Posts by Chris Ryan
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: The Closer
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Kobe Bryant Robert Mays: I haven’t looked at the box score from last night’s Lakers win, and that’s on purpose — because I really don’t care to see it. I don’t know if Kobe Bryant went 10-for-30 or 15-of-25. I […]
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Check Out This Letter Bill Clinton Wrote Chris Webber in 1993, After the Infamous Timeout
If this happened today, it would probably come in the form of a text and feature rain, sun, and angel emojis. Here’s the text:
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Danny Boyle’s Trance
Chris and I tend to agree a lot — always the formula for a successful listening experience! — so this week came as a bit of a surprise. He loved Game of Thrones on Sunday night, I thought it was a little all over the place. I adored Mad Men‘s Season 6 premiere, he thought it was pokey. I […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Spring Blaaaaaaaaake
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Blake Griffin There are nights when he sulks, glares at the officials after every whistle, mopes past his coach (you’ll see why in a second), and throws his hands in the air when he doesn’t get the ball on an […]
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Video: Lionel Messi vs. Robot Goalkeeper (!!!)
I for one welcome our shot-stopping overlords.
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Live Together, Die Alone
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. The Thunder’s Body Language If you have Insider, you should check out David Thorpe’s piece on the chemistry of the Oklahoma City Thunder. There’s a lot of speculation in the article, a lot based on the very shaky science of […]
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Hovercrafts and LeBronold Palmers: Bubba Watson Being Awesome
Bubba Watson, as you can see above, is putting heads to bed. Sometimes athletes go on hot streaks, and those hot streaks can extend beyond the field or arena or, in Bubba’s case, the course they play on. They go on life hot streaks. And right now, in life, Bubba Watson is on fire. Let’s […]
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Video: NBA Referee Violet Palmer Being Delightful on Family Feud
HOW ABOUT MACE? This comes courtesy of a reader named Jess, from Virginia. From what I can gather, this episode was filmed in late 2010. This seems much more chill than having to make sure Matt Barnes and Lance Stephenson don’t kill each another, but if you can do both you have a full life, […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: The Quiet Man
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Carmelo Anthony There was something quiet about Carmelo Anthony’s 50-point game in Miami last night. Maybe it was the already reserved Heat crowd seeming downright sunburned and hungover, with one eye on their postgame Chilean sea bass. Or maybe it […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Walking Dead Finale, Game of Thrones Premiere, Mad Men Preview
In our real lives Chris Ryan and I like to talk about all sorts of things: movies, the weather, how Domonic Brown is going to win the Triple Crown this season. But when it came time to record this week, the only topic worth discussing was one dear to my professional heart: television. This is […]
