Posts by Shane Ryan
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About Last Weekend: From a Land Down Under
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. Samantha Stosur became the first Australian woman to win a major since 1980, defeating Serena Williams for the U.S. Open title. Williams, in the midst of her loss, went on a tirade where she called the […]
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About Last Night: Fear the Pack
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. In the opening game of the NFL season, the Packers outgunned the Saints 42-34. Green Bay’s defense held strong on the final play, stopping Mark Ingram at the 1-yard line to preserve the victory. In retrospect, Ingram […]
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In Search of the Most Depressed Fan Base
Over Labor Day weekend, 10 of the ablest minds at Grantland briefly stopped typing their own names into a Google search bar and devoted themselves to a sad question: Which city’s fan base is enduring the roughest stretch in sports right now? Where should the sympathetic among us direct our pity? Or, for the cruel […]
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About Last Night: Peyton’s Clipboard Duty
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will officially miss the first game of the NFL season as he recovers from neck surgery. This ends a streak of 227 consecutive starts, the longest in the league, that dates back to […]
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About Last Night: Strasburg’s Motion to Dismiss
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Stephen Strasburg made his long-awaited return from injury for the Nationals, throwing five scoreless innings and getting a no decision in a 7-3 loss to the Dodgers. It’s good news for the city of Washington, where the […]
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The Wrestler in Real Life
Ric Flair’s long, steady decline.
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About Last Weekend: Those Bucking Broncos
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports over the weekend. Boise State kicked off its season Saturday with a 35-21 thumping of Georgia. The game was in Atlanta, so the Broncos didn’t have the benefit of their home field’s blue turf, but they managed to blend […]
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About Last Night: The Nation Strikes Back
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Jacoby Ellsbury’s sixth-inning home run helped the Red Sox even up their series against the Yankees with a 9-5 win. Ellsbury’s opposite-field shot went over the Green Monster, which marks the 34,245th straight day where the supposed […]
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About Last Night: Fister’s Close Call
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Detroit’s Doug Fister took a perfect game into the seventh, and the Tigers eventually prevailed, 2-1, on Ramon Santiago’s 10th-inning walk-off home run. Fister didn’t get the win, but Tigers manager Jim Leyland gave him a nice […]
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Good vs. Evil: Who’s Who In The Sox-Yanks Rivalry?
No surprises here: As of this morning, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have the two best records in the American League. Boston is up a game and a half, and the teams meet for a three-game series at Fenway starting Tuesday night. The standings will only heighten the usual drama, which […]
