RESPECT Magazine’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson offers his last minute Christmas guide for shoppers. Photo Credit: ScoopB.com

Christmas is here. If you’re anything like me, you haven’t bought a darn thing yet for family, friends and colleagues.

Well, you’re in luck, check out some of the items I’ve selected for my 2017 Holiday and Winter Brand Gift Guide.

BEVEL Trimmer

Bevel Trimmer. Photo Courtesy of Bevel

I sport a baldie proudly and I alternate between being clean shaven in my face or letting the beard grow out. The Bevel Trimmer keeps it neat for me. What’s great about it is that the Bevel Trimmer is one of the most advanced devices for trimming and shaping coarse or curly hair. It combines innovation in technology, design and cleanliness to bring you a premium grooming tool. What I like most about it is that there’s a ring around it that glows in the dark. You can grab the Bevel Trimmer at Amazon.com, Target.com and Target stores or simply visit: www.GetBevel.com/Trimmer for more info.

BEVEL Shaving System

Bevel Shave System. Photo courtesy of Bevel

I really dig Bevels’ three-step system designed to prepare, protect and repair your skin.

It’s great for travel bag on the road, keeping it sitting in your office or in your bathroom for everyday use. The kit includes Bevel’s: Safety Razor, Shave Brush, Priming Oil, Shave Cream, and Restoring Balm. Honestly, it felt like heaven and that I brought the barbershop experience home to me!

Adidas authentic hockey jerseys

Adidas authentic hockey jerseys. Photo courtesy of: Adidas Hockey

Sure you have basketball, baseball and football jerseys! But what about adding a hockey jersey to the collection!?

It’s different!

You can even get the names custom-made on the back! Check out mine! Available at Adidas stores and more, visit adidas.com/us/men-hockey for more info.

I got myself one. Waddaya think ?

#SwipeLeft ⬅️ – My first @nhl hockey jersey! #GiftedByAdidas Thank you @adidas x @adidashockey ???? #TeamAdidas ///

A post shared by ? Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson (@scoop_b) on Dec 7, 2017 at 3:04pm PST

Moore’s Marinade 

Moore’s Marinade. Photo Courtesy of Moore’s Marinade

You can’t go wrong with a good marinade, ya know!? Moore’s Marinade comes in an assortment of flavors like blue cheese buffalo, spicy habanero, orignal, asian teriyaki and many more. Grill cooking or simply making boneless chicken fingers from the house is a luxury to have.

Available at local grocery stores, visit www.mooresmarinade.com for more info.

I used it myself!

#REALmenCook Hey @moores_marinade thanks for the marinade care package! Football Sunday is surely a great day to experiment with boneless buffalo wings ??‬ #MooreFlavor x #NFLWeek4 x #BuffaloWings

A post shared by ? Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson (@scoop_b) on Oct 1, 2017 at 11:18am PDT

NBA 2K 18

NBA 2K18’s alternate cover featuring Kyrie Irving in a Boston Celtics uniform. Photo Credit: Sporting News

The NBA 2K franchise is today’s ultimate hoops game. All 30 teams, a playground series and Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving on the cover?

NBA 2K 18 is the ultimate lounge around the house game. Available at major retail stores, visit 2k.com/games/nba-2k18 for more info.

I got mine and have been rocking out since September!

Brand new season! That can only mean one thing… @nba2k. Proud of @kyrieirving! ? Thank you @2k @ronnie2k etc for the delivery! ???? #NBA2K18 #RunTheNeighborhood

A post shared by ? Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson (@scoop_b) on Sep 18, 2017 at 2:01pm PDT

Wooter’s Scoop B and Scoop B Radio Apparel

Scoop B Apparel T-Shirt. Photo Courtesy of: Wooter Apparel

Hoodies, t-shirts and more, why not rock out with my own stuff?! Yup, I launched the Scoop B and Scoop B Radio apparel line this fall with Wooter Apparel. 

Visit wootershop.com/scoop-b-radio and wootershop.com/scoop-b/ for more info.

Wooter doesn’t just make Scoop B apparel though. Wooter has outfitted Master P’s Global Mixed Gender Basketball League and created their Medusa Line as well.

Check Out Wooter Hoodies! 

