Posts by Grantland Staff

  • YouTube Hall of Fame: When Sitcoms Got Dark

    In this week’s very special episode of YouTube Hall of Fame, Grantland remembers the very special, tonally incongruous episodes of classic TV sitcoms in which lessons were learned, awful things happened, and the studio audience laughed anyway. Diff’rent Strokes: Dudley nearly gets molested Bill Simmons: When I was growing up in the late 1970s, the […]

  • The Oracle: Oh Hey, Look, Jerseys!

    Last week, Jay Caspian Kang and Bill Simmons, displeased at the locked-out NBA, discussed the creation of a renegade, player-owned league, which they called the Oracle. Then friend of Grantland, Ryan, totally ran with it and created these stellar jerseys. Great! Who among you will step up next? Let’s keep this going. Because why not. […]

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    The Week That Was

    A look at some of our best pieces from the past week.

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    Swimming With The Sharps: Week 5

    Hey you, yeah you with all the disposable income. You know what stimulates the economy? Casual sports gambling! But we’re not throwing you in the deep end without some floaties, here. The Triangle has contracted two of Vegas’ most astute handicappers to help you navigate the choppy waters of gambling, going into this fifth weekend […]

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    The Deleted Scenes Hall of Fame

    Almost Famous, “Stairway to Heaven” Boogie Nights, “Porn Awards” Bill Simmons: Here’s what I want from my “greatest deleted scene ever.” It needs to stand on its own as an entertainingly rewatchable YouTube clip. It needs to come from an iconic movie, or at the very least, an iconic movie to me. It needs to […]

  • The Week That Was

    A look at some of our best pieces from the past week.

  • Bruce Ratner

    The Week That Was

    A look at some of our best pieces from the past week.

  • Swimming With The Sharps: Week 4

    Hey you, yeah you with all the disposable income. You know what stimulates the economy? Casual sports gambling! But we’re not throwing you in the deep end without some floaties, here. The Triangle has contracted two of Vegas’ most astute handicappers to help you navigate the choppy waters of gambling, going into this fourth weekend […]

  • YouTube Hall of Fame: Tom Hanks on Late Night, Pandas on a Slide, and Helen Hunt on Crank

    Bill Simmons: In Friday’s mailbag, I wrote an extended section comparing Tom Hanks’ career to Michael Jordan’s (mainly for the “multiple apexes” and “you’ll never see another one” wrinkles), also mentioning how Hanks distinguished himself beyond acting by being one of Letterman’s best NBC guests in the 1980s (during Letterman’s own apex) AND one of […]

  • Grantland Network: The Solid Verbal

    With college football’s fourth week in the books, Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein break down the inevitability of a “national semifinal” between LSU and Alabama, and discuss the easiest way to cure South Carolina’s quarterback woes. They also wonder if anyone has been keeping tabs on Bill Stewart, when Denard Robinson will physically expire, how […]

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