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The Best of Coachella, Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

The High Point of the Knicks' Season Came and Went Before the Final Whistle Blew on Sunday

"The Knicks were built to beat the Miami Heat," someone said on ESPN before the start of yesterday's New York-Miami match. Yes, well that was then, earlier in the season, and this is now, as the Knicks lick their wounds and try to recover from the psychological shock of blowing a 16-point second qua ... More >>

NBA at Midseason: Can Anyone Stop the Knicks (From Completely Losing Steam)?

I love Stephen A. Smith, I really do, and it's great fun watching him play the Harlem Globetrotters to Skip Bayless's Washington Generals on ESPN's First Take. (And I really love Jay Pharoah's impression on SNL). But I'm getting a little tired of The Kobe Bryant Show. It isn't like the Lakers are o ... More >>

U.S. Olympic Basketball: Will Gold Be Turning To Lead?

Four years ago in Beijing the American basketball world very nearly got a rude shock when Spain's national team scored 107 points and trailed by just two with four minutes to play. Our eventual 119-107 victory did little to ease the minds of American fans; all we could think of was, in effect, "T ... More >>

Q&A: Dom Kennedy On The Yellow Album, Maybach Music Group Rumors, And Funkmaster Flex's Tupac Comments

Over the last few years, hip-hop artists who grew up in the hood but wanted to go beyond clichéd gangsterisms have been on the rise—Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T. Hailing from Los Angeles's Leimert Park neighborhood is Dom Kennedy, another subscriber to the school of thoug ... More >>

But Where Do They Rank In Bullfighting?

No Spaniards finished high up in the First Stage of the 2012 Tour de France - which is perhaps something of a surprise considering a Spanish rider has won four of the previous six races (that would be five of the last six, but Alberto Contrador had his 2010 title stripped when he tested positive for ... More >>

The Knicks Snap 11 Year Playoffs Losing Streak, But Lose Baron Davis--Will Lin Return?

Well, whatdoyaknow, the Knicks won game 4 on Sunday! The record-setting 13 game losing streak in the playoffs has been snapped! Sunday's showcase was, in every way, the series many fans and basketball analyst had wanted/predicted/hoped to see. We finally got to see that Carmelo Anthony/LeBron Jame ... More >>

Will The Knicks Make The Playoffs???

It was a good Sunday for the Knicks. Carmelo Anthony had his best game of the season, scoring 43 points, including two long three pointers in the final seconds of the 4th quarter and overtime--the former forced overtime, and the latter won the game. That the Knicks did it over the team with the be ... More >>

Last Thoughts On The NCAAs -- And Anthony Davis

All those great memories of the Anthony Davis-era Kentucky Wildcats...let' see, there was the 2011-2012 season and there was...well, nowadays in college basketball, one season's about it. So before the memory fades of a player so great he can score just 6 points in the championship game and still d ... More >>

East Village Church Invites People To 'Wear A Hoodie To Church' For Trayvon Martin

Following Wednesday's "Million Hoodie March" for Trayvon Martin -- the Florida 17-year-old who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in February -- one New York church is asking people to wear hoodies to service Sunday. "Come to our multiracial/multicultural community, Middle Church, on Sunda ... More >>

Cops Seek Manuel Pinero in Stabbing Outside Chelsea Nightclub

On Monday shortly after 5 a.m., 23-year-old Christopher Adames was stabbed to death on West 21st Street between 11th and 12th Avenues outside the Juliet Supperclub (which you would recognize if you watch Mob Wives). Adames was rushed to Bellevue and pronounced dead on arrival. Police have identified ... More >>

J. Cole Is Still Warming Up In Shadows On Cole World

​J. Cole stands in the intertwined shadows of two of rap's biggest figures: Jay-Z, his label boss/idol/mentor, and Drake, the LeBron James to his Darko Milicic. This is true both in terms of the long view and on Cole's debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, out today: Cole is shown up on ... More >>

The Voice: Cee Lo Wigs Out, Adam Levine Gets Inspired By Old VH1 Playlists

via Rickey​Hey, The Voice! It's still pretty good! And right now, there's pretty much nothing else on TV except for Game of Thrones! On last night's episode, Carson Daly, you'll be happy to learn, moved on from the detestable suit-with-sneakers look he was rocking last week. Unfortunately, he ... More >>

The 10 Best Original Songs From 21st Century Films

Earlier today, the National released a video for the song "Think You Can Wait," from the "quirky" Paul Giamatti film Win Win. The video is a misguided combination of film dialogue transposed over a staged performance (the YouTube comments have already begun trashing it, and Matt Berninger's voice ... More >>

Is There Crying in Basketball? On the Heat's Tears

​Is there crying in basketball? Was there, in fact, crying in the Miami Heat locker room after their 87-86 loss to the Chicago Bulls? No one would be talking about this at all if Heat coach Erik Spoelstra hadn't told reporters, "There are a couple of guys crying in the locker room." No sooner ... More >>

With Cliff Lee, Will the Phillies Rotation Be the Best Ever?

