Posts by Hua Hsu

  • Jim Harbaugh

    Shot Callers

    On the mysteries of coaching.

  • San Francisco Giants

    Tweakers, Castoffs, Mystics, and Lil Wayne’s Unlikeliest Homie: In Praise of the 2012 San Francisco Giants

    I spent Game 5 of the 2010 World Series lying on the floor of my apartment, staring at the ceiling and listening to the San Francisco Giants’ local radio feed over the Internet. I was 3,000 miles away from the Bay Area and I wanted some connection to the feelings and rituals of childhood. I […]

  • Chris Elliott

    Chris Elliott Gets a Life

    A comedy genius accepts cult heroism.

  • Morrissey

    Morrissey Is Still Laughing at His Own Jokes

    A window directly into my soul, or the first time I was exposed to the Smiths: I was walking down the hallway in middle school when I saw an older student — the star of various sports teams, a boy who combed his hair and had a steady girlfriend — open his locker. Curious about […]

  • Jay-Z

    The Colossus of New York

    Jay-Z ushers in a new Brooklyn era at the Barclays Center.

  • Lupe Fiasco

    Do We Like This? Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album

    Lupe Fiasco’s fourth album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, was released Tuesday. To mark the occasion, two Grantland contributors from different generations offer their complicated feelings on the latest from one of music’s most polarizing figures. Hua Hsu: When both Chief Keef and D.L. Hughley dis you, when Pete Rock feels […]

  • How Manchester United’s Ryan Tunnicliffe Made His Father £10,000

    Here’s a heartwarming story from northwest England, or at the very least an example of how much easier it is to monetize one’s bloodlines in other countries. When Ryan Tunnicliffe was 9, his father Michael “Mick” Tunnicliffe placed a £100 bet that his son would one day play for Manchester United’s first team. Young Ryan […]

  • Manchester United

    I Bought Manchester United

    On making a real investment in your favorite team.

  • Tim Lincecum

    Freak Out

    On the unwinding of Tim Lincecum.

  • Attack the Block

    Never Been in a Riot

    Attack the Block and anarchy in the U.K.

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