Paul Knepper

Dinner at Clyde’s

What better way is there to celebrate your birthday than with family and Walt “Clyde” Frazier at Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine?

Chris Bosh has been called overrated. He’s been labeled soft. He’s been treated like a third wheel to LeBron James and Dwyane Wade’s high-flying show. Critics even argued that the Heat were better off without him after he missed most of the second and third rounds of the playoffs with an oblique injury. But throughContinue reading “Hello Chris Bosh”

Not Even a Ring

It came as no surprise when the Knicks officially removed the interim tag from head coach Mike Woodson’s title. The players responded to Woodson, finishing the season with an 18-6 record after he replaced the departed Mike D’Antoni, and his stars, most notably Carmelo Anthony, publicly backed him after the Knicks first-round playoff exit. Curiously,Continue reading “Not Even a Ring”

Waiting For Lauryn

I know this is a sports blog, but the beauty of having your own blog is that you can branch out to other subjects every now and then. With all due respect to MC Lyte, Salt N Peppa and Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill is the greatest female rapper of all-time. She spit rhymes with a passionContinue reading “Waiting For Lauryn”

Wining and Dining With Clyde

You won’t read too many restaurant reviews here at Through the Clydescope, but when the blog’s namesake Walt “Clyde” Frazier opens up his own eatery/sports bar, I feel the need to weigh in. Clyde Frazier’s Wine and Dine, a joint collaboration between Frazier and Michael Weinstein of Ark Restaurants opened two months ago on the westContinue reading “Wining and Dining With Clyde”

Jay-Z and the Branding of the Brooklyn Nets

Monday morning the Nets officially became the Brooklyn Nets, ending their 35-year tenure in New Jersey. The team celebrated the occasion by unveiling its new logos (there are two) at an event attended by center Brook Lopez, near their new arena, the Barclays Center, in downtown Brooklyn. The logos and new colors ( black and white) were designed by hip-hop mogul and part-owner ofContinue reading “Jay-Z and the Branding of the Brooklyn Nets”

NBA Playoff Preview

Through the Clydescope is proud to present a very talented young writer, Lucas Lovekin, from Mr. Portnoy’s fifth grade class at PS 217 in Brooklyn, New York. Read below to find out his predictions for the NBA playoffs, which begin this afternoon. Ahh! It’s playoff time! The best time of the year. This year, theContinue reading “NBA Playoff Preview”

The Most Over-Hyped Day in Sports

It’s that time of year again, the holiest of holy days for hardcore football fans, the first day of the NFL Draft. Millions of fanatics around the country have spent the past few weeks reading mock drafts, blog posts and articles in an attempt to figure out which players their team should and will select. Tonight they’ll don their jerseysContinue reading “The Most Over-Hyped Day in Sports”

Ten Funniest Sports Comedy Routines

As sports fans, we tend to take the games very seriously, investing a great deal of emotional in the wins and losses of our favorite players and teams. Occasionally, it’s nice to step away from the action and look at how silly these games really are. For decades, comedians have used athletic competition as fodder for their stand-up acts.Continue reading “Ten Funniest Sports Comedy Routines”

Brooklyn vs. Kate

Today is model turned actor Brooklyn Decker’s 25th birthday. The blonde bombshell is best-known for gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated’s 2010 Swimsuit Issue. Like Brooklyn, this year’s covergirl Kate Upton is one of the sexiest models to appear in SI in recent memory, which raises the question: Who’s hotter, Brooklyn or Kate? Tale of the Tape Brooklyn Continue reading “Brooklyn vs. Kate”