MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 14: Marcos Rojo of Manchester United in action during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Queens Park Rangers at Old Trafford on September 14, 2014 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images)

Hey, did you know that Ray Allen can’t come to Rajon Rondo’s party?

Did you also know that Canyon Barry shoots underhanded free throws just like his father, Rick Barry?

Forget an ALS ice bucket challenge! Post Triple G’s fight at MSG, the Chicago Bulls’ Robin Lopez and the Toronto Raptors’ Serge Ibaka had a haymaker challenge in the 6!

You know what all of the above mentions mean, right?

Yup, they’re all part of the DJ Manny El produced Scoop’s Top Plays!

Pull up a chair, crank up the volume and enjoy ya’ll!

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Michigan is making noise in the NCAA tournament. It may give you some nostalgia to the early 90s, it might not. But be clear, that team was special and they were trendsetters!The Fab Five included Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson, Jimmy King and Jalen Rose.

That Wolverines team introduced the world to looking good on the court while also playing even better. Remeber the long shorts, the Nike Huarache sneakers and the self-expression that transcended race, creed, gender and socio-economic status.

Check out Jalen Rose appearing on Scoop B Radio Discussing The Fab 5

Many basketball purists were critical, and even downright nasty toward their early following.

“We looked different, we sounded different, we were a lot more brash,” Rose told me on Scoop B Radio. “When we became mainstream, people didn’t know that we weren’t malicious, we weren’t mean, we were just different. We were just loud! We were giving you guys something that you hadn’t seen before. So I used to take it personal because I had to fight that off for years.”

Jalen and his teammates were trendsetters. How so? It didn’t exactly Rose as strange that people were naming their children after him. But it did flatter him.

“Jalen is a universal name. If it was the most popular in 1992, there’s no surprise when you’re watching college basketball or football each weekend, there’s a variation of a Jalen on every team,” he laughed. “That’s the most humbling thing anybody can do is name their kid after you.”

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The Knicks’ 90s glory days are long-gone. The club has just three winning seasons in the past 16 years. At 27-42, the Knicks stand at 12th in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. After the loss to the Nets last night at MSG, they officially clinched their fourth consecutive losing season. Man oh man, the ’90s Knicks were a team that New York City still holds in high regard and misses. John Starks, Charles Oakley, the late Anthony Mason, Doc Rivers and of course, Patrick Ewing.

Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 15 of those as a Knick before he was traded to the Seattle Supersonics for Vin Baker. Ewing finished his career averaging 21 points and a shade under 10 rebounds per game. Ewing and the Knicks had some memorable moment. Lets see, there was the time in 1990 when the Hoya Destroya scored 51 points on Kevin McHale, Kevin McHale and Larry Bird at The Garden.  ​

Hey, remember Game 5 of the ’94 Finals when he pummeled Olajuwon, scored 25 points, 12 rebounds, and eight blocks on the Olajuwon-led Rockets. There was also that 22 points, 22 rebounds and 7 assist outing in game 7 of the 1994 NBA Playoff Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers. That game sealed the deal and propelled the Knicks to the ’94 Finals against the Houston Rockets.

Simply put, Ewing was the man in N-Y-C.

Rapper, Pusha T thinks so too, apparently. Appearing on today’s episode of Scoop B Radio Overtime, the rapper who reps both NYC and Virginia to the fullest chatted about some of his all-time favorite sports uniforms. He likes the old Washington Bullets uniforms from the days of Wes Unseld. The Bullets, of course are now the Washington Wizards. The Wizards even retro’ed thos unifors a time or two when Michael Jordan made a brief cameo on that team. The team has even incorporated a similar design to their current uni’s to make it whole. Someone get Mitchell & Ness on the line! We need that Jordan Throwback.

But I digress.

The meat and potatoes of the interview with King Push was his admiration for that Knicks squad that were both hustle and muscle and the nostalgia of even Spike Lee donning the orange and blue fabric. “Definetly the Knicks, of course,” Pusha T told me.

“You gotta remember. For example, like, the Knicks, if I was messing with the Knicks, it was like there was a Ewing component to it. Or a Spike Lee Component to it. They were so culturally relevant at the time. They were champions of the team and they were like to me, cool guys! So I was like oh man, this is fresh. Anyrhing they put on was fresh. They were definetly representing the Knicks organization at that time.”

Spike Lee, like Jack Nicholson is probably the original super fan; the orginiator. His engagement with players is what stands out. Who can forget his classic duels with Reggie Miller?

The new Knicks are nothing worth watching, but the nostalgia of the old Knicks, still lives on.

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CBS’s Clark Kellogg talks March Madness on Scoop B Radio. Photo Credit: Angie Vasquez/Scoop Vision Media

The most exciting time of the year is finally here: the 2017 NCAA Tournament. Whether your favorite team has made it through selection Sunday or not, the NCAA basketball playoff season is like Christmas morning for basketball fans. And hey,  if you’re on the east coast, it may remind you of Christmas with the nor’easter that swept through the northeast corridor.

CBS Sports’ Clark Kellogg entered the Scoop B Radio Overtime  gates and shared what he’s looking forward to the most during this year’s tournament.

Apparently, it’s the underdogs: “I love watching these teams that people don’t tend to watch during the regular season,” Kellogg told me on the Scoop B Radio Podcast. Kellogg likes teams with guts like Florida Gulf Coast, East Tennessee State and UNC-Wilmington and thinks that this year like every other year will be quite a show. “I like to find those teams that have the chance to advance in the tournament,” said Kellogg.

“Well have drama, we’ll have buzzer beaters, we’ll have close games, he said.

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As if this record wasn’t already one of the illest and biggest in the last 365 days, The Don, legendary, Queens emcee, Nas, laces us with his NASTY remix to Future’s “March Madness”, and boy is it LIT. Only a bona-fide songsmith can mix real hip-hop with trap-rap and make it sound most official.  This was rather unexpected, but we are definitely not complaining.  He still sounds exceptional today, and personally, I’m here for it.

Listen below and drop your thoughts!

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Vado decided to show us how he could flip Future‘s monster hit March Madness; “Far from one dimensional”, he starts the freestyle. With Slime Flu 5  dropping very soon, be on the look out for more material from Slime Rothstein himself within the coming weeks.

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