Happy #BlackFriday – Make sure to shop for Scoop B apparel via @wooterapparel. ?? Click The #linkinbio ??

A post shared by ? Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson (@scoop_b) on Nov 24, 2017 at 7:29am PST

Suggested Articles:

The Next Big Showcase’s Cliff Po & DJ Tarzan Making Dreams Reality in NYC & NJ

Scoop B Radio: Turner Sports’ Steve Smith Talks Career & More

The post Scoop B’s last minute Christmas gift shopping list appeared first on RESPECT. | The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony. Photo Credit: USA Today Sports/Mark D. Smith

Ronnie Singh, known to gamers as Ronnie 2K checked in with Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson on Scoop B Radio. Press Play Below To Listen

The Oklahoma City Thunder made a splash this offseason when they traded for both Paul George and Carmelo Anthony.

Another offseason occurrence was the birth of Hoodie Melo, Anthony’s workout alter ego.  “It started with a beanie,” Anthony told reporters during the Oklahoma City Thunder’s media day last week.

“Like I was just in the gym and I didn’t have a haircut, and I was like, ‘I’m just gonna go and throw a hat on. I wanted to sweat, and I just started working back out in the summer,” he explained. “From there, it went to a hoodie and it got out, and the phenomenon started.”

The phenomenon was such a big deal that popular video game, NBA 2K released their ratings, gave Carmelo Anthony a 84 overall rating and jokingly gave Hoodie Melo a 98 overall rating.

Carmelo is rated an 84 but #HoodieMelo would become best current player in #NBA2K18. Think @TheRealJRSmith would agree… pic.twitter.com/hzijm9A7OM

— NBA 2K 2K18 (@NBA2K) August 19, 2017

What gives?

Many thought Hoodie Melo was just a summer workout thing. Not so fast! 

Not only did Melo rock a charcoal grey hoodie under his jersey during OKC media day, but on Sunday, during the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 10th annual Blue & White Scrimmage, he wore a sleeveless hoodie. 

And yes, Carmelo Anthony is scrimmaging in a sleeveless hoodie pic.twitter.com/FWUl83JAS4

— Erik Horne (@ErikHorneOK) October 1, 2017

So hoodie Melo is really a thing, huh?

“Well yeah he really is a thing,” says NBA 2K’s face and digital strategist, Ronnie Singh told me on Scoop B Radio.

Better known to gamers as Ronnie 2K, Singh breaks it down:

“He is an imaginary character in our game at this moment. Meaning they’re not exactly sure what we are going to do with him and of course, you know there are rights issues with that too. So we will see what happens, but Hoodie Melo is definitely something that is interesting to us, so we will see.”

Sep 25, 2017; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13), guard Russell Westbrook (0) and forward Carmelo Anthony (7) pose for photos with head coach Billy Donovan during the Oklahoma City Thunder Media Day at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: USATSI-363579 ORIG FILE ID: 20170925_kek_ax3_135.JPG

Time will tell whether Anthony will actually wear a hoodie in game. But the Thunder have a lot to cheer about with the acquisition of George and Anthony.The icing on the cake happened on Friday, when Russell Westbrook signed a five-year, $205 million deal with OKC, the largest contract in NBA history. Westbrook will make $569,512 per game. 

As for Anthony, the Thunder’s new starting power forward, the birth of Hoodie Melo was inspired by his motivtion for the game, particularly as he was looking to turn the page, post- Knicks. “For me, it was just about showing a different focus that I have,” he said earlier this week.

“A different motivationand just locking in to what I have to do. And locking myself into the gym, and locking myself into focusing in on my body.”

Added Anthony:

“Because I didn’t know what was going to happen. It was so much going on that was surrounding me that I just wanted to find a way that I can just focus in, and that’s when Hoodie Melo was created.”

Suggested Articles:

The Next Big Showcase’s Cliff Po & DJ Tarzan Making Dreams Reality in NYC & NJ

Scoop B Radio: Turner Sports’ Steve Smith Talks Career & More

The post NBA 2K’s Ronnie 2K On OKC’s Hoodie Melo: “Hoodie Melo is definitely something that is interesting to us” appeared first on RESPECT. | The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture.

