Posts by Chris Ryan
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Melo and the Fab Five
OK, no “Can any of you play point guard?” jokes. This is pretty awesome.
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Breaking Bad, Homeland, the TCA Press Tour, and Danny Boyle’s Olympics
Walter White and Jesse Pinkman weren’t the only old amigos back in business this week. Chris Ryan and I were finally reunited in the Grantland studio to cook up a wide-ranging discussion on the pop culture issues of the day. We started in the desert, where Breaking Bad (1:00) had a rare lesser episode. But […]
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Kobe to U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team: You’re Welcome
Kobe Bryant dropped by the Pool B volleyball match between the U.S. and Brazilian women. Really shocking lack of composure, Mamba. Before the match, the Lakers glue guy actually had been hanging around the U.S. women’s team a bit. He visited them before they left for London and gave a little pep talk about “leadership, […]
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Marc Gasol Looks a Lot Like Belloq From Raiders of the Lost Ark
Our own Juliet Litman pointed this out. Compare and contrast!
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The Assassination of Gareth Bale by the Coward Charlie Adam
Above is a video of Liverpool’s Charlie Adam tackling Tottenham’s Gareth Bale. It happened at a friendly in Baltimore over the weekend (0-0 draw) (you’re welcome, Baltimore). After the match the Spurs winger called Adam “a bit of a coward.” This is the second time that Adam has tried some amateur podiatry on Bale. Back […]
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Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, Reporting for Olympic Duty
Kevin Love’s Instagram is the gift that keeps on giving.
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Team USA Goes Into Cryogenic Sleep for a Two-Hour Flight
You guys have a nice, relaxing trip to LV-426. This one comes from the Instagram account of Kevin Love. It’s a flight from Spain to England. If Anthony Davis got any deeper into that slanket he’d be mummified. If you’re going to go into a 120-minute coma, you might as well put safety first like […]
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LeBron and Kobe Really Bringing the Banter
Show of hands: Who here is surprised that Kobe Bryant takes IMMENSE CARE in folding his socks? This could have something to do with the relatively cold surroundings (like … brickwork? Is there an Apartment Therapy for locker rooms?), but I’m not getting Butch-and-Sundance vibes from these two.
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Picture James Harden and Kevin Durant Rolling
No. Literally. It’s a picture of them rolling. Okay, not literally. This is more the moment before the rolling. This is another Team USA production of a film by Deron Williams (a.k.a. the Annie Leibovitz of the United States Men’s Basketball Team). I think it was Hemingway who said the best way to see Barcelona […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Dark Knight Rises, Breaking Bad, and Britpop
In Grantland City, a hero is unlikely to rise anytime soon. But a podcast? That we can do. Chris Ryan and I dug deep — like, secret-hellish-prison deep — into the summer’s smartest (and best?) blockbuster (1:30). Everything was on the table: Anne Hathaway’s old-Hollywood performance, the movie’s complicated politics, and the constantly changing nature […]
