Saturday Night Live is entering Season 40, and there are some major changes ahead.
Tag Archive: 1SKILLZ
Sep 17 2014
NFL Week 2 2014 Observations
It was a bad week for the NFL’s public relations, a bad week for injuries, and a bad week for predictions from 1SKILLZ.
Sep 13 2014
NBA JAM: The recent popularization and notarization of the NBA and its image (2006)
From 2006: This paper will analyze the National Basketball Association and its recent urgency to pay attention to its public image. It will examine the way the media, especially the print media, helps portray the NBA and its progression in recent years. There are many interesting aspects to sports media as far as professional men’s basketball is concerned, and it is important to look at the fine lines of the situation, using statistics, opinions from the professionals and the target audiences, and various case studies. I concluded that the NBA wants the public to know that the NBA knows about its public image. However, getting deeper, I found that the NBA is more concerned about the acknowledgement of its public image than actually doing something constructive about it.
Sep 12 2014
NFL 2014 Week 2 Gameplan (Adrian Peterson version)
Taking a quick ahead to Week 2 of the 2014 NFL season, after addressing the Adrian Peterson issue.
Sep 11 2014
NFL 2014 Week 1 Observations (Ray Rice edition)
Taking a quick look back at the first week of the 2014 NFL season, after addressing the Ray Rice issue.
Sep 07 2014
NFL 2014 Week 1 Predictions
I’ll keep this short, since the big post that you all should be seeing from this site this week is the Hypothesis Report!
Sep 06 2014
The Fake News: Examining the Image of the Journalist Through Weekend Update
Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” brought a different take on the image of the journalist: one that was a satire on its head, but a criticism of news culture as a whole. This article looks at the first five seasons of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” and the image of the journalist portrayed by the SNL cast members serving as cast members from 1975 (Chevy Chase) until 1980 (Bill Murray and Jane Curtin).
Sep 04 2014
The 2014 NFL Hypothesis Report
The 2014 NFL Hypothesis Report, unofficially brought to you by Richard Sherman! Also, presenting The Units of a Super Bowl Champion.
Aug 30 2014
NBA 2014 Summer Moves: Western Conference
This article looks at the new NBA landscape for the 2014-2015 season for the Western Conference. With the draft, first wave of free agency, and a certain interconference blockbuster trade in the past, it is time to take a preliminary look at how the rosters are shaking out and whether or not the moves that teams made will have a significant difference in how those teams performed from last season.
Aug 28 2014
NBA 2014 Summer Moves: Eastern Conference
This article looks at the new NBA landscape for the 2014-2015 season for the Eastern Conference. With the draft, first wave of free agency, and a certain interconference blockbuster trade in the past, it is time to take a preliminary look at how the rosters are shaking out and whether or not the moves that teams made will have a significant difference in how those teams performed from last season.