​Does the acquisition of Cliff Lee give the Philadelphia Phillies the best rotation in baseball history? That's a little premature, but you can certainly make a good argument. Right now, Roy Halliday, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels certainly look to rank with the 1954 Cleveland In ... More >>

Lil Wayne's Wild Weekend: Courtside in New Orleans, On Stage in Las Vegas, Red Carpet in Miami

Lil Wayne was released from prison last week, as you might have heard. He spent some time alone before rejoining his friends, first on Friday night in New Orleans, where he sat courtside to watch LeBron James and Dwayne Wade's Miami Heat take on his hometown Hornets. Saturday he took the stage in L ... More >>

Yankees Post Mortem: Dissecting 2010's Corpse

​No point right now in looking into the Yankees chances of getting Cliff Lee -- though offhand I'd say the odds are about the same as they were for the Knicks in landing LeBron James. There's also not much point wondering what the Yankees need to do to pull themselves together next season. The ... More >>

Stuff Crazy White People Like: 3 Ways Rightbloggers Deal (or Don't) With Race

You may have noticed the controversy over last week's Voice cover story, "White America Has Lost Its Mind" by Steven Thrasher. The story has drawn at this writing more than a thousand comments, many of them devoted to proving Thrasher's proposition by example. Among the more choice reader contribu ... More >>

Press Clips, Day 8, Lunch Edition: New York vs. The New Yorker Cage Match Edtion

Pictured: a figurative portrait of New York Observer senior editor Christian Lorentzen. ​Press Clips has returned to the roost, and we're starting the week off with great news, great media squabbles, hypocrisy, and self-awareness. In other words, your Monday Media Proctology Exam has arrived. ... More >>

With Wifey Away, Obama Hosts Ballin' BBQ White House Weekend

​When you turn 49 and run the free world, you can have whatever kind of birthday you want. For Barack Obama it lasts all week long and he's flying solo. With Michelle and the girls out of town, it's an "all-sports-all-the-time" birthday-weekend barbecue at the White House, featuring celebs and ... More >>

Nike's Five Borough Sneakers: A Review of Five Pairs of Nikes

​Nike -- the billion-dollar company who profits off people like LeBron James and child laborers and who make awesome World Cup commercials -- has released a set of sneakers called the Five Boroughs Pack, each with their own specific set of designs for each borough of New York. The Shoe Game ha ... More >>

Steve Carell & Paul Rudd Draw Chili's Supposed Ire Over LeBron James 'Decision' Spoof

There certainly isn't a shortage of corporate gimmicks these days. Less than a week after the ESPY Awards aired, including a parody of the LeBron James special, The Decision, featuring Steve Carell telling Paul Rudd his decision that he would no longer eat at Chili's, the chain has launched a full ... More >>

Live: George Clinton Rasps His Way Through Another P-Funk Spectacular At Wingate Field

Not from this show, no, but it is called "George Clinton humps an alien" George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic/The Ohio Players Wingate Field Monday, July 12 "Yes, it's me," croaks George Clinton, materializing maybe a half-hour into P-Funk's dependably rambling, bewildering, and nonetheless ... More >>

Rightbloggers Look Back in Anger at The Anti-American World Cup

"It's hard work, politicizing your whole life," read the subhed of Matt Labash's article in the rightwing Weekly Standard. At last, we thought when we saw this, they're going to own up to it! We can stop writing this accursed column -- and, freed of their delusions, conservatives can begin to live ... More >>

Nets Billboard Really Is Unnerving Knicks Brass, Reportedly

​We woke up this morning and saw the first item on eTrueSports' "Sports Shorts" and thought it was real before we realized we were being spoofed again by sports prankster supreme Frank Coffey: "This is like a belt in the Borscht," said Knicks colorful owner James Dolan in his first comments ... More >>

Sports Guy Bill Simmons Takes Swipe at Knicks Ruiner and 'Loser' James Dolan

​The list of Cablevision owner James Dolan's enemies is ever expanding: there are long-suffering, abused employees, any and all reporters, especially his own sports reporters, and extra-especially bloggers. And though the Voice -- Runnin' Scared in particular -- has had its disagreements with ... More >>

Are We Really Talking About a Fourth Bloomberg Term? Really?

​This is what's commonly referred to as tempting fate.

As Atlantic Yards Gets Pricier, How Much Red Ink Can Ratner Absorb?

​Uberdeveloper-turned-Nets-owner Bruce Ratner better have some good meds, because this is rapidly shaping up to be a month of rapid mood swings for him and his Atlantic Yards project. While Tuesday's granting of a desperately needed investment-grade rating for the Nets arena bonds must have be ... More >>

LEBRON BRINGS IT HOME?

Not if the 'Dynamic Duo' have anything to say about it

Swagger Like Who? Welcome to "Forever," Featuring Drake, Kanye, Lil Wayne, and Eminem

Well, now I guess we know why Jay-Z didn't let Drake rap on "Off That." Big event rap records--this one, self-defeatingly, is destined for the soundtrack of the LeBron James doc More Than a Game--haven't really lived up to their billing in hip-hop's email era. It's too easy for rappers to literall ... More >>

Who Killed Jay-Z's Barber?

For a song that's all about killing certain trends (auto-tune, mostly, and skinny jeans) and jumpstarting other, more presumably acceptable trends (wearing black, Versace sunglasses, etc.), what are we to make of Jay-Z's current haircut in the video for "D.O.A."? What to even call it? Is there a w ... More >>

Live: Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz at B.B. King

Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz B.B. King Blues Club March 10 Star power does funny things to your eyes. Take last night's Busta Rhymes/Ron Browz show at B.B. King, for instance. I mistook Kool Herc for Grey's Anatomy's Dr. Richard Webber--an honest mistake considering that the four elements of hip-ho ... More >>

Godfather Paulson's bailout plan: It's not personal. It's strictly business.

Jay-Z Diss Track Enlivens Bullshit NBA Playoff Feud

Controversial Game Revisits Horrors of High School

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The Season's Top Sports Games

Forget Rachel Ray! Virtual Cooking and Other Game Previews

Jump Shots, Not Crack Rock in 'Hoop Dreams'

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