Posts by Jay Caspian Kang

  • Super Bowl party

    Super Bowl Araby

    Four days in Indianapolis.

  • Immediately Stop What You Are Doing and Watch This Jeremy Lin Tribute Video

    The only person who might be more invested in Linsanity than me and my AZN basketball homies (what up, @MrEddieHuang!) is an unknown emcee named Mega Ran, who recently posted a tribute song online. For the short turnaround time, it’s a solid effort — love the T.I. track, the slow flow, and how hard he […]

  • Soups

    Souper Bowl I: This Is the Worst

    And so we come to this: Two cream-based seafood soups with New England roots battling it out for the Souper Bowl championship.

  • American Idol

    Five Questions on American Idol, Week 3: St. Louis Is Where They Found Carrie Underwood

    All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. This week, Kang is “on assignment” at the Super Bowl, so Lisanti will be joined by Fake Jay Kang, his best guess as to how the otherwise-occupied pozole enthusiast would answer each question. Yeah, […]

  • Blake Griffin

    Person of Interest: Blake Griffin

    The first 100 games.

  • American Idol

    Five Questions on American Idol, Week 3: Sorry, We’re Not Going to Reference Portlandia

    All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. This week, Kang is on assignment at the Super Bowl, so Lisanti will be joined by Fake Jay Kang, his best guess as to how the otherwise-occupied Diva Master would answer each question. This […]

  • Souper Bowl

    Souper Bowl I: Alphabet Falls to Hot and Sour

    The first day of Souper Bowl I saw only one significant upset, as the old men from Tomato used a combination of ugly post moves, spot-up jumpers, and “blue collar”-ness to take down Broccoli Cheddar. Before action began Monday morning, many tournament pundits were wondering how Broccoli Cheddar received such a high ranking in the […]

  • Amrican Idol

    Five Questions on American Idol Week 2: A Revolution in Texas

    All season, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti will answer five very important questions about each Idol performance episode. The seams of their sanity are already starting to fray. One We’re feeling generous tonight, so let’s start with an easy one for a change. Favorite Galveston/Houston contestant? Kang: Last night’s episode was pretty […]

  • Etta James

    Etta James: Queen of Stank

    Looking back at the Diva of Divas.

  • Haley Smith

    Five Questions on American Idol Week 2: Aspen Auditions

    All season, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. They’re already starting to crack under the pressure, so by the top 12 things should really get interesting. One Who was your favorite contestant from Aspen? (And keep in mind by “favorite” we mean “the […]

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