No one can doubt that this has been a great summer for superhero movies. The Avengers kicked it off with the best ensemble-cast superhero movie of all time as it assaulted box office records. The Amazing Spider-Man rebooted a movie franchise from only five years ago, but stayed truer to the comic books and removed the sour taste of Spider-Man 3 from [...]
A week later, the sting of Missouri’s 4th quarter collapse against Georgia is still there. Missouri was expected to lose, yet at Faurot Field for the first 52 minutes, it felt like the Tigers were going to upset the Bulldogs. It felt like the Tigers were going to look the nation in the eye and say “we belong here.” However, [...]
So, we’ve entered the boring period of the NBA off-season. The time after the trades and free agency have mostly ended, the Summer League is long-over, and now it’s just a wait until the season starts. So what better time to look at NBA Trades that should happen? NBA Trades that Should Happen This article is basically what the title [...]
When the NCAA dropped the hammer on Penn State a little over a week ago, it was huge. It was a heavy blow to a storied program. The Nittany Lions were fined $60 million dollars; Paterno had 112 wins vacated from 1998 – 2011, symbolically destroying his legacy. They were hit with a four year ban from bowl games, taking [...]
Earlier this week, uniform fanatic website Uni-Watch implored their readers to voice their distaste for uniform advertisements, which the NBA has approved for the 2013-14 season. The thought of advertisements gracing the jerseys of NBA superstars makes the collective at Flapship very uneasy – so here my open letter sent to Adam Silver, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of [...]
When a person mentions quidditch, they’re most likely talking about something they saw in a Harry Potter movie, read in a Harry Potter book, or the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup video game. On the other hand, they might be talking about the real life Quidditch World Cup which is being held for the sixth time this coming April. Wait, [...]
