Posts by Chris Ryan
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: The Denver Dunkets
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. George Karl Chris Ryan: Last night’s Thunder-Nuggets clash wasn’t exactly the basketball game you meet in heaven that I had billed it as (to myself) (I may have sent you an e-mail about it), but it was pretty instructive. I […]
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmonterry: The Last LeBron-Terry Dunk Video You Need to See
(One thousand U.S. soldiers saluting Taco Trey Kerby for this one)
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The NFL Coaches Family Portrait: By the Numbers
• Pairs of Slip-on Shoes Being Worn: 17 • Level of Tension Between Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll: 6 out of 10 • Number of Coaches Who’ve Spoken to Marc Trestman: 0 • Number of Coors Banquets Jeff Fisher Had at Last Night’s Bob Seger Show: 4
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Heat Streak
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. LeBron James I know that this one came with all the attendant “Here lies Jason Terry/He did the Jason Terry dance/He wore a headband” kind of memorials. But it was just one French horn stab in what was a masterful […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: You Can’t Go Home Again
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Portland’s Uniforms These, with all due respect to the deeply serious basketball played last night, were the best thing that happened in the NBA in the last 24 hours. Love the font, love the using of the nickname. I know […]
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Jalen Rose on That Time He Intentionally Tried to Injure Kobe Bryant
At the end of last night’s Lakers-Hawks game, with L.A. down two and three seconds to go, Kobe Bryant (guarded by Dahntay Jones) attempted a baseline jumper to tie things up. His shot rattled out and Kobe collapsed to the floor, clutching his leg in pain. In replays of the incident, it appears as if […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Ricky Don’t Lose That Number
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Ricky Rubio Chris Ryan: This is not the most wonderful time of the year. And it shows. Most of the NBA stories you’re going to be reading during the last few weeks of the season will concern knee drains, tanking, […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Girls, The Americans, and The Walking Dead
Hey guys, are those a bunch of nails on your floor, or are you just happy to see us? On this week’s pod, Andy and I discussed the most recent, very provocative episode of Girls (1:15), and that show’s blindingly good, digressive, weird second season. We then moved on to the Best New Show on […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Everybody Fights, Nobody Quits
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Mike Woodson Yo, this guy played Carmelo Anthony 33 minutes against the Warriors, even though it looked like Melo was chasing David Lee around with a shopping cart tied to his leg, nobody can tell the star why there’s fluid […]
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NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: The People vs. Brandon Knight
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Brandon Knight Why jump B. Knight?! — Harrison Barnes (@HBarnes) March 11, 2013 Chris Ryan: Because you’re supposed to jump, dummy! You’re supposed to stop the opposing player from scoring. Look, nobody finds all this Brandon Knight R.I.P. stuff more […]
