Posts by Chris Ryan
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‘You Look Like a Succulent Baby Lamb’: Ron Burgundy Interviews Peyton Manning
This is pretty good, but click after the jump to watch the true king-of-the-hill Will Ferrell sports moment.
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Jim Adkins, Chris Carrabba, and Geoff Rickly
Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald talk about the past, present, and future of emo music with Geoff Rickly, Jim Adkins, and Chris Carrabba.
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Talking About Emo Music, With Special Guests Geoff Rickly, Jim Adkins, and Chris Carrabba
Is this thing on? Welcome to a very special, pretty personal episode of Hollywood Prospectus podcast. In this edition, Andy and I talk about the much-maligned and much-loved genre of music called emo. Ten years ago, Andy wrote a book called Nothing Feels Good about a burgeoning subculture that was starting to make serious inroads […]
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You Think the NBA Regular Season Doesn’t Matter? Watch This Jermaine O’Neal Postgame Interview
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Cataloguing John Wall’s 99 Points Over the Last Three Games
Over the course of the last three games, John Wall has scored 99 points. I just watched all of them with the new NBA.com video playlist function. I basically invented John Wall RedZone. You can thank me later. [Editor’s Note: You may notice that I am not your regularly scheduled Wizards correspondent. That’s because Andrew […]
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OKLAHOMA. HALF-COURT SHOTS. WTF.
So I guess we know who's been teaching Thunder fans to hit half-court shots. @chrisryan77 http://t.co/vRSC0NOWvi — Brian Phillips (@runofplay) November 26, 2013 THE PLOT THICKENS.
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It’s Dark Times for the NBA, But Comedians Tim Duncan, Dwyane Wade, and Michael Beasley Are Here to Save Us
Ah, the coldest winter. We’ve had a couple of days of no good, very bad, terrible news coming out of the NBA (D-Rose, Marc Gasol, Iggy, Beal injuries). So give thanks that we have guys like Dwyane Wade, Michael Beasley, and Tim Duncan for livening up the mood while franchise cornerstones fall, Derrick Williams moves […]
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Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, and the Fall of Europe’s Hipster Sweetheart Soccer Teams
Today in the UEFA Champions League, in Group F, the group of death, some club is gonna die. With Arsenal in control on nine points — close to the 10 points Alex Ferguson always said would get a club to the knockout stages — there remains only one spot for Borussia Dortmund or Napoli. If […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Homeland, Hunger Games, Boardwalk Empire, and Kanye
The first thing you should know is that last week’s pod hiatus was very much unplanned. I blame an immune system that’s suddenly buggier than Saul Berenson’s house: Rather than chatting about Peter Quinn shooting Carrie Mathison, I was chugging shots of Theraflu. The second thing you should know is that once we were reconnected […]
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Premier League Pass & Move: Blood Sport
A look back at the action in the Barclays Premier League. What Happened? Chris Ryan: Arsenal benefited from a truly based Artur Boruc goalkeeping error and beat your annoying soccer fan friend’s favorite team, Southampton, 2-0. The Gunners had the kind of luck opposing teams typically have had against them in seasons past. While Boruc’s […]
