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Take/Off | Wednesday, August 29 | Mayweather Wins, the Kyrie Trade, CFB Back,...
Join No Coast Bias writers Brian Hall and Alex Schubauer as they discuss and debate four of the most important sports and pop culture takes from the last week. Be sure to share your thoughts with them...
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The Bachelor: An indefinite list of suitors better than Arie Van Luyendyk
If you haven’t heard The Bachelor announcement by now — and aren’t thoroughly disappointed by it — you must be living under a rock. (His name is Arie Van Luyendyk Jr., and he was the runner-up on Emily...
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If Star Wars Had a Different Director
On Tuesday, Lucasfilm and Star Wars announced that J.J. Abrams will write and direct Star Wars: Episode IX, the final chapter of the current Star Wars trilogy. Abrams co-wrote and directed the first...
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An Appreciation of Action Bronson: The Ultimate Multi-Hyphenate
Normally when someone in show business is called a multi-hyphenate, it means an actor has written and directed a passion project movie that nobody really wants to see and the actor is cool with that...
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Boy Band Round Table
America loves its boy bands. We love the music, sure, but we also love everything else: the group chemistry, the dancing, the personality types (“Harry’s the cute one”) and, of course, the inevitable...
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NCB’s 2017 Fantasy Boy Band Draft
America loves its boy bands. We love the music, sure, but we also love everything else: the group chemistry, the dancing, the personality types (“Harry’s the cute one”) and, of course, the inevitable...
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Top 10 Greatest Boy Bands
America loves its boy bands. We love the music, sure, but we also love everything else: the group chemistry, the dancing, the personality types (“Harry’s the cute one”) and, of course, the inevitable...
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A definitive ranking of the Backstreet Boys singles
The Backstreet Boys self-titled debut album turns 20 this year leaving ‘90s kids, like myself, feeling quite old. The album debuted in the United States in August 1997. Initially it hit No. 29 on the...
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The 9 Tom Petty Songs Everyone Should Hear
On Monday, we lost a legend. Tom Petty, the southern gentleman and Rock & Roll Hall-of-Fame inductee, passed away from cardiac arrest at the age of 66. Certainly, he is gone much too soon. Before I...
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The No Coast Bias Tolkien Fantasy Draft
Last week, one of my good friends and fellow Tolkien lover (although I will admit, his obsession far exceeds mine) came to me with an idea: a fantasy draft of characters from the J.R.R. Tolkien...
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5 WTF! Things About ‘Bloodsport’
I have absolutely no reason to write about the movie Bloodsport other than the fact I like it and I enjoy writing about things that I like. The tl;dr plot of the movie is this: Jean-Claude Van Damme...
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Here’s a List of Things 90s Hip-Hop Videos Taught Me About Life
I don’t care what Vince Staples says, 90s hip-hop is life. I moved to the U.S. from Japan in 1992 and didn’t know much about rap music or hip-hop culture outside of MC Hammer. You can laugh all you...
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Welcome to Social Media Week
Ever since the launch of Facebook in 2004 and Twitter just two years later, nothing has ever been the same. Through social media we’ve been able to connect with old and new friends alike, share our...
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The Definitive List of Must Follows
Ever since the launch of Facebook in 2004 and Twitter just two years later, nothing has ever been the same. Through social media we’ve been able to connect with old and new friends alike, share our...
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What Makes a Good Motivational Song?
We all do it. Whenever we are in dire need of a pick me up, we turn to music. But not just any type of music. We turn to those songs that have that certain something. But what exactly is that...
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And Other Things: Thomas Bourne on Twitch, Extra Life Charity & Movies
Join Dan Soden as he discusses Twitch, The Extra Life charity, movies and music with guest Thomas Bourne on this week’s And Other Things. As discussed on the podcast Thomas will be participating in the...
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Pitching Ideas for Stranger Things 3
When you have a show as mysterious and highly-anticipated as Stranger Things, it’s never too early to start wildly speculating about the next season. Now, I realize Stranger Things 2 was only released...
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Frank’s Takes |“Thor: Ragnarok”– Movie Review
Thor: Ragnarok is directed by Taika Waititi and is the third Thor film in the ever expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). After having visions of his world in dire straits, Thor returns home only...
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Why the Justice League Movie Will (Probably) Suck
*Spoilers for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice* The new movie Justice League is coming out soon, and… well, it’s not looking like an Oscar-winner to say the least. Putting Batman, Wonder Woman,...
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8 Questions about ‘Stranger Things 2’
It’s been almost two weeks since the Hawkins gang came back into our lives and we at NCB still can’t stop talking about the show. We know every publication under the sun has recapped the show by now....
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