Posts by Grantland Staff
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Dumb Office Arguments: Are Knicks Fans Allowed to Become Nets Fans?
Over the weekend, news broke that the New York Knicks were dragging their feet in matching the Houston Rockets’ $25 million contract offer to point guard Jeremy Lin. As the nervous laughter of Knicks fans (“Ha, this is hilarious … can you imagine? No, but really, guys. Sign him”) turned into acts of hair-pulling and […]
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YouTube HOF: Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad‘s fifth season premieres on AMC this Sunday, and we at Grantland are quickly approaching Tuco-after-20-knife-bumps levels of excitement for our yearly return to the ABQ. Join us in a (spoiler-heavy) look back at the dark, soul-crushing, and occasionally sing-along-able journey so far. “Bitch” Mark Lisanti: Has any character in the history of television […]
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Grantland on Wimbledon 2012
Reporting live from the All England Club, from Rafa’s fall to Roger and Serena reclaiming the throne.
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How We’d Fix It: The MLB All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
Combine Battleship With The Hunger Games David Jacoby: Here is how you fix the Home Run Derby: Start with an aircraft carrier. Matter of fact, whenever you are “fixing” anything, “start with an aircraft carrier” is always a good jumping-off point. Now you take said aircraft carrier and anchor that bad boy about 350 feet […]
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Mocked Up: Grantland on the 2012 NBA Draft
Mock drafts, the Draft Diary, on-the-scene reporting, profiles, and everything else you need to know about the NBA draft.
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NBA Draft Story Lines Shootaround
Michael Jordan’s Big Board In their eight years of existence, the Charlotte Bobcats have drafted three players from UNC, one from Duke, and one from Boston College, a school that plays up to seven games a year in the state of North Carolina. They have drafted one player from Texas, a Naismith runner-up from Gonzaga, […]
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YouTube HOF: Explosions!
Editor’s note: The Fourth of July is but one week away, and though your friends here at Grantland will be taking the day off, we figured we’d start the celebration early with a dazzling array of notable explosions. After all, is there anything more American, or at least more dead-of-summer, than mindlessly watching shit blow […]
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NBA Finals Shootaround: The Once and Future King
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. The Gift There’s a natural inclination to view sports in relation to culture around these parts. And, […]
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YouTube HOF: Presidential Performances
Editor’s note: This week, some guy named Benjamin Walker joins a long, distinguished line of cinematic presidents in Timur Bekmambetov’s new historical drama Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Here are some of our other favorite fictional POTUSes from film and TV. (If you don’t see the videos, please try another browser. We put them in, we […]
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NBA Finals Shootaround: It’s the Heat, Stupid
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. Flash of Greatness There’s something really “Evil Genius” about Dwyane Wade. But up until Tuesday night, I […]
