The Valley’s Biggest Basketball Celebration is coming to Arizona Athletic Grounds!

95.1 The Wow Factor is bringing the energy to the court for KIA Hoop It Up, happening Saturday, July 18th at Arizona Athletic Grounds!

This is more than a 3-on-3 basketball tournament — it’s a full day of hoops, family fun, food, prizes, entertainment, and nonstop action.

Best part? It’s FREE to attend!

Whether you’re playing, cheering from the sidelines, bringing the family out for the day, or just looking for a fun community event, this is one you don’t want to miss.

Register Your Team Now

Think your squad has what it takes? Team registration is still open for KIA Hoop It Up!

Grab your crew, lock in your team, and get ready to compete in one of the biggest basketball events of the summer.

Divisions Include

• Adult Men & Women — Recreational + Pro-Am
• Boys & Girls — 3rd Grade through High School

Event Highlights

Don’t miss a full day of basketball, entertainment, and giveaways, including:

• 3-on-3 basketball tournament action
• $1,000 Slam Dunk Contest hosted by Arizona’s own slam dunk champion Kenny Dobbs, powered by IKEA
• $1,000 Half Court Shot
• 3-Point Shootout
• NBA 2K Gaming Zone
• Celebrity judges
• Hourly prize giveaways with the Power Cash Cube, including concert tickets, gift cards, cash, and more
• Food, family fun, and nonstop entertainment

Plus, don’t miss a special halftime performance by Phoenix’s own MURKEMZ!

Event Details

What: KIA Hoop It Up Phoenix
When: Saturday, July 18th
Where: Arizona Athletic Grounds
Admission: FREE to attend
Divisions: Adult Men & Women, Boys & Girls 3rd Grade through High School
Team Registration: Open now at HoopItUp.com

Bring the family, bring your squad, and come be part of one of the biggest community events of the summer with Power 98.3!

Spots are still available, but teams need to register now.

Register your team today at HoopItUp.com or below and we’ll see you on the court!

Click here to register your team now. Let’s hoop!

Listen all week for us to let you know when to text BUFFETT to 68683 for your chance to score a pair of tickets to the show. 

Click here for ticket information.

CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-16-20-intl-hnk/index.html

Fox News:
https://www.foxnews.com/category/health/infectious-disease/coronavirus

Arizona Updates (AZ Family):
https://www.azfamily.com/news/latest-arizona-coronavirus-news-updates-from-arizona-s-family-newsroom/article_4d47117c-6488-11ea-9bac-17ba98abbfcc.html

Az Take Out Week: 

In support of local restaurants during this trying time, the Arizona Restaurant Association is announcing Arizona Take Out Week.

Restaurants are encouraged to submit their take out menus, delivery options, and curbside hours to takeout@azrestaurant.org. This website will also serve as a resource to local diners regarding take out, curb side, and delivery options for participating restaurants — and more will be announced soon!

Aztakeoutweek.com

Arizona Together: 

www.arizonatogether.org

Meant to connect people and businesses, raise money for community organizations and provide information about volunteer opportunities.”

Sonic The Hedgehog

In the past when moviemakers took an old school video game or tv character favorite and threw them into a live-action film it never worked out.  Even though I can’t’ say this movie did a much better job than the other, one thing it was, was fun.  Definitely not a film I think many adults will think is very good, but your kids will.  It’s not a complicated story to follow, for them, the animated Sonic is cute and funny and Jim Carrey is in rare form.  Like I said, not a film really for adults but Sonic The Hedgehog is gonna be a good way to keep the kiddos and you entertained and out of the house for a while.

Fantasy Island

So this is one of the films they didn’t let us movie critics see ahead of time.  And that usually means it’s not good… and it wasn’t.  I paid to see it over the weekend and was actually hoping for the best but expecting the worst.  The worst is what I got.  Hard to believe that it’s only February and I’ve already seen the worst movie of 2020.  Right from the get-go, it seemed like they were trying too hard.   One-liners that were supposed to be funny, weren’t.  Tense situations that failed miserably.  And a cast that couldn’t make me start to believe anything they were doing or saying.   That included Michael Pena, who’s usually pretty good in everything he does.  Seriously, this is one of only two movies over the years where I actually wanted to get up and leave.  Had I not paid for it, I probably would have.

Downhill

I’m a big Will Farrell fan, but when it comes to his movies, he’s hit and miss.  Lately, he’s mostly been, miss.  But the trailer did its job and actually made this one look promising.  Especially when you have another one of my favorites, Julia Louis-Dreyfus in it too.  However, this one fell flat on its face really fast.  I was thinking it would end up being like some of Will’s other movies, Everything Must Go or Stranger Than Fiction.  Where it wasn’t an all-out, knee-slapping good time.  Just a straight-faced light comedy… I barely smiled.  Will’s character wore me down instantly, and Julia, even though she was better, didn’t or couldn’t do enough to save this one at all.  Downhill isn’t just the name of the movie, it’s literally telling you what to expect from it.

The Photograph

The one movie I wish I had seen but didn’t have time to.  Starring LaKeith Stanfield & Issa Rae, where their characters connect in a romance and where a woman must learn from the secrets in her mother’s past if she is to move forward and allow herself to love and be loved.  Others I’ve chatted with seem to really like this one.  And will probably be the one I get up to go watch for the redemption of the other bad films I watched instead.

Although I have seen other movies just like this one, like all the Ocean’s movies, I still found it intriguing.  Personally, I like when a story gets me emotionally involved where I’m anxious to see how it all plays out.  This one had all those elements of who’s on who’s side and who’s working with who and you have to pay attention to what’s going on and try to notice even the little things because, at some point, they might mean something important.  And it’s like that all they way up to the end.

I think the cast in this one was decent too, but I mostly enjoyed the characters of Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell.  Even thought the parts didn’t seem like a stretch for these two, what they gave to the movie, in the humor aspect, was very much appreciated.

The only thing I did have a bit of a hard time with was the dialog.  Because the movie takes place jolly ol London, they used a lot of English verbiage that takes a minute or two to figure out the meaning, if you can figure it out at all.   Star, Matthew McConaughey, was the only one I didn’t have to try to hard to understand.

So, kudos to Guy Ritchie, for finally giving me something I actually enjoyed.  He may not have created a classic film, but at least it will still be a good way to spend a couple of hours.