Posts by Chris Ryan

  • Rankonia: The Triangle Power Rankings

    1. Gregg Popovich, American Exceptionalist Simply for this searing, classically Popovichian statement about whether Ricky Rubio needs to adapt to American culture: “They’re more cultured than we are … Like we’re the cultured ones? Are you serious? Have you watched TV lately? Have you seen what Americans do? How many languages do you speak? And you […]

  • Modic/Boyata

    The Reducer: Week 14, Spurs of the Moment

    Tottenham dares to dream, Arsenal does the little things, and the rest of the EPL action.

  • Rankonia: The Triangle Power Rankings

    1. Christian Watford, Indiana Call this The David Freese Rule. Anytime you actually do something that hundreds of thousands of people dream about doing from a very young age, you go to the top of Rankonia. Down two, clocking running out, playing at home against the no. 1 team in the country. If this was […]

  • The Lion in Nuclear Winter: The Comedy of Kobe Bryant

    Kobe Bryant is sitting on five NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVP awards, a regular season MVP award, 13 All-Star game appearances and two scoring titles. He’s played with some of the best players to ever walk onto a basketball court and he’s punched Reggie Miller. He’s done it all. And now, as he strolls […]

  • Your Weekend Soccer Guide: El Clasico Edition

    Here’s your guide to all of this weekend’s best soccer action from around the globe. Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Where: Santiago Bernabéu When: Saturday, 4:00 p.m EST (GOLTV, ESPND) What’s At Stake: According to Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff, not a whole hell of a lot: “It’s only a game and nothing more than that.” Maybe, […]

  • UEFA Champions League Winners And Losers

    In terms of European football, think of domestic leagues as your demanding, all-consuming job and Champions League as your significant other. They’re both important and your success in either goes a long way toward identifying your place in the world. But put too much emphasis on your job and one day you come home to […]

  • How the Mavericks Won the NBA Finals and Still Got Robbed

    The NBA lockout lasted from July 1 to November 26 . We lost a lot during that time. Namely months of wildly speculative, anonymously sourced, economically illiterate trade and free agent rumors, which have come back with the vengeance of Old Boy in this compressed offseason. Something else got lost too. The Dallas Mavericks lost […]

  • Kellen Moore

    Rankonia: The Triangle Power Rankings

    1. Kellen Moore, Boise State This week’s Rankonia throne-holder comes from blue-turf enthusiast Chuck Klosterman: “Has anyone ever gotten jammed so much in one week? Boise loses one game to TCU … yet gets sent to the unseen MAACO Bowl to play totally irrelevant Arizona State. Moore ends his career as one of the five […]

  • Shay Given

    The Reducer: Week 13, Northeast Passage

    Newcastle refuses to regress to the mean, plus the Premier League loses a legend.

  • Your Weekend Soccer Guide

    Here’s your guide to all of this weekend’s best soccer action from around the globe. Newcastle vs. Chelsea Where: Sports Direct Arena (even though St. James’ Park sounds better) When: 7:45 a.m. EST Saturday What’s At Stake: Andre Villas-Boas’ employment. The former Porto boss was considered the wunderkind of European football management when he showed […]

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