Posts by Chris Ryan
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The Triangle All-Stars: J.J. Redick and Kelly Olynyk
Compiling the Triangle NBA All-Stars offers a way for us to celebrate the players we love way too much. You can see the other entries in the series here. Check out the latest additions, J.J. Redick and Andrea Bargnani, below. Hey, guys … it ain’t White Boy Day, is it?! It’s White Boy Day! J.J. […]
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The Triangle NBA All-Stars: Andrea Bargnani and Kenneth Faried
Compiling the Triangle NBA All-Stars offers a way for us to celebrate the players we love way too much. You can see the other entries in the series here. Check out the latest additions, Andrea Bargnani and Kenneth Faried, below. Kenneth Faried Why We Love Him: Kenneth Faried only has one gear. Some people have […]
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13-Day NBA Warning: Dwight Howard Is in Midseason Form
We’re still two weeks away from Halloween, but Dwight Howard already found his costume. He’s going as Dwight Howard, Midseason Destroyer of Team Morale and Media Carnival Freak Show. All he has to do is open his mouth and he looks exactly the part.
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Ranking Raps III: The Third-Annual BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Conversation
The eighth-annual BET Hip-Hop Awards took place on September 28 in Atlanta and aired last night. Not to be confused with the BET Awards, an event where performances take place and awards are handed out, the BET Hip-Hop Awards is the event where performances allegedly take place and awards may or may not be handed […]
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The Triangle All-Stars: Andre Drummond and Ricky Rubio
Yesterday, we kicked off the Triangle NBA All-Stars, celebrating the players we love way too much. The first two members were John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins. Today we welcome Andre Drummond and Ricky Rubio to the team. Squad up! Andre Drummond Why We Love Him: Nobody has any idea what to make of Andre Drummond. […]
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Introducing the Triangle NBA All-Stars: The People’s Dream Team
The Triangle All-Star Team is a way for the Triangle blog to celebrate our favorite players. Today: We begin with John Wall and Boogie Cousins. Chris Ryan: In today’s NBA, every aspect of a player’s game is there for us to evaluate. Every mistakenly taken midrange jumper is there on Synergy or can be visualized […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Captain Phillips, Homeland, and Fox’s Tuesday Night Comedies
This week’s pod comes to you from a room with a view (of Caracas). Andy and I start things off talking about haircuts, Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks’s particular brand of movie stardom, and whether Paul Greengrass’s movie is as much a technical achievement, in its own way, as Gravity. We move on to Sunday night […]
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Yo, Matt Forte, Look Behind You!
Watch out, dog!
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Gravity, Homeland, and New Music
Nobody says “movie magic” anymore because it is not 1955, but corny or not, that is basically the subject of the first 30 minutes of this week’s pod. Andy and I were starstruck, slack-jawed, and overjoyed upon viewing Alfonso Cuarón’s space disaster, Gravity. It’s the best 3-D movie ever (shout-out to Unobtainium), and easily one […]
