Posts by Grantland Channel

  • Putt-Putt Perfection

    “Everybody has their one thing that they’re good at, and if you ever find it, you want to stick with it.” —Rick Baird On April 9, 2011, at a tournament in Richmond, Virginia, an IT manager named Rick Baird notched 18 straight hole-in-one shots to record a perfect putt-putt score. In more than 50 years […]

  • ‘The Finish Line,’ Episode 2: Steve Nash and the Stretch Provision

    In the second episode of The Finish Line, an exclusive Grantland series chronicling Steve Nash’s season, Nash battles his way back onto the court, celebrates his 40th birthday with a throwback performance against the 76ers, and faces the harsh reality that the Lakers may essentially end his career by exercising the stretch provision.

  • 2014 Grantland Oscars Preview: Best Picture

    Grantland’s Wesley Morris and Chris Connelly review the nine nominees for Best Picture and ask if the early hype around ’12 Years a Slave’ will actually hurt its chances of winning.

  • 2014 Grantland Oscars Preview: Best Actress

    Grantland’s Wesley Morris and Chris Connelly debate whether anyone other than Cate Blanchett can win Best Actress this year.

  • 2014 Grantland Oscars Preview: Best Actor

    Grantland’s Wesley Morris and Chris Connelly review the performances of Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Bruce Dern, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Matthew McConaughey before deciding the award is McConaughey’s to lose.

  • 2014 Grantland Oscars Preview: Best Director

    Grantland’s Wesley Morris and Chris Connelly break down the Best Director category, which comes down to the directors of two excellent movies that couldn’t be more different. Will Steve McQueen’s heart-wrenching ’12 Years a Slave’ or Alfonso Cuarón’s technically brilliant ‘Gravity’ win?

  • 2014 Grantland Oscars Preview: Best Supporting Actress

    Grantland’s Wesley Morris and Chris Connelly break down the Best Supporting Actress category, and it comes down to a two-woman race between Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong’o.

  • Men in Blazers: With Special Guest Barry Hearn

    In a live special, Mr. Barry Hearn reveals his “10 Lessons of Life” before a sold-out audience of GFOPs in New York City.

  • Michael Weinstein

    Introducing the 2014 Oscars Preview!

    Chris Connelly and Wesley Morris break down all the Academy Awards’ major races. First up: Best Supporting Actor.

  • The Moment Podcast: Brian Koppelman With Marc Maron

    WTF host Marc Maron joins Brian Koppelman to talk about the joy of telling intentionally unfunny jokes, last chances, and why Marc still hasn’t had coffee with Jon Stewart.

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