Posts by Chris Ryan
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Are You Tournament Challenge Challenged?
The Tournament Challenge Challenged from Stan Verrett You’re sitting there and you can’t help but feel your pen moving toward writing in Detroit over Kansas. Everything in the world is telling you it’s the wrong call, but you can’t help yourself. Well, why not let some of these concerned celebrities — Glee‘s Matthew Morrison, NCIS: […]
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Dwight Howard: The Indecision
The most miraculous thing about this entire will-he-won’t-he Dwight Howard ordeal is that it has somehow made LeBron James and his decision to make his decision with The Decision look like a good decision! At least he made a decision, right? Howard has been holding the Magic, and in a way the rest of the […]
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A Very Serious List of New York Knicks Coaching Candidates
Deuces, Mike D’Antoni. Here’s who might get your spot in the firing line … Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan, Isiah Thomas, Isaiah Thomas, John Calipari, Phil Spector, Rick James, James Naismith’s ghost, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Danny Aiello, the “Rent Is Too Damn High” guy, the original cast of Rent, Dr. Dre, Dr Pepper, the doctor […]
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Rankonia: The Triangle Power Rankings
1. Brandon Marshall, Will Now Winter in Chicago Bill Simmons chimes on in on the Bears’ big trade acquisition: “When you’re an All-Pro WR on a team that’s trying to do everything it can to sign Peyton Manning, only you get dumped for two third-round picks right in the middle of the courting process … […]
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Pau Gasol and the NBA Transfer Deadline
The NBA trade deadline has us all sitting on the edge of our seats, or in the case of Brandon Jennings, sitting on the edge of our seats, looking like this guy. One guy who, despite all the specualtion, seems to be taking the speculation like a grown-up is Pau Gasol. And that could have […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: The Wire, The Walking Dead, and Drunken Dwarves
On today’s Hollywood Prospectus podcast (our first bicoastal production!), Andy Greenwald and I talk about the victory of Omar Little in Grantland’s Smacketology tournament of characters from The Wire. We discuss our favorite lesser-known characters and the strange genius of The Wire auteur David Simon. Speaking of strange genius, we also hit the return of […]
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The Reducer, Week 28: Manchester City Gets the Shakes
As the EPL season enters the home stretch, every place is up for grabs.
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The Reducer, Week 15: Let England Shake
The EPL gets Union Jacked with traditional English performances from Stoke, Chelsea, and Norwich.
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The Reducer, Week 19: Do the Collapse
The relentless holiday schedule takes a toll on Premier League clubs.
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The Reducer, Week 21: And Out Come the Swans
Swansea out-Arsenal Arsenal and Wolves take a bite out of Spurs.
