Posts by Jay Caspian Kang

February 8, 2013
Five Questions on American Idol: A Brave, New, Murder-Free Group Night World

Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. This show is great and will continue to be perfect forever! One How are we feeling about things? We’ve had three more hours of show, with […]
February 4, 2013
DIVAWATCH: A Second Opinion on Beyonce, and Thoughts on the Other Super Bowl Divas

Well, shit. And Holy Camel Toe. There are times when I wish I could walk through a wardrobe and end up in a different Twitterverse, because while I have become the sort of person who has opinions about Mad Men, Girls, Nick Young, and other cultural offal, I can still remember those innocent, halcyon days […]
February 1, 2013
Five Questions on American Idol: Why Has This Season Been So Good So Far?

Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. It’s been good so far! They’re as surprised as anybody! One Do we have any theories about why this season is so good so far? It’s […]
January 25, 2013
Five Questions on American Idol: Is Nicki Minaj the Greatest Judge Since Simon?

Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken, to tackle another season of American Idol. Join them on their journey, they’ll need fresh meat when things go in a cannibal direction. One Is Nicki Minaj the best non-Simon judge the show’s […]
January 22, 2013
DIVAWATCH: Beyoncé vs. Kelly Clarkson at the Inauguration

A sincere question: Did Beyoncé invent Twitter? What spell has the Queen B cast into the hearts of millions of tweeters, whereby the pure chaos of social media only comes into harmony to praise every little thing she does? Last year, I finally forgave Beyoncé for her myriad transgressions and admitted that my five-year fight […]
January 17, 2013
Five Questions on American Idol: New Judges, New Season, Same Suicide Mission Deep Into the Heart of Musical Darkness

Whatever doesn’t deafen you makes you stronger: Grantland’s Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have returned, bowed but not broken by The X Factor, to tackle another season of American Idol. Yes, it’s definitely time to start worrying about them. One What are your first impressions of Judge Mariah, who is ostensibly the […]
January 10, 2013
Lakers Sports Talk Radio: The Texas Two Step

For the rest of the season, Jay Kang will be processing all the calls into local Los Angeles sports-talk radio shows. Aided by a computer program, Kang will spit out what the computer believes to be the most average question asked about the Lakers. And then he will answer that question. The second-most expensive dog-and-pony […]
January 7, 2013
Lakers Sports Talk Radio: Why They (Probably) Won’t Make the Playoffs

Sports talk radio never changes. Kevin from Saugus is Leo from Bensonhurst is Robbie from Schaumburg is Carl on a cell phone on the 280 outside Daly City, and although each of those guys complains in a regional style about regional players, they all share a similar tone — the annoyed arch in the vowels […]
December 24, 2012
The Next Jeremy Lin?

Oak Hill Academy’s Chris Tang and the pressures of being the Great Asian Hope.
December 20, 2012
Judging The X Factor: The Semi-Star-Studded Finale Spectacular We’ve All Been Waiting For!

For reasons still not entirely clear to them, Grantland editors Jay Caspian Kang, Mark Lisanti, and Emily Yoshida have decided to track the second season of The X Factor. The big purple spaceship finally crashed across the finish line last night. Here’s the report from the wreckage.

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