Posts by Sean Fennessey
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41-Day Warning: Darrelle Revis Is Boring in the Good Way
As the long, hot summer drags on, we here at The Triangle figured we’d provide a steady stream of NFL goodness as a reminder of the light at the end of the baseball-lined tunnel. There are very few exciting Darrelle Revis highlights on the Internet. This is a good thing. Revis is a nightmare for […]
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Summer Blues: Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange Listening Party
There’s something about the quiet ones. In R&B, it’s not the brash who you need to keep an eye on — they do all the work for you. Marvin Gaye. Sam Cooke. Luther Vandross. D’Angelo. They danced quietly. Despite his broad smile and honeysuckle voice, Gaye was as tortured as any popular artist ever — […]
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Twitquistion: A Brave Media Member Is Forced to Answer for a Pro-Newsroom Tweet
Refusing to join the ravenous pack of media jackals picking apart the carcass of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom on Twitter, Grantland editor Sean Fennessey stepped back from the bloody scrum, steeled himself for the consequences, and declared his independence. Now he must defend himself against this brutal inquisition about his controversial opinion. At 10:17 p.m. […]
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Negotiating No-Han and the Surprising New York Mets
Great Moments in Mets Sadness: Carlos Beltran’s bat slumped on his shoulder, his knees made of pink slime; Doc Gooden lost in a crack house while his teammates celebrated a World Series in the streets; Luis Castillo’s too-early pop-up squeeze; Bobby Valentine’s Groucho Marx routine; “A really good kid. A very good player. Not a […]
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A Duets Duet: On the Reality Singing Competition That Makes No Sense
Now that our nation’s dueling, mediocre, pop-detecting machines, American Idol and The Voice, have come to positively underwhelming conclusions, ABC is filling the summer gap with Duets. Featuring four superstar performers — the word “superstar” is used loosely and often on this show — Duets hopes to discover the world’s best duet partner (we think?) […]
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10 Things Wes Anderson Should Never Do Again That Make Moonrise Kingdom Great
Regardless of their quality, Wes Anderson’s movies are precious little contraptions. They’re like antique Matryoshka dolls encased in an eighth grader’s volcano diorama and situated in a dollhouse made of Legos and Lincoln Logs. There are small pieces everywhere, assembled just so, from tweedy costuming to crate-dug soundtrack choices to peculiarly named characters (Raleigh St. […]
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Stephen Strasburg Looks Like the Scariest Pitcher in Baseball
Earlier this week, ESPN SweetSpot writer David Schoenfield declared fully recovered White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy the game’s best hurler. Peavy’s comeback, from two-time ERA champ to desperately dangling limb and now back to a batter-baffling force, has been remarkable and was never a given. But as good as Peavy’s been, overwhelming hitters with his […]
