Posts by Chris Jones

October 25, 2011
What Do You Mean, ‘We?’

The most overused term in sports.
October 18, 2011
The Return of the Jets

For one night, Winnipeg was the happiest town on earth.
October 12, 2011
Boston, the Red Sox, and Anonymous Sources

Grantland’s favorite Canadians, Jonah Keri and Chris Jones, return to The Triangle to discuss the Boston Red Sox. More specifically, Keri and Jones discuss the Boston Globe’s bombshell story on the club. Over e-mail, they debated anonymous sources, journalism, and Boston baseball. Take it away, Canadians … Jonah Keri Mr. Jones, So it seems we […]
September 26, 2011
The Survivor

Stu Grimson and the rash of hockey-enforcer suicides.
September 1, 2011
The Odd Death of Arturo Gatti

Debating murder versus suicide and the emotional life of a modern boxer.
August 18, 2011
The End and Barry Zito

(Another) DL stint has sparked whispers the Giants might release their $126 million lefty. How the hell did we get here?
August 9, 2011
In Which Two Canadians Fight About a Sport That is Not Hockey

“I am a man of deep feeling, and when I see people do beautiful things, I feel it in my chest. Barry Zito’s curveball was one of those beautiful things.”
August 3, 2011
The Art of the Body Shot

Amir Khan and the most beautiful knockout in fighting.
July 25, 2011
The End?

Whatever magic has sustained Bartolo Colon seems to have evaporated.
July 15, 2011
A Man of God

The sports documentary of the year and strange death of racing legend Ayrton Senna.