Author: Karl Evers-Hillstrom

  • Stephen Curry is the NBA MVP

    Stephen Curry is the NBA MVP

    By Karl Evers-Hillstrom Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors took the NBA by storm this year with the best record in the NBA at 67-15. Curry was the best player in the NBA, leading the Warriors with unmatched levels of efficiency and focus. Many pundits and fans will argue that James Harden is the…

  • Apex 2015: A Tournament That Almost Didn’t Happen

    Apex 2015: A Tournament That Almost Didn’t Happen

    By Karl Evers-Hillstrom Apex 2015 – The Salty Suite from SUNY New Paltz on Vimeo. The best part of the tournament had to be the Salty Suite, where hundreds of avid Super Smash Bros. Melee fans watched top players play out grudge matches.   APEX 2015 was the biggest Super Smash Bros. tournament of all…

  • Odd Race, Predictable Ending for District 52

    Democrat Jo Anne Simon handily won her bid for Brooklyn’s State Assembly District 52 Tuesday with 17,293 votes, around 70 percent of the vote, according to The Associated Press.  Liberal Pete Sikora, running on the Working Families Party line, received 5,582 votes, around 22 percent of the vote. The result is unsurprising, as Sikora essentially…