Which Creed song best represents your Big Ten football team? #B1G
One of the greatest rock bands of the 90s and early 2000s has just announced their return, and before everyone gets their tickets for Creed, I thought we would do something fun here.
The Texas Rangers have just won the World Series and it has been well publicized that the main motivation for their historic run was due to the sweet and smooth vocals of Scott Stapp, and more specifically, the official anthem of 1999, Creed’s hit song, “Higher.”
The Rangers aren’t the only team to take advantage of the spiritual cheat code that is Creed. The Minnesota Vikings also utilized a gem from the “Human Clay” album in, “With Arms Wide Open,” as quarterback Kirk Cousins mentioned this song as the main reason for their victory over the Chicago Bears.
I want to find the best Creed song for every Big Ten team and with such a large, diverse, and just straight up historic catalog, it should be easy. Let’s have a little fun, shall we?
After the team took down the Arizona Diamondbacks to win the franchise’s first-ever World Series title, the Rangers decided to belt out “Higher” with each other in the locker room as they doused each other in beer to celebrate.
It was as spirited a post-World Series victory sing-a-long as you could imagine for the Rangers, completing the Creed-fueled playoff run of a lifetime. They, indeed, took their team higher.
The Texas Rangers are giving some credit to Creed for their success.
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Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins seems to have embraced the moment, particularly how the team was blaring the Creed song “Higher” in the locker room after its Monday Night Football win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Of course, Cousins wasn’t just going to talk about the team’s Creed celebration without throwing some love on the rest of the band’s catalog.
Hey, good for Cousins for mentioning the other good Creed songs. While “Higher” is the main one, the band also has bangers like “My Sacrifice,” “One Last Breath” and “With Arms Wide Open,” too.
The Creed vibes have clearly worked, as the Rangers led the Orioles by the sixth inning on the way to a possible 3-0 series lead.
Rangers fans are clearly in on Creed, as this is a great reminder of how electric playoff baseball environments can be when your team is playing well. [anyclip-media thumbnail=”undefined” playlistId=”undefined” content=”dW5kZWZpbmVk”][/anyclip-media]
If you’re the Orioles, well, it’s your sacrifice to endure this during what has been a disastrous playoffs so far.
The Orioles, down 6-0 through two innings of an elimination game, now have to sit through an entire ballpark singing along to Creed. The undoubtable low point of the season.
Creed III set a box office record for sports movies this weekend.
Creed III punched its way into record books this weekend at the box office.
With an estimated $58.6 million box office tally, the Michael B. Jordan-directed sequel notched the biggest-ever opening weekend for a sports movie in film history.
It’s a massive win for the box office and for Creed III, which earned stellar reviews and also gave the Rocky/Creed franchise its best-ever weekend at the multiplex.
Even without longtime franchise star Sylvester Stallone appearing in this latest installment, Creed III is setting itself up to be one of the real financial successes of 2023 so far. It’s clearly going the distance in theaters right now.
BOX OFFICE: #CreedIII grabs #1 w/ $58.6M this weekend. That is.. – The biggest opening of all the #Creed & #Rocky movies – The biggest opening ever for a sports movie – The biggest opening ever for a Black director in their directorial debut – The biggest opening ever for Amazon pic.twitter.com/cKzICLc7NT
MORE: #CreedIII & #AntMan star Jonathan Majors achieves the rare feat of having two consecutive #1 movies in back-to-back weekends. No one else is mentioning this in their reporting, but I think it’s quite significant & a sign that Majors is going to conquer Hollywood pic.twitter.com/2ZGAYvzTc9
I will be the first to admit it: When I saw the tweets about the Philadelphia Eagles practicing to “Creed,” I assumed it was the movie soundtrack to the Michael B. Jordan film.
Makes sense, right? Because Creed is a spinoff of Rocky and all of that is a Philadelphia story. And the Eagles would want to tap into that.
But no. On Friday, as reporters in attendance noted, they’re practicing to Creed THE BAND! As in Higher!
Why? I haven’t seen any reasons thrown out there, but maybe there’s symbolism in wondering if the team can take itself higher.
Fans suddenly wanted to bet on the team beating the San Francisco 49ers upon seeing this one:
La información surgió en la previa de la pelea que sostendrá el mexicano ante GGG en una trilogía que llena de emoción a los aficionados
El Canelo Álvarez será de pantalla gigante pues se confirmó su participación en la nueva película de la saga de Creed por el propio protagonista de la misma el actor Michael B. Jordan.
La tercera edición de la película de Creed inspirada en la historia de Rocky Balboa será estrenada en marzo del 2023 pero el propio actor publicó un mensaje agradeciendo la participación del Canelo, Saúl Álvarez.
“Dirigiendo a la leyenda en persona, el ‘Canelo’ Álvarez en ‘Creed III’. No puedo esperar para que el mundo la vea el 3 de marzo. Una estrella dentro del cuadrilátero y fuera. Bienvenido a la familia, ¡buena suerte este fin de semana!”, publicó Michael B. Jordan.
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La información surgió en la previa de la pelea que sostendrá el mexicano ante GGG en una trilogía que también llena de emoción a los aficionados que esperan ver al mexicano regresar a la senda del triunfo.
El T-Mobile Arena de Las Vegas ya tiene nueva información para vibrar este sábado en la tercera edición de este combate de época entre el mexicano y el kazajo en el marco de los festejos patrios en México por la Independencia nacional.
As we get closer to the Final Bell of the 2010s, let’s take a look at the 10 best.
By now, you know most of the great boxing movies. There’s Rocky, the ultimate battle of uncontested headshot to uncontested headshot against Apollo Creed, or that time he won over the hearts of Russia while defeating Ivan Drago. Humphrey Bogart’s performance in The Harder They Fall was perfect, just as Hitchcock’s imagery and choreographed perfection in The Ring was anything—oddly enough—but silent. And it’s almost impossible not to hoist Raging Bull and Million Dollar Baby atop the “All-Time Boxing Films” list.
Because the genre works so well with audiences, complemented by the rise of documentary films, more and more boxing tales are being produced, including over 10 in this decade.
As we get closer to the Final Bell of the 2010s, let’s take a look at the 10 best.
Undercard: China Heavyweight
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I.M.B.D. Score: 5.9
Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
So, technically this makes the 11th entry, but what’s a good boxing experience without a solid undercard? China Heavyweight is an interesting look at the rise of boxing in China after the 1959 ban was finally lifted. The documentary follows boxing coach Qi Moxiang and his search for boxing hopefuls who will compete in the Olympics (and beyond). The makeup of the documentary follows a widespread theme boxing film fans are used to experiencing: Rags to Riches.
In this case, it’s a chance for peasant teenagers to escape hardships and obtain something better. With that kind of stakes, director Yung Chang does a beautiful job capturing the all-in desperation each fighter is willing to subject themselves to, with the hopes of one day competing for not just a medal but also the admiration of the country.
