Posts by Jay Caspian Kang

April 19, 2012
NBA Tankonia!

How low will teams go for a better pick in the 2012 draft?
April 13, 2012
A Debate About Storage Wars: Does Rooting for Dave Hester Make You a Bad Person?

KANG I have a Storage Wars problem. I watch at least two a day. Sometimes, I watch five or six in a row. The show has aired 52 episodes, which, clearly, is not enough to feed the beast. There’s no clear explanation for this obsession — I’ve never had any interest in antiques, furniture, collectibles, […]
April 12, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: Sowing Emo Dissention in the Top 7

All season long, Grantland Idol ultramarathoners Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance show. Welcome to Week 380! They haven’t quite broken yet, but they will. They will. One I’m going to restate my question from last week. Don’t you think Skylar Laine is going to win? […]
April 2, 2012
The Uncertain Future of Linsanity

His season is over. But where will he go next year?
April 2, 2012
Grizzly Problems

Can Memphis make it to the Finals?
March 29, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: Feeling a Phantom Shift in the Top 9

All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. Though there are only nine contestants left, there is no explicit guarantee this cycle will ever end; it will probably stretch on well into 2015, just to destroy them. One It felt like there […]
March 26, 2012
People of Interest: John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins

Trying to make sense of two enigmatic, forever entwined prodigies.
March 26, 2012
Brand Gone Bust

Harrison Barnes’s two years in Chapel Hill.
March 22, 2012
Five Questions on American Idol: An Unpleasant Evening With Billy Joel and the Top 10

All season, Grantland Idol experts Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti will answer five very important questions after each performance episode. Yes, “all season.” That’s a really long time, right? It didn’t feel quite that long when they agreed to this. One We’re down to the “Top” 10. (R.I.P., Shannon Magrane.) Who was the best […]
March 20, 2012
A Question of Identity

The headline, the tweet, and the unfair significance of Jeremy Lin.

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