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Was J Cole’s move from hip-hop to pro basketball a mere marketing stunt? | Basketball

The Scarborough Shooting Stars came within a single basket of winning the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) title on Sunday, losing to the Hamilton Honey Badgers by just two points after a run of 17 unanswered in the fourth quarter. Despite their heartbreaking loss, Scarborough’s season should still be considered a success – the team made it to the championship game in their first year in the league, and the high-scoring duo of Jalen Harris and Kassius Robertson are a dynamic backcourt around which to build. Harris…

inFAMOUS Second Son DLC Cole’s Legacy just showed up for free

Cole’s Legacy is free to claim As time goes on, it’s shockingly easy for DLC to get lost in the cracks, even for a series as well-known as inFAMOUS. While Sucker Punch Productions recently went on record to say that the team isn’t working on a new inFAMOUS (or Sly Cooper) game right now, there is a bit of news: some DLC for inFAMOUS Second Son popped up on the PlayStation Store. If you were browsing the storefront today to see what’s new, this “July 20” release would’ve been a head-turner — but the DLC in question,…

J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival Generates Millions in Direct Economic Impact

More than $6 million in direct economic impact was generated with the 2022 edition of J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival in Raleigh.In a press release shared Tuesday, it was revealed that this year’s fest—held across two days in April at Dorothea Dix Park—resulted in a combined attendance count of 80,000. The economic impact figure, meanwhile, is said to represent a “conservative estimate” comprised of tourism-related impact alone. The 2022 festival generated $6.7 million in direct economic impact within Wake County, per…

The debut of Jack Cole’s Midnight in Smash Comics #18, Up for Auction

| Quality Comics was reportedly reluctant to publish a comic book version of The Spirit at first because the character was creator-owned by Will Eisner. If something happened to Eisner during WWII, the thinking apparently went, the character could not be continued by someone else. Jack Cole, best remembered for his creation of Plastic Man, was directed by Quality Comics publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold to create a similar character. The result was Midnight, a masked detective that made his first appearance in Smash…

Inside J. Cole’s Scarborough Shooting Stars Debut Game

It didn’t take J. Cole long to elicit a thunderous applause in his debut game for the Scarborough Shooting Stars on Thursday night.The Grammy-winning American rapper drew one of the loudest pops of the evening when he checked into the matchup with about five minutes left in the first quarter. “Entering the game… number 15, Jermaine Cole,” declared the arena announcer to a great swell of cheers.In fact, there were roaring ovations for just about everything Cole did, from hitting the court for pre-game warm-ups—phone…