Posts by Chris Ryan
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That Was a Goal: The Premier League Holiday Season in Five Goals
The story of the Premier League over the holiday season, told in five goals. Get some. Theo Walcott All happy Arsenal players are the same. All unhappy Arsenal players are unhappy in their own way. Over the years, players have left the North London club due to matters pertaining to the head (Robin van Persie […]
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JaVale McGee Is the Special Ingredient
What’s more amazing here?
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: 2012 in Movies
For the final Hollywood Prospectus Podcast of the year, Chris Ryan and I, like generations of anthropomorphic snacks before us, headed to the cinema. What were 2012’s best films? (The Bourne Legacy, obvs.) Best characters? (Edward Norton in The Bourne Legacy, duh.) Biggest surprises? (That time Jeremy Renner punched a wolf in The Bourne Legacy. […]
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The Miami Marlins Facebook Page Is Full of Struggle and Fury
I was just wondering the other day how Miami Marlins fans were taking the Great American Baseball Fire-Sale of 2012. Maybe they were all like, “It’s cool. You have to game the system any way you can. We paid our tax money so that we could have a nice place to sit in the sun […]
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Joe Flacco’s 2010 Pizza Hut Ad Probably Means He Will Never Win a Super Bowl
Ah, of course. Flacco’s Favorite. Granted, this is from a couple of years ago, and I wouldn’t necessarily like all the choices I made in 2010 used against me. But I’m not Joe “Pretty” Flacco, and I’m not trying to lead the Ravens to the promised land (though I am available, and I know how […]
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The Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: 2012 in TV With Chuck Klosterman
It seems only fitting that as the first year of the Hollywood Prospectus podcast comes to a close, Chris Ryan and I would spend some time discussing our first (and maybe best?) topic: television. For this look back at what was big on the small screen in 2012, Chris and I were happy to welcome […]
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The Best Thing About Gerald Henderson Throwing Down on Dwight Howard …
It’s a Lakers benchwarmer celebrating! I can’t tell who that is, but I’m pretty sure that’s Robert Sacre yanking him down. Any guesses, Lakers fans? [UPDATE: ET TU, ANTAWN?!] Can you imagine someone on the bench celebrating if this happened to Kobe? There’s probably an ejection seat button on the tongue of Kobe’s sneaker just […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: 2012 in Music
Do you love Sosa? Have you been thinking about you? Are you concerned we might die young? Have we got a podcast for you! Live from Grantland’s Los Angeles studio, Chris Ryan and I — along with special guest Rembert Browne — broke down the year in music, mourning the dead (albums, rock and roll) […]
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That Was a Goal: The Premier League Weekend in Five Goals
The story of the Premier League this weekend, told in five goals. Get some. Adel Taarabt QPR got its much-needed first win of the season on Saturday against Fulham. They owe the three points, largely, to the performance of Moroccan attacking midfielder Adel Taarabt. After the match, new-ish QPR manager Harry Redknapp — the man […]
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‘Inexplicably, Gervinho Got His Feet All Wrong’
Shockingly, but not that shockingly, Arsenal went out of the Capital One Cup (previously known as the Carling Cup, but really it’s just the League Cup) to lowly Bradford yesterday. They lost on penalties, but this miss by Gervinho did not help. Somewhere, Harry Redknapp’s wife, Sandra, is shaking her head.
