Day: April 3, 2022

A Day to Die is a movie about a disgraced parole officer Connor Connolly who accidentally kills a member of a drug syndicate. The leader of the syndicate, Tyrone Pettis is enraged ordering the parole officer to get him $2 million within 12-hours. He calls on his old opt group led by Mason to try to get Pettis his money. Extra pressure is added with Pettis abducting Connolly’s pregnant wife as leverage. Leon, who plays Pettis, spoke in an exclusive uInterview with Erik Meers about what it was like working with actors who are also his good friends. “Working with them as a collective, but especia…

By Daniel Chavkin The veteran coach has led the programs at Butler, Xavier and Ohio State since 2000. View the original article to see embedded media. Butler’s announced Sunday it is bringing back a familiar face as the school is hiring Thad Matta to be its next coach. The hire comes days after Butler fired head coach Lavall Jordan, when Jordan’s buyout dropped significantly. “The success that Thad has achieved at every one of his programs speaks for itself,” Butler director of athletics Barry Collier said in a statement. “He is a championship-caliber coach and recruiter who brings valuable ex…

By Jason Jordan It may be the end of an era for the Blue Devils, but Coach K’s successor is already showing his recruiting prowess for next season and beyond. Nine months after Mike Krzyzewski announced his impending retirement from Duke, the post-K era has officially begun courtesy of sworn enemy North Carolina. On Sunday, the No. 8 Tar Heels knocked off No. 2 Duke 81–77 in the Final Four, ending Krzyzewski’s illustrious 42-season reign and launching Jon Scheyer’s head-coaching career, all in one fell swoop. From his sideline demeanor to his in-game adjustments, Scheyer’s differences from his…

By Ishaan Bhattacharya View the original article to see embedded media. Giannis Antetookounmpo is on a very short list of active players that can make genuine runs at being remembered as the greatest player of all time. Antetokounmpo has won basically every accolade available to him and will try to add the scoring title to that this season. However, nobody expected Giannis to have achieved everything he has already in 2013 when he was drafted #15 by the Milwaukee Bucks. Everyone knew he had high potential, but his floor was highly questioned. All those doubters were wrong, as Giannis will go i…

By Daniel Chavkin One of the biggest games in the history of this rivalry is sure to draw plenty of eyes. View the original article to see embedded media. Duke and North Carolina are about to meet for the first time ever in the men’s NCAA tournament. It could be Mike Krzyzewski’s final game, or it could be his sweetest win over the Tar Heels yet. The matchup will be broadcast primarily on TBS following the conclusion of Kansas vs. Villanova. However, TNT and TruTV will also carry the game. The time of the start of the game is currently scheduled to tip off at 8:51 p.m. ET. This year, the Final…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Behind Spike Lee and a documentary film crew, amid the curious bystanders and the assortment of unemployed pass-catchers, there was a quarterback and a coach. And Saturday afternoon, in the middle of Michigan’s annual spring football renewal, that was where everyone’s attention turned, if only for 15 minutes or so. Not just because the coach allowed it, either. He encouraged it. Championed it, even. Colin Kaepernick was in the Big House, and whether you think that’s a big deal or not — and whatever the reasons for feeling that way, politically or otherwise — that was the poi…