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  • Jason Collins

    Video: Jason Collins on Talking to Presidents About His Big Announcement, and Playing Basketball With Jason Segel in High School

    Check out these two videos from Bill Simmons’s B.S. Report with Jason Collins. Presidents, Oprah, Even Tim Hardaway Reached Out to Collins Collins details the craziness of the day he publicly announced he is gay, including high-profile phone calls of support from former President Bill Clinton, President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Kirk Hinrich, and Tim […]

  • Stephen Curry

    NBA Playoffs Shootaround: Confidence Men

    So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You’ll find takes on moments you might’ve missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. Warrior (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) Chris Ryan: Maybe it’s just the fraying of my emotional meniscus or […]

  • Speed

    YouTube HOF: The Summer Movie-est Summer Movies

    We’ve got summer blockbusters on the brain this week on the Hollywood Prospectus, and so we thought it’d be a good time to run back some of the summer movies we hold nearest and dearest to our hearts, the films that epitomize everything a summer movie should be. There will be explosions, there will be […]

  • Stephen Curry

    NBA Playoffs Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Golden Boys

    A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s playoff games. 1. Stretchy Elastic Bands (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) Robert Mays: Considering my own, “Oh, no, not again” reaction to Steph Curry’s twisting left ankle last night, I can’t imagine what that image must’ve looked like for Warriors fans. When his foot […]

  • John Elway

    Now Almost Batting for the Yankees … John Elway

    In 1983, John Elway was on his way to being the first pick in the NFL draft. However, the Baltimore Colts had that pick, and Elway had zero interest in playing there to the point that he would announce he was instead going to play for the New York Yankees. In the days leading up […]

  • Fire

    NBA Playoffs Shootaround: Are You Fired Up?

    So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You’ll find takes on moments you might’ve missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. He Ate the Bones Bucks coach Jim Boylan on LeBron James: “I mean, what can you do?” […]

  • Dirk Nowitzki

    Wish You Were Here: 8 Teams We Wanted to See in the NBA Playoffs

    The NBA playoffs are upon us, with 16 teams competing for the Larry O’Brien Trophy. But what about the other guys? What about the teams we wish were in the playoffs? We may know, in our heads, that they didn’t do enough to get into the postseason, but that doesn’t change how we feel in […]

  • LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat gets ready before the game against the Milwaukee Bucks on April 9, 2013 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. w/ Grantland NBA Playoffs Logo

    NBA Playoffs Shootaround: Great Expectations

    We asked some of our writers to tell us what they’re expecting from the upcoming NBA playoffs. Jay Caspian Kang: Miami will go 16-3 in the playoffs, and one of the losses will come to the Bucks. They’ll also lose a game to the Knicks and the last one to the Thunder in the Finals. […]

  • Tom Cruise in 'Magnolia'

    YouTube HOF: Cruise It or Lose It

    After an arguably false start with last year’s Jack Reacher, Tom Cruise, Movie Star, makes a big, blockbustery return this weekend in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi effects-fest Oblivion. And not a moment too soon. This is an HOF that’s been a long time coming. Join Grantland as we proudly present our favorite Tom Cruise moments of […]

  • 30 for 30 Shorts: ‘Silver Reunion’

    Our latest film, from director Rory Karpf.

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