Tag: Steve Kerr

Is it glory, pride, joy? Driven to excel, Adonis puts himself through the ringer, bloodying his body and sullying his psyche—and for what? Right after Adonis wins the heavyweight title, a Russian boxer named Viktor Drago challenges him to a fight. Viktor’s father, Ivan Drago, killed Adonis’s father, Apollo Creed—Rocky’s arch-rival in the “Rocky” movies of the 1970s and ’80s—in the ring in 1985’s “Rocky IV.” “It all feels so Shakespearean,” says a boxing commentator. Fights are about narrative-building, says Buddy Marcelle, a promoter who amps up the tension with his public appearances and media baiting. But “Creed II” is less about petty grievances than doing right by your forebears. The sounds are sharp and crunchy, the lights bright and harsh. In the crowd, a lady in glasses aims her phone at the ring to take a video. Throughout the film, he says he accepted the challenge “because it was my fight.” Later, he visits his father’s grave with his new baby daughter. And how it takes your breath away to see that transfiguration take place, the dissolution of darkness into bright light.

(CLEVELAND) — Stephen Curry and LeBron James spoke their minds last year. No matter whose team wins the NBA championship, neither superstar will be at the White House anytime soon. On the day when the Philadelphia Eagles were supposed to be there to commemorate winning the Super Bowl — a visit that was canceled by President Donald Trump and had the White House accusing players who weren’t planning on attending of abandoning their fans — Curry and James were among those speaking out at the NBA Finals in support of the Eagles. “I know no matter who wins this series, no one wants the invite anyway. So it won’t be Golden State or Cleveland going.” On the eve of Game 3 of the Warriors-Cavaliers series, politics dominated the conversation. Curry raised Trump’s ire last year when he said he wouldn’t go to the White House, prompting the President to disinvite him and the champion Golden State Warriors. Trump said the Eagles’ event was called off because some of their players “disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country.” No Eagles players kneeled during the anthem last season. Many members of the U.S. Olympic Team that competed earlier this year in South Korea did not attend a White House reception. “When somebody says they don’t want to come to the White House, he disinvites them. Like guys said before me, I’m sure whoever wins this series won’t be going.”