August 27, 2013
9-Day NFL Warning: Peyton Manning Is Still Peyton Manning
What’s that? You were wondering exactly how many days until the start of the NFL season? Well, you’re in luck! We here at the Triangle are set to spend the next couple weeks providing a daily reason to get excited about pro football’s return. I don’t know who’d want to admit it now, but a […]
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CourtVision: What Does Antawn Jamison Bring to the Clippers?
Antawn Jamison has never been to the conference finals. He’s been open about his desire to get there. In the last two offseasons, Jamison has signed a pair of relatively cheap contracts in hopes of advancing deep into the NBA playoffs. Last season he went to the Lakers, and that didn’t work out. This season […]
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B.S. Report: Gus Ramsey and The Masked Man
Bill Simmons calls up his friend Gus Ramsey to talk about Ramsey catching a foul ball. Then, David Shoemaker comes on to talk about his Triple H interview and ‘SummerSlam.’ Listen to the podcast, here. Subscribe to the B.S. Report on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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The Story of Casper Wells, Baseball's Schlemiel
By normal people’s standards, Casper Wells is very fortunate. He’s young and handsome, and makes a good living by playing a sport. But baseball players aren’t normal people, and by their standards, Wells is afflicted. By their standards, Casper Wells is as pitiable as Job or Oedipus, except unlike his legendary precursors, there’s no moral […]
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NFL Preview Podcast Series: Cowboys and Giants
Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays continue their NFL Preview Podcast Series with the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants.
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The All-22 All-Stars: The Refinement of Reshad Jones
The All-22 All-Star Team is an attempt to provide some insight on the NFL’s 22 most underappreciated players. Some will be All-Pros who haven’t fully gotten their due; some will be names few casual fans have ever heard. All will, for one reason or another, have been overlooked. Reshad Jones wasn’t ready, but he didn’t […]
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#HotSportsTakes: It's Not the Hall of Very Good
Every now and then, we will attempt to write the worst sports column on earth. Today: Let’s talk about Allen Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and true greatness. SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS — Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady were two very exciting basketball players for a few years there. They impressed me. But now that all is said and […]
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It's Tuel Time in Buffalo!
The following things are all true about Jeff Tuel and the Buffalo Bills: Jeff Tuel is likely going to be the starting quarterback for the Bills in Week 1. The Bills are playing the Patriots in Week 1. The Bills do not deserve this. Tuel is an undrafted free agent who spent the last four […]
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Boring, Boring Man United (and Chelsea, Too)
The reason so many people write so beautifully about soccer is that sometimes it’s only in the writing that a game as dull as yesterday’s Manchester United–Chelsea match, which ended in a 0-0 draw, can live up to its potential. The sad fact of the matter is that the 90 minutes that United and Chelsea […]
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Let's Calm Down About Matt Harvey's Elbow
Matt Harvey is headed to the disabled list with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, wiping out the rest of this season, throwing next season into doubt, and likely derailing the Mets’ near-term hopes for contention. The injury derailed Harvey’s first full season in the big leagues, one that established him […]
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About Last Night: The Cardinal Way
In case you were busy trying to stay awake during an all-day meeting on autograph compensation, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: The St Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds, 8-6, to regain the lead in the hyper-competitive NL Central. Allen Craig continues to be the clutchest player in baseball … hold on […]
Read moreAugust 26, 2013
10-Day NFL Warning: The Case for Terrelle Pryor in Oakland
What’s that? You were wondering exactly how many days until the start of the NFL season? Well, you’re in luck! We here at the Triangle are set to spend the next few weeks providing a daily reason to get excited about pro football’s return. It all got ugly fast in Oakland on Friday night. Enthusiastic […]
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Grantland Archives: Looking Back at Tracy McGrady
Today, Tracy McGrady announced his retirement from the NBA. During this past season’s NBA Finals, Grantland’s Jonathan Abrams spent some time with McGrady, who was a peripheral member of the Spurs team that was taking on the Heat. Little did we know, that was the last we would see of T-Mac in an NBA uniform. […]
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Exclusive: A-Rod's E-mails to Yankees President Randy Levine
As the Yankees make a late playoff push and Alex Rodriguez plays under the black cloud of a potential 211-game suspension, Grantland has unearthed a selection of e-mails sent by Rodriguez to Yankees president Randy Levine that shed light on the star’s tumultuous season. The two have been bickering publicly of late, but the e-mails […]
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NFL Preview Podcast: Eagles and Redskins
Bill Barnwell and Robert Mays continue their NFL Preview Podcast Series with the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.
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The Jets Are Just Getting Started
I was out with some friends Friday night, and someone from San Francisco was explaining how he feels about the 49ers. He said he’d grown up watching the Super Bowl teams, and it was harder to care as much these days. Demanding more just made this guy feel greedy. Great players, great teams, Super Bowls. […]
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Premier League Pass & Move: Wales Watching
With only one shocking result and a course correction from Arsenal, we present an abbreviated Pass & Move this week, covering Manchester City’s loss to Cardiff and Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey. Shocking Blue Mike L. Goodman: Cardiff absolutely deserved their remarkable 3-2 home win against Manchester City on Sunday. They were also extremely lucky to get […]
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Rock and Jock Q&A: Band of Horses’ Ben Bridwell on the Upcoming University of Georgia Football Season
I’d estimate something like 85 percent of my memories formed while living in Athens, Georgia, from 2003 to 2006 are unreliable at best. Nonetheless, I can say with a good amount of certainty that the kickoff of UGA’s football season annually coincided with a heroic run of Drive-By Truckers shows at the 40 Watt or […]
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The Brady Andersons of the NHL
Baltimore Orioles’ first baseman Chris Davis continues to lead the major leagues in home runs, hitting his 46th last week. At his current pace, it won’t be long before he’ll hit his 51st, breaking the franchise record currently held by Brady Anderson. Anderson was a good player who was named to three All-Star games during […]
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The Death of the Superstar Manager
Angels manager Mike Scioscia denies that he’s experiencing tensions with his boss, general manager Jerry Dipoto, over “philosophical differences.” One presumes that these differences are about the kind of players Dipoto has acquired, or the manner in which Scioscia has deployed them. I’d like to imagine these two having actual philosophical differences, Dipoto spitting out […]
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About Last Weekend: Dodgers' Pet Peavy
In case you were busy spending your weekend working for the weekend, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: It took a three-hitter from Jake Peavy to finish the job, but the Los Angeles Dodgers finally dropped a series for the first time since June after losing the rubber match of their interleague tilt […]
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