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“He was the one person who smoked cigars in the Fleet Center; it was a non-smoking venue.” -Bill Russell on Red Auerbach. A great victory deserves a great cigar. Championships in all sports, and often in all aspects of life, are cerebrated with victory cigars. For this article, we’re going to take a look at victory cigars that have a special place in NBA Championship Finals lore and legend. When fans think of NBA Championships, they think of Red Aurebach. And when anyone thinks of Aurebach, besides his legendary basketball career as a coach and an executive, they think of his...

Cigars are a sign of power and wealth that’re enjoyed by both heroes and villains in the movies, on TV, and in comic books. Heroes often smoke cigars with Roger Moore’s incarnation as James Bond featuring the super spy smoking cigars in his early appearances. However, it’s often the bad guy who’s given the cigar as a way for the audience to understand the power and dominance the villain’s hoping to display as they take over the world or squash the hero. It’s very rare that smoking a cigar has been made to look as cool or menacing as it...

Cigars and sports have been known to be joined together on many occasions. Whether it was in celebration after a victory, or seeing a famous current or former athlete smoking one, these two things have managed to go hand and hand. Is there anything in life more compatible than golf and cigars? While some may argue in favor of peanut butter & jelly, that certain someone would not be Michael Jordan. It would be questionable whether the greatest basketball player of all-time is even capable of completing a round of golf without the accompaniment of a fine cigar. The same can be...

Most novice cigar smokers believe that there are only two kinds of cigars. They make an assumption that they have a choice to make between machine-made cigars or hand-rolled cigars. That’s an incorrect assumption. Whether a cigar smoker prefers handmade cigars or machine-made cigars usually comes down to what type of smoker they are. How often they want to smoke cigars and their ability to afford that amount of cigar smoking determines what type of a cigar smoker they are. That’s the reason it’s important for any new cigar smoker to understand the difference between hand-rolled cigars, machine rolled cigars...

Being an avid pipe smoker gives you the chance to relax and contemplate after a hard day with a nice calming ritual. Pipe tobacco comes in many pleasant flavors and corresponding aromas that can make your home or office smell very pleasing to an avid pipe smoker. Smoking a pipe also gives you the chance to collect their favorite style of pipes to fit their background and personality. The avid pipe smoker thinks of their pipe as a talisman, even going so far as to have their old standby pipe along with others used for special occasions. A pipe can...