Watch: Play of the Week

Now I've seen a lot of mesmerizing plays in football, but this one sits at top with the best of them (definitely the top "dog" in highschool).
Not only does the Bergen Catholic (New Jersey) player hang onto the ball, but successfully hands it off to his teammate for the score while the Collegiate Academy (Washington D.C.) player repeatedly tries to rip it away.
That's what you call SKILL.

Reconnecting with the word

Can't lie, I've been loafing on my Sunday sermons since I moved back to Philadelphia. But today that hiatus finally ended.
As usual, the service at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church was exquisite, so I figured I share an article that my classmate and I wrote last year for our Community Journalism class regarding their unprecedented growth.

At Enon: Sitting on an old mat while weaving a new one

Cars are lined up bumper-to-bumper down the street. Parking attendants are turning drivers around at the entrance gate. The immense parking lot is already full. Now both sides of the street are lined with parked vehicles. More and more people arrive, and so cars circle the block looking for anywhere to park. The families who have found a spot get out of their vehicles and begin the long trek on foot. Some carry their Bible as they approach the massive building that could be mistaken for a corporate center were it not for the cross at its peak.
For more, visit Germantown Beat. 

Facial Fridays: Jeremy Evans

A rising star in the league, and boy, can he rise. Can we he get much higher!

SZG history: Tiger Woods

On this day in 1999, Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments.
Although Woods has been on a bit of a decline since his cheating scandal, there is no questioning the Herculean impact he's had on this game. His statistics are self exclamatory, and the game of golf is more relevant when he's at top of the scoreboard.  It's that simple.
It's mirthful to think that the current media can impulsively utter at times that any current player on tour has a shot at accomplishing what Woods has.
With 14 professional major golf championships (2nd to Jack Nicklaus--18), accompanied by 74 PGA tour victories (2nd to Sam Snead (82)), there is not a modicum chance that anyone on tour can fill up one-fourth of Wood's footprint to this game.
With that being said, take a look at my favorite Wood's commercial. And sorry it's not the one when he effortlessly juggles the ball for a minute.

 

Video: BO back for four more

In the end, there could be only one, and President Barack Obama was the last man standing in this presidential bout race.
Signed, sealed, delivered, BO is back for another term.
Here's POTUS' victory speech if you missed it this early morning.

The domino effect of voting

Whether it be my casual banters with colleagues at the office or hearing college students voice their outlook on voting at forums, I’m dismayed by the lack of faith citizens have in their individual vote. Rather than bore you with “do you know how many courageous people fought and died for this right” rant, I would prefer to share my first ballot experience if you're still on the fence of voting.
So if I may, please watch your step as you enter into the time machine (seat-belts please...)
Back in 2008 as a freshman at La Salle University, I was young, spontaneous and gallant. But who wasn’t? It was college, and I thought I knew it all like most of my peers. A majority of my actions weren't thoroughly thought out. I was also unaware that once I began college, I would be judged as an adult, but I eventually adjusted and my life spiraled out quite fruitful through these learning experiences. 
Nevertheless, that's just the backdrop of the story, here's the anecdote.

During the spring semester of my freshman year, I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the University Presidential Inaugural Conference (UPIC). In hindsight, I’m still flabbergasted that I was fortunate enough to report at this historic convention. From participating in question and answers with keynote figures such as General Colin L. Powell and former Vice President Al Gore to networking with an influx of prodigious college students, I'm humbled that I was involved in a once-in-a-lifetime experience so early in my life.

When I learned I was accepted to the program, I was convinced that I was attending regardless who the next president was going to be let alone who would win the Democratic election. If elected, Barack Obama would be the first black President, Hilary Clinton would be the first woman or Sen. John McCain would have been the oldest. The simple idea of this is special in itself. It was a chance to witness history, and those opportunities are rare. 

To be surrounded by a surplus of first time voters was exhilarating. It was like we were in our own exclusive fraternity, but there was no bias among membership. We all presumed that our vote could change the state of the economy, and believed that if we didn’t vote, everyone else wouldn’t. It was an involuntary onus that shadowed over every young/first-time voter around election time. It was duty that I felt must be completed. 

Call me crazy, but I conjectured that my vote was the architect behind an increase of over 3 million voters under the age of 30 compared to 2000. Yes, I understand I didn't physically lead all these individuals to the polls like Moses, but to be part of that movement was priceless.   

I never undermined my vote, and you shouldn't either.

I vividly remember my peers and I marching dauntlessly up middle Broad Street after receiving the news of that Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44^th president.

That night can never be duplicated because it was my first. I saw the happiness that resonated in each of my friend’s eyes. It was the joy of being able to be significant, and making a change.
For some odd reason, this sense of bliss dies as we get older. But as I enter my second election that I can vote, the same feelings from '08 rise.
Being part of something great is what voting means to me.
I also recall how cold it was in Washington, D.C. when President Obama was sworn in. My frosty trek during the UPIC came up a bit short because of frostbite, but what a memory I have under my belt (still wish my toes didn't give up on me). To see so many people camp out and walk millions of miles just to be part of history.
Life comes down to a few moments and this is one of them. See you at polls!

Video: NFL Week 8 Breakdown

Tune in as I break down the Eagles Falcons game and weigh in on who should win Comeback Player of the Year.

Video: Uncle Drew Part Deux

Pepsi and Uncle Drew are back at again, and this time Kyrie Irving is on the mission to reunite his former squad after receiving advice from the old-head Bill Russell.
Enter in Wes aka Kevin Love...Still believe "White Men" can't jump?

TBT: Interviews gone wrong (Video)

Although my favorite heated interview didn't make this countdown (Jim Rome and Jim Chris Everett), I'm sure this clip will amuse most of you.