Posts by Chris Ryan
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The Shootaround: NBA News, Notes, and Re-Dengulous Is the New Linsanity
Dengerous Liaisons Here’s the scenario: A team’s MVP-caliber player goes down, leaving room in the spotlight for one of his teammates to finally shine. Nobody believed in him before, but, game by game, he’s changing our minds. Obviously, the MVP-caliber player I’m talking about is Carmelo Anthony and the ascendant teammate is Jeremy Lin, right? […]
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Four Questions About This Week’s Champions League Action
What’s the point of qualifying for Champions League, Arsene? “I have always told you exactly the same, the priority is to be in the top four,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said last month. He’s talking about finishing in one of the top four places at the top of the Premier League table, thus qualifying for […]
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Hand Down, Man Down, Lin Down
Were you at all wondering what Golden State coach Mark Jackson thinks about former Golden State Warriors guard Jeremy Lin? Do you think Mark Jackson would rather have Lin over his current point guard, Steph Curry? Do you want to hear what Mark Jackson has to say about all this? Well, Mark Jackson thinks you […]
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Rankonia: Triangle Power Rankings
1. Metta World Peace, Swagvisor Yes. I am letting the word “swag” out of the penalty box, albeit briefly. I feel like Workaholics buried the whole concept and read a prayer over its tombstone. But if Metta World Peace wants to invoke it, LET IT BE INVOKED. Now, when a new NBA star is born, […]
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The Ugly Organ: Justified Season 3, Episode 5
The other day I somewhat randomly turned on an episode from Season 1 of Justified called “Hatless.” The episode starts with Raylan tying one on in the middle of the day at some dive bar, where he proceeds to get into a fight (which he starts) with two degenerates he antagonizes by saying, “I didn’t […]
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The Shootaround: NBA News, Notes and Mike D’Antoni Thinks You Are Being Ludicrous
Seasons Of Love I, for one, can think of nothing more romantic to do this Valentine’s Day evening than watch the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors. Valentine’s Day is about love, and love is about communication, and the New York Knicks, for the first time this season, are running an offense in which the […]
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The Washington Wizards Give Valentine’s Day Advice
Since they have completely mastered the whole “being on a basketball team” thing, some members of the mighty 6-22 Washington Wizards have decided to branch out in their professional lives. They have become love doctors. Shelvin Mack, Jordan Crawford, and Trevor Booker took some time out from stenciling Jared Sullinger’s name onto a locker room […]
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The Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Greenwald and Ryan on Zombies, Magic Rivers, and Love
For the Valentine’s Day edition of the Hollywood Prospectus podcast, Chris Ryan and I decided to talk about what we love most in the world: our significant others television. Join us for a spirited — and occasionally accented — discussion of the return of The Walking Dead, the mysteries of The River, the pleasures of […]
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Blake Griffin Is the Plastic Bag From American Beauty
No, this is not a Fake Grantland tweet. So, as some of you might remember, the Academy Award-winning film American Beauty features a famous scene in which Ricky Fitts (played by Wes Bentley) shows a video of a plastic bag blowing in the wind to Jane Burnham (Thora Birch). For Fitts, this discarded piece of […]
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‘That’s My MO, Bro’: Randy Moss Is Back!
The twilight of Randy Moss’ career, including a bizarre, sad exit from New England, a catastrophe of a stop in Minnesota, and an X-Files episode of a stint in Tennessee, came to a close in August when the wide receiver retired from football. Now it’s open again, as Moss has announced via UStream that he will […]
