Posts by Grantland Staff

August 4, 2014
Harry Pilgrim vs. the Wizarding World

In the latest and greatest in trailer mash-up whimsy, please enjoy Harry Potter done up Scott Pilgrim style. This is not one we would have thought up. But we have limited imaginations.
August 4, 2014
Lightning Round: Did Anyone Watch the ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Finale?

Last night, ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ very quietly aired its season (and perhaps series) finale. This realization prompted questions: Did anyone at Grantland actually stick with it? Was anyone fully caught up? Will this be another one-and-out AMC show? Did things work out at Comdex?
July 31, 2014
Who Won the Month?

After 31 days of World Cup mania, NBA free agency insanity, and ape-tastic box office, we weigh in on the supreme champions of July 2014.
July 31, 2014
RAPINOE!

This happened on Wednesday, during Seattle Reign’s win over Houston in the National Women’s Soccer League. Feel free to peruse some of our drooling over Rapinoe here and here.
July 31, 2014
Lightning Round: The Jon Lester–Yoenis Cespedes Trade

Dan Fierman: Any Red Sox fan who tells you winning three championships hasn’t changed everything is lying. We care less. Almost all of us care less. This is not a bad thing. No one, not even Dan Shaughnessy, would want to go back in time to 2003. (OK, maybe Dan Shaughnessy would.) We’re up $200,000 […]
July 31, 2014
“I look at my career. I’ve played in playoff games,” Williams said. “Most of those guys haven’t played in playoff games. It is what it is. Hopefully those guys could make it to the playoffs. Hopefully those guys could continue the success that they’ve had in their careers. Much respect to those guys, because I don’t see a much of a difference in any of them.”
July 29, 2014
Segun Toriola and Ning Gao Are the Best Athletes in the World

This happened at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, during the men’s team table tennis semifinals. They make J.J. Watt look like a shuffleboard player.
July 29, 2014
“Man, f— Bon Jovi!” Reed said. “You might as well just take this city, throw it in the river, and let it go down Niagara Falls.”
July 29, 2014
Why Does Jeanie Buss Look Like an Apparition at Byron Scott’s Press Conference?

Stay woke.
July 29, 2014
“He never met a lawsuit he didn’t like,” said Pierce O’Donnell, one of Shelly’s attorneys. “We hope at this point that Donald realizes he can’t run out the clock forever.”

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