Posts by Chris Ryan

  • Grantland for America

    Meyers Leonard Says Don’t Forget to Vote

    Earlier today Blazers assistant coach Todd Forcier tweeted out a pic of rookie Meyers Leonard getting some reps in on the bench with the hashtags “#Blazers,” “#vote2012,” and “#nba.” Good hashtags. Not as good as the time Hasheem Thabeet tweeted “#coolmemory,” but still good. We really have nothing to add to the sentiment, but did […]

  • Gerald Green Is Cleared for Takeoff

    Remember when I said a couple weeks back how the Pacers needed to make Gerald Green’s Blue Angels routine a focal point of their offense? Yeah. That. Best part of this particular jam isn’t the stuffing so much as Green’s initial dry run at the hoop.

  • Great Moments in Local Advertising: Deep-Dish Derrick Rose

    Derrick Rose doesn’t even know how to talk about pizza without being super intense and almost uncomfortably sincere. The Thibs joke is pretty great, though. What’s happening here? Is Thibs calling him in the middle of the night while standing in front of Lake Michigan, staring into the void, and rasping, “Maybe if you didn’t […]

  • Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Denzel Washington, Homeland, and The Walking Dead

    King Kong probably has a few things on Chris Ryan and me. But as evidence has shown, the big guy has nothing on Denzel Washington. In anticipation of Flight (2:10), we had a spirited discussion/IMDb trawl on the man Chris termed “the greatest movie star of our lifetime.” Once we finished singing the praises of […]

  • Our Three Favorite Things About This Eric Bledsoe–to–DeAndre Jordan Alley-oop

    1. THE BLAKE GRIFFIN MISDIRECTION This is immense. Eric Bledsoe streaking down the court, locking eyes with Blake Griffin like they were about to reenact the kiss scene from The Notebook, going way beyond telegraphing a pass to some sort of … I don’t know, sky-writing of a pass, and then … NOPE! DeAndre! Flush! […]

  • Can Gerald Green Dunking on People Be the Pacers’ New Offense?

    I’m going to have to run this by Zach Lowe, but I think this one has legs … or at the very least booster rockets. Indiana beat Cleveland in a GAH IT’S ALMOST THE SEASON preseason matchup last night. Gerald Green was +20 in 29 minutes of playing time. I think, when you look at […]

  • Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Kendrick Lamar, Homeland, and Happy Endings

    It goes without saying that the Hollywood Prospectus podcast maintains a healthy East Coast bias — no matter where Chris and I call home, we’ll always have an unshakable affection for weather, Herr’s potato chips, and neck beards. But young rapper Kendrick Lamar has shaken up all our allegiances. We spent the first part of […]

  • Stop What You’re Doing and Watch Roy Hibbert’s “Gangnam Style” Flash Mob

  • West Virginia’s Air Raid Problem: Air Travel?

    West Virginia lost their second game in two weeks on Saturday, falling to Kansas State, at home, 55-14. There were plenty of reasons behind the Mountaineers’ loss. A passing attack that usually operates with no regard for fire safety laws could not get any sparks flying, gaining only 155 yards in the air (a historic […]

  • Big Bird

    Dwight Howard and His Big, Yellow Friend

    Dwight Howard, on his new teammates, from the Los Angeles Times: “I don’t think there’s nobody like Pau … But I think Pau was on Sesame Street … the yellow bird.”

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