Sports & Entertainment journalist Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson at a recent taping of Scoop B Radio at New York’s Power 105.1. Photo Credit: DJ Manny El

So you think journalism is for you? Interviews, transcribing those interviews, managing personalities, freelancing, staff writing, podcasts, breaking news, getting content aggregated…all of those terms are par for the course for today’s millennial journalist.

Although I began my career at 12 years old, hosting Nets Slammin’ Planet, the Nets’ official kids radio show with Albert King, Lynn Wilson and Nets play-by-play guy, Chris Carrino, my footing in journalism out of school was not strictly in sports.

I wrote about lifestyle stuff too!

I recently sat down with Black Enterprise Magazine’s #AskBE Facebook Live chat with Selena Hill and discussed the journey.

Black Enterprise Magazine’s Selena Hill and RESPECT Magazine’s Managing Editor and Columnist Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson. Photo Credit: Angie Vasquez

While Chatting with Hill, I talked about building strong working relationships with a-listers.  I did so with  Shaquille O’Neal, Rihanna, Carmelo Anthony and Charles Barkley during my three year run as a staff writer at The Source Magazine.

Connecting with both the Cleveland Browns’ Jabrill Peppers while he was in high school and the Boston Celtics’ Kyrie Irving when he was a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers pre-LeBron James were both beneficial.

I mentioned how working at my family store  in Harlem, Men’s Walkers taught me about business.

Freelancing at places like the Brooklyn Courier, Queens Times Ledger, SLAM Magazine, and MaxPreps were essential to my growth.

After those opportunities, I transitioned over to CBS where I hosted the hit show,  Brown & Scoop  and became a contributor at CBS Local Sports and CBS Sports Radio.

Following CBS, I found my way to RESPECT Magazine where I became a columnist and managing editor.

Lastly, just like Lavar Ball and Lonzo Ball created their own brand with Big Baller Brand, Scoop B Radio is leaving an impression in media, also.

I shared how taking partnerships and becoming a brand ambassador to brands like Cleveland-based Cleanlife Energy, Sony PlayStation, XBOX  NBA 2K, Volare France and Adidas were all musts.

Suggested Articles:

The Next Big Showcase’s Cliff Po & DJ Tarzan Making Dreams Reality in NYC & NJ

Scoop B Radio: Turner Sports’ Steve Smith Talks Career & More

The post Scoop B: A Candid Talk About Entrepreneurship, Branding, Journalism & Media/Brand Ownership appeared first on RESPECT. | The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture.

NBA 2K 18 has amened cover of game with Kyrie Irving now donning a Boston Celtics uniform. Photo Credit: 2K Sports

So the Cleveland Cavaliers struck a deal with the Boston Celtics that shipped Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 first round pick and and the Miami Heat’s 2020 second-round pick.

RESPECT Magazine’s Brandon ‘Scoop B’ Robinson joined ESPN’s Ben Troupe and B.J. Bennett “3 and Out” to break down the trade.

While that was great in the NBA world, there was one significant problem: NBA 2K18 had been promoting Kyrie Irving as the game’s cover athlete and he was donning Cavs garb.

The trade made official last night AND Irving’s new 2K18 cover got a facelift too!

Looks like 2k18’s cover problem wasn’t a problem ? pic.twitter.com/mDSALJ8jSn

— Kofeem Abdul-Jabbar (@KofieYeboah) August 31, 2017

For years, folks talked about a ‘Madden curse.’ Now it seems that a NBA 2K curse is ‘a thing’ for cover athletes too!

Why, you ask? It all started in NBA 2K14 when Irving’s former teammate LeBron James leaves the Miami Heat to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. The following year Kevin Durant graces NBA 2K15 and goes to the Golden State Warriors in 2016. Paul George lands on NBA 2K17’s cover and heads over to the Oklahoma City Thunder this summer. And then enter Irving gracing NBA 2K18!

Suggested Articles:

The Next Big Showcase’s Cliff Po & DJ Tarzan Making Dreams Reality in NYC & NJ

Scoop B Radio: Turner Sports’ Steve Smith Talks Career & More

The post Scoop B: Post Isaiah Thomas Trade, NBA 2K18 Switches Kyrie Irving’s Uniform From Cavaliers to Celtics appeared first on RESPECT. | The Photo Journal of Hip-Hop Culture.