November 27, 2013
Cousin Sal’s Week 13 Prop Bets
Week 12: +37,000 jermajesties Season Total: +15,500 jermajesties On to Week 13 … (Obligatory weekly explanation: A “jermajesty” represents the fake name given for a dollar amount in this series. It’s also the unfortunate name of one of Jermaine Jackson’s sons.) Raiders will score over 18.5 points vs. Cowboys As a devout Cowboys fan, I […]
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Men in Blazers: With Special Guest John Green!
In this Thanksgiving special, Rog explains to Michael how he gave himself a black eye during the Merseyside derby. Also, author and Nerdfighter John Green stops by. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page. To subscribe to the Men in Blazers podcast feed, click […]
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How’s Victor Oladipo Doing So Far?
This is how he’s doing. Victor Oladipo is not the most efficient rookie in his class. He is not the most efficient 2-guard in the NBA. He is not even the most efficient 2-guard on his own team. But that isn’t the point. The Orlando Magic have set a course to something worse than mediocrity, […]
Read moreYou Think the NBA Regular Season Doesn’t Matter? Watch This Jermaine O’Neal Postgame Interview
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NCAA Scouting Report: Creighton’s Doug McDermott
As a player who has been on the radar of NBA teams for quite some time, Creighton’s Doug McDermott has faced as much scrutiny as any prospect in the draft. Three years of college basketball is ample time for NBA scouts and executives to pick apart the weaknesses of any player, sometimes at the risk […]
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Cataloguing John Wall’s 99 Points Over the Last Three Games
Over the course of the last three games, John Wall has scored 99 points. I just watched all of them with the new NBA.com video playlist function. I basically invented John Wall RedZone. You can thank me later. [Editor’s Note: You may notice that I am not your regularly scheduled Wizards correspondent. That’s because Andrew […]
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Vegas Weekend Recap: Sharp vs. Square
When the first sportsbook report hit my inbox Monday, the question “How did your book fare in the NFL?” was answered with “great.” The same question, in the next email, was answered with “horrible.” These extremes alternated throughout the day, and a pattern quickly emerged. The square books made a killing, while the sharp books […]
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NFL Thanksgiving Viewing Guide
There’s actually an exciting slate of Thanksgiving Day football games this year! Well, sorta. Lions-Packers would be a monumental tilt, but with Aaron Rodgers almost surely out with his broken collarbone, the Packers will have to turn to Matt Flynn for a spot start against the Lions, who seem to find new ways to beat […]
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About Last Night: BCS Buster Stays Perfect
In case you were busy being thankful for Moises Alou’s Hall of Fame candidacy, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Jordan Lynch broke his own FBS single-game record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 321, as Northern Illinois finished its regular season undefeated with a 33-14 win over Western Michigan. “No! My […]
Read moreNovember 26, 2013
Fantasy Football Week 12 Review/Week 13 Preview: Two Posts at Once, Because We Love You
You know how players like Jason Pierre-Paul and Dion Jordan were lauded as DE/OLB hybrids when they left college because they were strong enough to match up against left tackles, but agile enough to drop into coverage? Well, you’re reading the fantasy football analysis equivalent, a Week 12 review/Week 13 preview hybrid, the first of […]
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Cheap Heat Podcast: Survivor Series, the Road to TLC
Shoemaker and Rosenberg discuss Survivor Series fallout, the road to TLC, and how to know when a unification match isn’t a unification match. (Hint: It never is.) Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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Bad Quarterback League, Week 12: Geno Is King, But Mark Sanchez Is God
It’s a truncated BQBL this week because of the holiday, but in case you missed it, the Jets are still a great big bonfire of disaster and Geno Smith remains the one true king of this Bad QB life in 2013. But lo, just when you thought Geno was the QB of the future. HE […]
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How Should Ottawa Fans Handle Daniel Alfredsson’s Return?
The biggest game on this week’s NHL schedule will be one of the last: Sunday night’s matchup between the Senators and Red Wings in Ottawa. While there will probably be better contests, there won’t be a more emotional one, as the game will mark the first time that longtime Senator captain Daniel Alfredsson will play […]
Read moreOKLAHOMA. HALF-COURT SHOTS. WTF.
So I guess we know who's been teaching Thunder fans to hit half-court shots. @chrisryan77 http://t.co/vRSC0NOWvi — Brian Phillips (@runofplay) November 26, 2013 THE PLOT THICKENS.
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#HotSportsTakes: The Manning Family Doesn’t Want It Bad Enough
Every now and then, we will attempt to write the worst sports column on earth. Today: Let’s talk about the First Family of Football. DENVER — Peyton Manning has impressed me this year, no question. He’s made all the throws, he’s put up all the gaudy stats that make the number crunchers drool, and he’s […]
Read moreIt’s Dark Times for the NBA, But Comedians Tim Duncan, Dwyane Wade, and Michael Beasley Are Here to Save Us
Ah, the coldest winter. We’ve had a couple of days of no good, very bad, terrible news coming out of the NBA (D-Rose, Marc Gasol, Iggy, Beal injuries). So give thanks that we have guys like Dwyane Wade, Michael Beasley, and Tim Duncan for livening up the mood while franchise cornerstones fall, Derrick Williams moves […]
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Bargain Hunting: Baseball’s Five Best Free-Agent Values This Offseason
Shortly after the Red Sox won the World Series, I looked back at the main takeaways from the 2013 season. Among the key lessons: Quite often, bargain-hunting can and does pay off. In 2013, Francisco Liriano, Koji Uehara, Russell Martin, Bartolo Colon, James Loney, and Marlon Byrd were the poster boys for that reality. They […]
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Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, and the Fall of Europe’s Hipster Sweetheart Soccer Teams
Today in the UEFA Champions League, in Group F, the group of death, some club is gonna die. With Arsenal in control on nine points — close to the 10 points Alex Ferguson always said would get a club to the knockout stages — there remains only one spot for Borussia Dortmund or Napoli. If […]
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I Watched Jazz-Bulls and Lived to Tell the Tale
Destiny, Thy Name Is Boozer Carlos Boozer and Luol Deng combined for more than half of the Bulls’ field goal attempts, which makes sense. When your best offensive weapon goes down, you look to the next-best options. To a degree, it worked. But the Jazz’s young frontcourt was also shorthanded, with Enes Kanter out because […]
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What the Hell Happened to RG3 and Washington?
What a difference a year makes. Last season, Washington’s nationally televised Thanksgiving-week game was an exhibition for the league’s most exciting new offense — a 38-31 win in Dallas that was never actually that close and saw Robert Griffin III throw what is still a career-high four touchdowns. With the late-November stage again last night, […]
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About Last Night: King James’s Productive Reign
In case you were busy trying to figure out if the Xbox One is a prequel to the original Xbox, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: LeBron James scored an extraordinarily efficient 35 points on 14 shots as the Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns 107-92. He did so despite a strange moment […]
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