Posts by Grantland Staff
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YouTube HOF: Fourqueltology
Paranormal Activity heads to the screens for the fourth time this weekend, and while the jury’s still out on how it holds up to its three predecessors, the number in the title puts it in the dubious pantheon of franchise fourquels. By the time a film series reaches its fourth installment, there’s not a lot […]
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NFL Run & Shootaround: Sea-fense!
On any given Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday), your NFL Run & Shootaround crew will be gathered around multiple televisions, making inappropriate jokes and generally regressing to the mean. Catch up on all the NFL action right here. U Mad Bro? The day after the Seahawks announced that Russell Wilson would be their Week 1 […]
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YouTube Hall of Walken
Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh’s follow-up to 2008’s excellent In Bruges, comes out this weekend, and while we’re certainly looking forward to the director teaming up with Colin Farrell again, it’s a pretty good bet that nine out of 10 scenes will be effortlessly stolen by Christopher Walken, arguably the original modern psychopath. With over 120 […]
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NFL Run & Shootaround: You Got Lucky
On any given Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday), your NFL Run & Shootaround crew will be gathered around multiple televisions, making inappropriate jokes and generally regressing to the mean. Catch up on all the NFL action right here. The Sure Thing Sunday afternoon wasn’t Andrew Luck’s first game-winning drive. That was in Week 2, when […]
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Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: John A. Walsh and Ron Howard
ESPN executive vice-president John A. Walsh chats with film director Ron Howard about his career, his love of sports, and how he thinks ESPN can improve.
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YouTube HOF: Revengeance
The pop culture world is all about payback this week, with Liam Neeson returning to the big screen to exact all sorts of bloody Eurocentric revenge in Taken 2 (if you’re not excited for this film, don’t worry, Samuel L. Jackson’s enthusiasm is enough for all of us) and Emily Thorne continuing to make the […]
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NBA Media Day Shootaround
It’s baaaaaack. The NBA Shootaround crew is here to go over the best and brightest story lines coming out of media day and the opening days of NBA training camp. Basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball, basketball!!! Kobe Clearly Still Mad About the Ellen Kid; Lying About Having the Ball in Hands; Wishes He Were a Transformer […]
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Story Time With Jalen Rose: Kobe Scores 81 Points on Raptors
On this week’s episode, Jalen Rose tells the story of the night Kobe Bryant scored 81 points against Rose’s Toronto Raptors.
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NFL Run & Shootaround: Bulls on Parade
On any given Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday), your NFL Run & Shootaround crew will be gathered around multiple televisions, making inappropriate jokes and generally regressing to the mean. Catch up on all the NFL action right here. Texas Toast Week 4 began with three teams that remained undefeated, and although some late-game craziness kept […]
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30 for 30 Shorts: ‘Arnold’s Blueprint’
The latest film from the directors of The Two Escobars.