Posts by Chris Ryan
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Bountygate Punishments and Reactions
On Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell lowered the boom on the New Orleans Saints over Bountygate, suspending coach Sean Payton for a year, general manager Mickey Loomis for eight games, assistant coach Joe Vitt for six games, and former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams indefinitely. Reaction to the punishments has been diverse and plentiful. Payton is […]
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The Sound of Messi
You know what one of the best sounds in sports is? The sound of the Camp Nou crowd reacting when Lionel Messi scores a goal. There are other sounds: The rising volume of a gallery watching a putt roll toward the hole to clinch a major, or that metallic “thwank” a hoop makes when Russell […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Walking Dead, Mad Men, Luck, Nas, and More
Reunited and it feels so good! I drove straight from LAX to the Grantland studio to tape a very special, guest-filled edition of the podcast with my coast-traitor pal, “Hollywood” Chris Ryan. We went back and forth on The Walking Dead season finale, even roping in Staff Zombieologist David Jacoby to defend his favorite show. […]
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Rankonia: The Triangle Power Rankings
1. Rick Barry Angry Face Dan Fierman was first to nominate this meme-worthy facial expression, then Bill Barnwell jumped in with this explanation: “I’m nominating Rick Barry for his role in trying to calm down the Warriors crowd during the Chris Mullin fiasco on Monday night, but specifically for his death glare in this photo. […]
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And Then We Came to the End of Blatche and McGee
First they traded JaVale McGee. And we were sad. Then they shut down Andray Blatche. And we were beside ourselves. Tuesday, just a few days after sending JaVale McGee to Denver, the Washington Wizards announced they were shutting down Andray Blatche for the foreseeable future (likely the rest of the season). This news closes the […]
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You Are Not Real to Kevin Garnett, Therefore You Don’t Exist
For most basketball fans, there are two types of people in the world: Those who like Kevin Garnett and those who do not. For Kevin Garnett, there are two types of people in the world, as well: People he likes and nobodies. You hear those trumpets blaring and those banners unfurling? (You can totally hear […]
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My Dinner With Tebow
So Monica Culpepper gets the “My Best Friend’s Sister’s Boyfriend’s Brother’s Girlfriend Heard From This Guy Who Knows This Kid Who’s Going With the Girl Who Saw Ferris Pass Out at 31 Flavors Last Night” Award. Who is Monica Culpepper? Well, she’s on Survivor. I’m too busy carving wooden duck decoys in my free time […]
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28 Days Later: What’s The Matter With Blake Griffin?
With the Lakers, Clippers and Kings hosting a whopping 28 home games in 28 days from March 11 through April 7 — all happening at Staples Center, which is only a wind-aided Andy Lee punt from Grantland’s headquarters — we couldn’t resist attending these 28 games and writing about as many of them as possible. […]
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This Litte Girl is Really Upset About Gerald Wallace Being Traded
On the bright side, she very well might know more about basketball than any other child her age. She’s like the child prodigy version of Hubie Brown. Just slightly more emotional. Don’t know if this is fake or not, but maybe being real is overrated. (Hat tip to Buzzfeed on this one.)
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The NBA Trade Deadline: We Give Up
People get so excited about the NBA trade deadline because it holds the promise that something transformative can happen — that a team can be remade, reloaded, revolutionized. On Thursday, we saw the flip side of that — the dark side of the trade deadline. Wednesday night — against a Knicks team still reeling from […]