) A million things have occurred in sports since my last post, but some things remain the same. Cam Newton's still under the NCAA's microscope, Tiger Woods is still struggling after his wife financially raped him and Sammy Sosa is still a white man.

After getting over the heartbreak of my beloved Bears losing to the Packers in the NFC playoffs, I'm now looking forward to a competitive Superbowl matchup between Green Bay and the Pittsburgh Steelers. One thing has stood out to me amongst all the media hoopla surrounding the highly publicized game, which has nothing to do with the play of the field: the theme song for this year's big game, "Black & Yellow."

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed the NBA and NFL's use of rap artists songs for promotional use lately? I swear during the pregame show, postgame show and the actual game I heard an entire Kanye West album. Maybe the NFL just loves Kanye, like I'm sure all of us do, but hip-hop artists have emerged as the theme music for most sport events. Kanye, Jay-Z and now Wiz Khalifa have all been used as the theme music for the NFL and NBA to get the fans hype about the game they’re about to see and in the highlight reels.

This year's theme seems to the Wiz Khalifa's "Black & Yellow," especially with the emergence of his hometown team in the Superbowl. Maybe I'm the only one who had this thought, but we all know what Wiz Khalifa is about and what type of image he portrays. If not, you can watch this interview that emerging BET personality and Howard alum Jabari Johnson had with him recently and be filled in on what I'm talking about.

Wiz Khalifa's song has not just been huge on the Billboard charts, it has motivated an entire culture of Pittsburgh fans whose teams all sport the black and yellow colors (took me a while to figure the correlation out, also. Don't worry, you're not alone). Just as the '85 Bears theme became the Superbowl Shuffle and is still being referred to and mimicked on Saturday Night Live, Pittsburgh teams have their theme that will be played for decades to come. Take a bow, Wiz.

I'll be the first to admit, I'm a Wiz Khalifa fan. He's emerged overnight as a great artist who's going to be around for a while and "Black & Yellow" is a club banger that makes even the wall flowers in the club get up and dance. What's interesting though is that the super sensitive NFL, which has come down hard on people for their flaws and what might not be portrayed as a "positive image," uses an artist such as Wiz during their games.

If anything, this shows that the league is all about pleasing the viewers until somebody complains. You think the league would've cared if nobody complained about seeing Janet Jackson's....uh situation, during the halftime show a few years back? (Still drooling by the way) The league acted as if they were enraged and sentenced Janet Jackson to be stoned by a white guy named Justin Timberlake because they had viewers complaining that they were enraged. If there's no reaction from viewers, the league won't react. Similarly, when the league cracked down on Steelers linebacker James Harrison for his hard hits but were going to sell the photos of the hit for profit, it was all about money and the league did nothing until players called them out on it.

So for now, I'll enjoy the Kanye and Wiz Khalifa soundtracks playing during the highlight reels and during the games. Pretty soon I'm sure someone will be writing in and complaining that the artists songs played during games aren't "family friendly." In reaction, the league will also have to act enraged and then we'll be forced to listen to Hootie & the Blowfish again.