Posts by Chris Ryan
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The Reducer, Week 37: Today Is Gonna Be the Day
Manchester City wins the Premier League title in the most dramatic fashion possible.
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Chelsea’s Big Gamble
Even if Chelsea defeats Blackburn in the league on Sunday, they can finish no higher than sixth. Anyone who watched their abject performance against Liverpool earlier this week could see that this was a team treating the end of the Premier League season like the kids at Lee High School treated the last week of […]
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The Triangle Podcast: Chris Ryan, Robert Mays, Amos Barshad, and David Jacoby
This week on the Triangle Podcast, I talked to my NBA Playoffs Shootaround co-pilot, Robert Mays, about the Greek economy. J/K, we talked about the playoffs. Mays and I discussed the very entertaining Grizzlies-Clippers series, the joys of watching Chris Paul in the fourth quarter, and whether Vinny Del Negro has anything written on that […]
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The Ben Roethlisberger–Todd Haley Rom-Com Begins
Generally, in all walks of professional life, the last thing you want to feel after having a meeting with someone is confused. That’s really the only point of a meeting. To lessen any confusion you might have. That’s my working theory, at least. But then I’ve never been in a meeting with Todd Haley.
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More Things Josh Beckett Should Do to Enrage Red Sox Fans
Make “Empire State of Mind” his warm-up music; start giving interviews in a pronounced, obviously fake Boston accent; get “AARON BOONE” tattooed across his stomach in the same font as the THUG LIFE font; do Aaron Hernandez’s touchdown dance every time he gives up a home run; practice his putting in the bullpen; open up […]
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Jayson Werth Should Probably Know Better
Nobody knows better than me the kind of battery throwing, Santa beating, and goat sacrificing that Philadelphia sports fans are capable of. I am guilty of at least two of those things myself. Nobody knows better … except for maybe Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth.
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Beastie Boys, The Avengers, Your Sunday Shows, and More
We began this week’s podcast on a somber note, remembering the life, music, and influence of Adam Yauch (1:00), a man whose eclectic taste, in my partner Chris Ryan’s words, basically was the Internet for a generation of ‘90s teens. Then it was back to the present day to consider the wild success of The […]
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The Reducer, Week 36: You Take the Champagne
Manchester City put one hand on the trophy as the Premier League prepares for a Manic Sunday.
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Fabolous Sat Behind the Heat Bench Thursday Night
Fabolous is responsible or partially responsible for a bunch of really, really good rap songs like “Comedy Central,” “Superwoman,” “Right Now & Later On,” “Breathe,” “The Wake,” and too many more to count. So it’s very hard for him to do wrong, in my book. On Thursday night, though, the Brooklyn rapper amused some and […]
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NBA Playoffs Playthrough: Mavericks-Thunder
Anthony Richardson returns with another very, very funny video game playthrough of an NBA playoff matchup. Every week, Anthony brings his distinctly English sensibility and fleeting grasp of basketball and reality to the table, doing play-by-play and color commentary on a CPU vs. CPU playthrough of an NBA playoff game on NBA2K12.
