Posts by Grantland Staff
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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 3
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 third weekend […]
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Grantland Network: Ring Theory
Victor Ortiz wanted to hug it out, but Floyd Mayweather declared that he was a fighter, not a lover. The end result was a boxing match that left the sports world buzzing — and gave us a reason to roll out the Grantland Network’s first boxing podcast. The Ring magazine’s former managing editor, Eric Raskin, […]
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YouTube Hall of Fame: Howard Cosell, R.E.M., and Two Men Hit With Footballs
MIchael Weinreb: Most of the times I took a punch to the face as young man it was by accident, the product of a collision during a pick-up basketball game or a youth soccer match, or that one time when I was working for a concession company, unloading supplies, when the door of a freezer […]
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Grantland Network: Men In Blazers
The Men In Blazers live to pod another day (after pledging their allegiance to bossman Bill Simmons and the 2009 soccer flick, The Damned United). They revisit a surreal weekend of EPL action, lauding Manchester United, and prescribing some World War I poetry for Chelsea’s Fernando Torres. And after countless hours of research, Michael Davies […]
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Grantland Network: The Solid Verbal
Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein return to the Grantland Network to wrap college football’s third week, review their favorite Road Test Weekend memories, and attempt to figure out screwy conference realignment storylines. Ty also briefly exhales after an impressive Notre Dame win and discusses his experience at the Temple-Penn State “game” in Philadelphia (his obsession […]
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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 2
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 second weekend […]
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YouTube Hall of Fame: Ashford & Simpson, Kicking and Screaming, and Ski Porn
Bill Simmons: “All right, Ashford — wait, which one are you? Simpson, sorry. OK, we’re gonna start the fake rain and have Simpson start singing. Ashford, you run into the tunnel and sing your part, but make it seem like you’re about to murder Simpson. Simpson, I want you to briefly seem scared like you’re […]
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Grantland Network: Men In Blazers
With the devastating emptiness of the international break firmly behind them, Roger and Michael return to discover soccer, America’s sport of the future since 1972, making further inroads into U.S. popular culture. The fully-blazered men discuss whether a two-team league is bad for the Premier League, decide on the greatest soccer movie of all time […]
