Chris Parker
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Bob Mould Showcases Catalog, Ejects Right Wing Heckler at Tour Opener
Bob Mould kicked off a solo tour in Fall River, Mass. with a set that drew from across his four-decade career. He also threw out a heckler. → Read More
Album Review: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real’s ‘Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)’
The best way to define one’s self — particularly laboring beneath a shadow as large as the Red Headed Stranger’s — is simply to go out and do. That’s been Lukas Nelson’s plan for the last decade, c… → Read More
NBA Finals: Obama Upstages Drake in Rapper’s Hometown –
Drake doesn’t often get upstaged, particularly in his hometown, but it's not often that a former U.S. President attends an NBA Finals game. → Read More
How Drake Helped the Toronto Raptors Make the NBA Finals
Drake's very own basketball diaries: how the rapper helped the Toronto Raptors reach the NBA finals. → Read More
Russell Westbrook Honors Nipsey Hussle With Rare 20-20-20 Game
Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook honored late rapper Nipsey Hussle, recording a rare 20 point, 20 rebound, 20 assist game. → Read More
Economist Alan Krueger Leaves Behind ‘Rockonomics,’ Connecting Music/Money Dots
Alan Krueger, a former White House chief economic advisor, wrote his final book, "Rockonomics" (due out June 4), about the music industry. → Read More
ESPN’s ‘Basketball: A Love Story’ Is Rhapsody in Hoops –
ESPN’s 20-hour, six-week documentary "Basketball: A Love Story" is comprised of 62 vignettes, 165 interviews and features more 100 songs. → Read More
Cavs Unleash Pent-up Offense, Spoil Warriors' Perfection with Record Barrage
Every journey begins with that modest first step, and the Cavaliers finally took theirs. Like any artist, they want to top their last effort, so you’ll excuse them for seeking a larger challenge than trailing 3-1 to a 73-win team. → Read More
Cavs Lose Focus for Four Minutes and Warriors Bury Them
We romanticize our youth because there’s no better time in life than when you didn’t know any better. Similarly, when you live the dream for long enough, you don’t believe you’ll ever wake up. → Read More
Cavs Experience Painful Déjà Vu In Lackluster Game One
Like a careless and unwanted houseguest, Bad Habits returned from a long vacation and settled in, dooming the Cavaliers in the first game of the NBA Finals. Perhaps it was the week-long break or the visiting arena. → Read More
It’s On: Cavs Vaporize Celtics, Eye Warriors Three-match
It promises to rival the Ali/Frazier's famous third rubber match, The Thrilla in Manila, yet Cavaliers-Warriors III is the culmination of arguably the most anti-climatic... → Read More
Role Reversal: Kyrie Crushes Celtic Spirit While LeBron Closes It Out
From the second half Sunday through the first half Tuesday, Cavaliers fans were treated to a horrific spectacle akin to watching Superman slowed and eventually... → Read More
Cavs Stumble Over Lucky Clover, Fall to Celtics
Well wasn’t that a fine bit of Vorhersagbar-Scheibewurst! German linguists have been working through the night with members of the Cavaliers PR department to coin a term for when the wildly unexpected happens in a perfectly predictable way. → Read More
Crimson & Clover: Cavs Clobber Celtics and Take Their Lucky Charms
The Celtics encountered an uncomfortable truth last night: One team in the league has the greatest of all-time, he’s mission-bound and in no mood to mess around. Sucks to be a Celtics fan, first pick and all, because LeBron James is not available in next month’s draft, and the King is even less anxious than Lear to pass on the crown. → Read More
Cavaliers Make Dino Heel and Ask, "Who's next?"
Two fellows are enjoying a tankard of ale in 16th century Rome, complaining about their arranged marriages and the plague of carriage travel when talk inevitably turns to Michelangelo. “Eh, I never thought much of him,” says the first fellow. → Read More
Breaking Down Cavs Beatdown of Raptors
It’s not true that history repeats but it certainly stutters, and at the moment its syllabic stopping point in James. LeBron James. Not shaken. Unstirred.... → Read More
Cavs Survive More Last Stanza Thrill-Seeking to Dispatch Pacers
If the Cavaliers were the proverbial gift horse, they would have some kind of intestinal distress that killed all grass and low-flying insects in a five-foot radius. Yet they’d be as smart as Affirmed and as fast as Seattle Slew – at least until the last quarter mile where they lollygag by the rail, ramping up excitement before beating their opponent in a near photo-finish. → Read More
Cavs Struggle To Break Bad Habits, Pacers' Will
The footlights came up at the NBA Playoffs and Cleveland did its act, but it didn’t slay. The Cavs ran through their best material and it scored to design, but the Cavalier defensive nonchalance showed up as well like nose hair-wilting halitosis. → Read More
Cavs Aren’t Afraid of No Celts!
Playing their third game in four nights, the Cavaliers stole the Celtics’ Lucky Charms, fitted the leprechaun for cement loafers, and salted the Boston Garden... → Read More
Who Are These Cavs and What Have They Done With My World Champs?
The truth, it’s said, is something that trickles out a little at first and then comes flooding forth all at once. Fans’ acceptance of the Cavaliers’ flaws has followed a similar trajectory, through denial and anger at the product on the floor, and finally the past few weeks, bargaining: “They’ll turn it on when the playoffs come around.” Unfortunately that nostrum’s accurate as “an apple a day. → Read More