Posts by Shane Ryan
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Readers’ Revenge: Your Worst Workplace Embarrassment
It’s time for Readers’ Revenge, the weekly feature in which we turn Grantland over to YOU, the unpredictable reader. This week’s topic was Your Biggest Workplace Embarrassment. I received tons of great e-mails as always, so please don’t take it personally if yours didn’t make the cut. To give you an idea of how terrible […]
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About Last Weekend: Lob City Revolution Continues to Be Televised
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the Memphis Grizzlies at home, winning Game 7 82-72 for the franchise’s third playoff-series victory in 41 years. After the game, Chris Paul surveyed the catatonic Memphis crowd. “Are they actually […]
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About Last Night: Lakers Getting Sick of Denver
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. On a night when Kobe Bryant was hampered with a stomach issue, Ty Lawson scored 32 points and the Nuggets forced a Game 7 with a 113-96 win over the Lakers. “It sucks when you’re sick for […]
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About Last Night: Knicks Knocked Out
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. LeBron James scored 29 points, grabbed eight boards, and dished out seven assists as the Heat eliminated the Knicks with a 106-94 Game 5 win. After the game, Amar’e Stoudemire stood with clenched fists near a wall […]
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Life After Mariano: The First Save
The rain kept coming in the Bronx, never severe but never quite letting up. The first-place Rays had been playing from behind since Raul Ibanez’s home run in the fourth, and in section 212 of Yankee Stadium, two rows into the coveted dry area out in right field, I wondered if this would be the […]
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About Last Night: Hamilton’s Four Play
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Josh Hamilton hit four home runs — only the 16th time that feat has been accomplished in major league history — in a 10-3 win over the Orioles. “This seems like as good a time as any […]
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Baseball Nickname, Serial Killer, or Fakery: The Game
My favorite comedy podcast, Uhh Yeah Dude, sometimes features a game called “Weed, Horse, Mind’s Eye.” One co-host lists three names. One is a kind of marijuana, one is the name of a race horse, and one is a figment of his imagination. Another co-host has to guess which is which. This game, inspired by […]
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About Last Night: Anagram Madness
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday. In today’s installment, I’ll ask a question after each recap, and then answer it in scrambled anagram form. It’s up to you to decode the (punny) answer. Throw your answers in the Facebook comments, and obviously don’t […]
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Reader’s Revenge: Your Worst Moment With the In-Laws
It’s time for Readers’ Revenge, the weekly feature in which we turn Grantland over to YOU, the unpredictable reader. This week’s topic was Your Worst Moment With In-Laws or a Significant Other’s Family. As with any good narrative, we’ll start with two stories of near-castration, and end with a basketball theme. I received tons of […]
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About Last Weekend: Everything Coming Up Roses
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. A chestnut colt named I’ll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Nobody was happier about the win than Rex Ryan, who celebrated deep into the night until someone told him that the horse […]