Posts by Grantland Staff
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The 2012 Year-End Blowout
The best in sports, movies, TV, music and more.
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Overrated or Underrated: 2012 in Sports
It was a year that provided plenty of personalities, story lines, and moments, but the question is, which of those moments got their due and which did not? Could LeBron James actually be underrated? Could the Olympics? They just might be. Underrated: LeBron James’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Indiana Everyone remembers […]
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The 2012 Shootaround
The year in sports, 2012, told in GIFs and riffs. The Little Giant Here’s a video of Lionel Messi scoring 86 goals in the year of our Maradona, 2012, breaking Gerd Muller’s record of 85 goals for club and country in a calendar year. It’s hard to pick just one. There was the cheeky chip […]
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Will Arnett Answers E-mails About the Will Arnett, His Answer to the Arnold Palmer
A couple of weeks ago we posted the ESPN Films 30 for 30 short The Arnold Palmer, which took a quirky look at the invention and evolution of the legendary golfer’s much-loved beverage. The Arnold Palmer is the most famous celebrity-concocted beverage ever, this much we know. But were you aware of the Will Arnett? […]
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NBA Shootaround: Kevin Durant Is Playing at My House
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. I’m a Bad, Bad Man Kevin Durant had two great plays against the Hawks (Josh Smith, to […]
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The Grantland Staff Squeals With Delight Over the New Trailer for Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain
Yesterday afternoon, Michael Bay debuted the trailer for Pain and Gain, his first non-Transformers movie since 2005, inspiring an internal Grantland e-mail chain every bit as over-the-top and exuberantly explosion-laden as his filmography. So we thought we’d share it. What has 16 thumbs and is way too excited about The Rock and Mark Wahlberg playing […]
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Overlooked Movies of the Year
In defense of the occasionally — OK, pretty frequently — indefensible.
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YouTube HOF: The Year in Internet
As the Grantland staff looks back this week on the highlights of the year in music, TV, film, and sports, we would obviously be remiss if we left out the one medium to rule them all: the Internet. Here are our picks for the best (and worst) of the Information Superhighway in 2012.
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The 2012 TV Faceoffs
Homeland vs. AMC’s prestige shows, HBO’s Girls vs. Bravo’s Girls, and the Kardashians vs. other Kardashians in our year-end television reckonings.
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Songs of the Year 2012
From Frank Ocean to Fiona Apple, the Grantland staff looks back on the most notable tracks of 2012.
