The Pull Up Newsroom
Original sports reporting, interviews, analysis and cultural commentary from Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson and The Pull Up.
Before it evolved into a multi-billion-dollar global empire that completely dominated sneaker culture, Jordan Brand was simply a visionary concept in the mind of a newly retired Michael Jordan.
Scoop Jackson explains how SLAM Magazine earned Michael Jordan’s trust, won over Shaquille O’Neal and became an essential voice in basketball culture.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson · · 4 min read
Jason of Beverly Hills tells Scoop B how he turned basketball dreams into a jewelry career, won the 2009 Lakers championship-ring contract and helped reshape NBA style.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson · · 2 min read
Scoop Jackson traces World Wide Wes’s path from anonymous basketball power broker to Knicks executive and explains why modern sports will never produce another figure like him.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson · · 4 min read
Newest first.
Antoine Walker tells Scoop B why Kobe Bryant attacked the 1998 NBA All-Star Game differently, how Michael Jordan first read that intensity and what came next.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson · · 4 min read
Kendall Gill takes Scoop B inside the New Jersey Nets’ mid-1990s turmoil, from Willis Reed’s tank order and the Kobe Bryant draft bluff to a playoff collision with Michael Jordan.
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson · · 5 min read
