Posts by Grantland Staff
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The Best B.S.: George Brett on His Best Basebrawls
Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett recounts the tales of his best basebrawls to Bill Simmons, including the time Thurman Munson saved him from an angry mob of Yankees and the difficulties of throwing clean punches in the middle of a bench-clearing skirmish.
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YouTube HOF: Hoffman vs. Phoenix
This week, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master gets a limited release, effectively kicking off Oscar season. There are many reasons to be excited about this movie, but chief among them is the chance to watch powerhouse thespians Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix act the living daylights out of one another. In anticipation of this […]
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Review Rewind: Matthew Perry’s Go On Returns Tonight
NBC’s Go On premieres in its regular time slot at 9 p.m. tonight. (Unfortunately, so does The New Normal.) They’re showing a new episode, but if you’re still on the fence about your Matthew Perry–related viewing decisions, here’s Andy Greenwald’s review of the Olympics sneak peek of the pilot. And while we’re at it, here’s […]
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We Went There: Hoosier Gym Bonus Clip
During his visit to Hoosier Gym, Bill Simmons had some pointed criticisms of fictional Coach Dale.
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NFL Run & Shootaround: Robert Griffin, the First
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. RG3 and Newton’s Law In a lot of ways, the Cam Newton–Robert Griffin comparison makes sense. Each […]
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Grantland Network Podcast: Dan Le Batard With Stan and Jeff Van Gundy
Dan Le Batard (@LeBatardShow) of the Miami Herald and Jon Sciambi (@BoogSciambi) of ESPN talk with Stan and Jeff Van Gundy about the sports media, coaches lying, and Stan’s handling of the Dwight Howard mess. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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We Went There: The Hoosiers Gym
On the day his beloved Patriots were to play in Super Bowl XLVI, Bill Simmons made a pilgrimage to Hoosier Gym in Knightstown, Indiana, where they filmed Hoosiers. The trip was an attempt to bring luck and victory to the New England Patriots. It did not.
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The Year in Sports
The Grantland Staff reflects on the defining sports moments of 2011.
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Football! Grantland Previews the 2012-13 NFL Season
The teams to watch, the story lines to follow, and the videos to get you ready for some football
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YouTube HOF: Are You Ready for Some Football (Movies)?
Editor’s note: Every once in a while, we here at the Hollywood Prospectus blog take a break from our back issues of Cahiers du Cinéma and Teen People to check in with the world of sport, and it has recently come to our attention that football season is indeed upon us. Now, if there’s one […]
