August 21, 2015
Giants of the NFL’s Disabled List
Tom Coughlin hasn’t guided his team to a winning record since 2012, and unless he develops some magical healing powers over his oft-injured roster, he may be headed to a similar finish in 2015 and to one of the NFL’s notorious forced retirements.
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The Malzahn Ripple Effect: More Than Just a Jonesboro-Area Jam Band
An exhaustively researched alternative history.
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Nationals Disaster: Remember When Washington Was Supposed to Be the Best Team in Baseball?
Yes, yes we do. Here’s another question: What the hell happened?
Read moreAugust 20, 2015
College Football Identity Crisis: Can a Breakout Star Help Stanford Rediscover Its Dominant Ground Game?
Stanford rode a dominant rushing attack to elite status from 2009 to 2013. Last year, though, its national standing faltered along with its run production. Can breakout freshman Christian McCaffrey resurrect the ground game in his sophomore season?
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College Sweethearts: When ‘Next Year’ Becomes This Year for Georgia and Oklahoma
They say good is the enemy of great, and in this case, ‘they’ are Georgia and Oklahoma fans who have been grumbling on message boards for the past few years. Every year, there’s just enough hope to keep things going.
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Hyperbole in Spandex: Your Primer for Sunday’s Blown-Out ‘SummerSlam’
Covering all the angles before Sunday’s WWE pay-per-view.
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The Year the Laundry Won: Why Baseball’s High-Turnover Teams Haven’t Been Bad This Season
This season has been defined by breakout prospects, insane trades, and pervasive parity. It’s also, at least thus far, the year that’s breaking an almost inviolable rule of roster activity; for the first time in decades, more stable rosters haven’t meant better baseball teams.
Read more‘Cheap Heat’ Podcast: ‘SummerSlam’ Predictions
The guys break down the ‘SummerSlam’ card and make their predictions.
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The Heavyweight Belt of NHL Rivalries
Forget best team, best player, and all of that. If you want to pass down some hardware in hockey, you need to focus on the lifeblood of the sport: rivalries.
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Fortune Favors the Bearded: Ranking Evan Gattis’s Nine (Nine!) Triples
Entering this season, Evan Gattis had one career triple. He has nine in 2015, more than the rest of his teammates combined. In honor of this ungainly colossus doing the improbable, let’s rank those triples. And name them after great works of art.
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‘The Grantland NFL Podcast’: NFC East Preview
On today’s ‘Grantland NFL Podcast,’ Robert Mays and Bill Barnwell break down the NFC East and wonder whether the Cowboys can repeat as division champs.
Read more‘Jalen and Jacoby’: ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ the Geno Smith Controversy, and More
Jalen Rose and David Jacoby talk about the new film ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ the Geno Smith punch controversy, and much more.
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Chelsea’s Pedro Deal Makes Manchester United Look Weak
Both teams are huge brands with international followings and packed trophy cabinets. But Pedro chose Chelsea. And the blow the London club have struck against their northern rivals is going to be felt as much off the field as on. They have made Manchester United look small.
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