June 28, 2013
69-Day NFL Warning: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Now With More Darrelle Revis
There’s really no way around it — the 2011 Buccaneers were a mess. Tampa Bay finished with a 4-12 record, but the real worrisome part was how it was losing. The Bucs dropped their final 10 games, losing seven games by at least two touchdowns, four by at least three, and giving up at least […]
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Holiday, Hinkie, Noel, and the Night That Changed the Sixers
For the Sixers, last season was a seeping hell ship. Creaky-kneed center Andrew Bynum dedicated his year to dominating the international flamenco dancing circuit, trade-jettisoned young talent flourished in Orlando, and coach Doug Collins’s proud pursuit of mediocrity ensured a charmless team landed late in the lottery. The lone pinhole of light in the darkness […]
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An Open Couch-Crashing Invitation to KG and Paul Pierce From a Brooklyn-Dwelling Celtics Fan
Dear Paul and Kevin, I can’t even imagine how you’re feeling this morning. The fact that Ainge went ahead and did it last night — blew up the Boston Celtics — is hard enough for a fan like me to stomach. Like any other C’s partisan with two eyes and a heart, I long ago […]
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Third Time Is Not the Charm: Ghana Sends USMNT U-20s Home From World Cup
Three times, the United States men’s national team has faced Ghana with a chance to advance in a World Cup. Three times, it has failed. The Black Stars bounced the Americans from Germany in 2006 and from South Africa in 2010, while the Black Satellites — the nickname given to the country’s Under-20 side — […]
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The Who and the When of the 2013 NBA Draft’s International Selections
I’m not sure any of us could have predicted who’d get selected in the NBA draft last night, but the talent pool from which the first 14 players were chosen should’ve been familiar. Though there were four internationally born players drafted in the lottery (including the no. 1 overall pick, Anthony Bennett), each of those […]
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Trade Deadline Preview: AL Central Edition
An underachieving team full of stars, a fringe contender hanging around, two also-rans with heavy incentive to sell, and a post-blockbuster team in limbo. Don’t sleep on the AL Central as the trade deadline approaches, or even five weeks before. DETROIT TIGERS The Tigers are tied for the worst winning percentage in the majors in […]
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Among the Boobirds at David Stern’s Final NBA Draft
The last thing that really made sense, before my brain completely melted, was the mimes. Looking through my notes, I had scribbled “28 — Spurs, Livio Jean-Charles,” and underneath those words was scrawled “I find mimes.” I had staggered down from the 200 level where fans had been heading for the exits like the building […]
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Sportstorialist: 2013 NBA Draft Style
Carping about the clothes at the NBA draft is a lot like complaining that onesies make your baby look fat. It’s too soon! These guys have the rest of their careers to figure it all out. With the draft, what you’re hoping for, at the very least, is that some of these players have been […]
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The Night the NBA Draft Got Drunk
Thursday night in Brooklyn was the first time I’d ever been to an NBA draft, and it was the year the entire draft experience sort of one-upped itself. We got more comedy, more Stern, more trades, more surprises. Everything. It was the year things got so crazy that by the end of the night a […]
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NHL Grab Bag: DANCE, BLACKHAWKS, DANCE!
Welcome to a weekly blog post of thoughts and observations from the past few days and/or decades of NHL hockey. The Three Stars of Comedy Recognizing the three moments or personalities from around the league that produced the most comedic fodder for fans this week. The Third Star: Andrew Ference shaving his playoff beard with […]
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Men in Blazers: The Confederations Cup Semis and the Finer Points of Summer Blazer Wearing
Michael Davies and Roger Bennett recap the Confederations Cup semis, weigh in on the latest EPL transfer rumors, and offer advice on summer blazer wearing. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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What the Pierce-Garnett Trade Means for the Nets and Celtics
“You can add it up. I don’t want to do your job, but for me it’s most important to have a championship.” Those are the words of Mikhail Prokhorov from last September, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for his new billion-dollar arena, in regard to his Nets paying the luxury tax. Last offseason, Brooklyn made a […]
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About Last Night: What Happens in Vegas, Goes to Cleveland
In case you were out tasting wine with other beautiful people in France, here’s what you missed in sports on Thursday. In a surprising turn of events, the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Anthony Bennett with the first pick of the NBA draft. Victor Oladipo went second to the Magic, and Otto Porter Jr., Cody Zeller, and […]
Read moreJune 27, 2013
70-Day NFL Warning: Let’s Enjoy Tony Gonzalez While We Still Can
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 two and a half months providing a daily reason to get excited about pro football’s return. When the Atlanta Falcons’ season ended in last […]
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Arsalan Kazemi: The 2013 NBA Draft’s Ready-Made, Overlooked Rebounding Machine
NBA teams are going to wish they had drafted Arsalan Kazemi. Now, since some of you might be muttering “Who?” right now, that might seem hard to believe, which means it’s probably a good time to introduce the player destined to make a number of organizations across the league feel pangs of regret by this […]
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The Clippers Welcome Doc Rivers, Even Greater Expectations
For some, it took yesterday’s scene in Playa Vista — Doc Rivers, seated in front of a Clippers background, just behind a branded placard bearing his name — to believe this was real. As the rumors of a Rivers trade began, and through the negotiation’s stops and starts, there seemed to be endless opportunities for […]
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Who’s That Draft Pick? The Big-Time Role Players!
Every year there are a handful of awesome prospects who slip past the lottery in the NBA draft. These are the players you want your team to steal late in the first round, or somewhere in the second. We know they’re out there, only nobody’s sure exactly who falls into this category. But that’s why […]
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NBA Shootaround: All-Time Great Draft Moments
So much amazing will be happening tonight, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you look back on some of the unforgettable moments from NBA drafts past. Derrick Rose, no. 1 overall, Chicago Bulls, 2008 Robert Mays: The real moment had come about a month before, when some Ping-Pong balls had bounced around, and […]
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NBA Job Interview: Glen Rice Jr.
Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons talk to NBA draft prospect Glen Rice Jr. about his journey from struggling for minutes in the D-League to being one of the top prospects in the 2013 NBA draft. Check out the video below and watch all the NBA Job Interviews here.
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Trade Deadline Preview: AL East Edition
The only division with all five teams above .500 features five legitimate playoff contenders and the biggest turnaround story in the American League. Expect the AL East to play a big part in deadline trade season over the next few weeks. BOSTON RED SOX Someday someone will go back and deconstruct what happened between 2012 […]
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Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons’s NBA Mock Draft
Jalen Rose and Bill Simmons present what they would do with the top five picks in the 2013 NBA draft. Victor Oladipo goes no. 1, Otto Porter goes to the Wizards, and Alex Len falls to fifth.
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Important Dates in the NHL Offseason
The NHL has wrapped up the action on the ice for another season. Hockey fans have already turned their attention to the draft, which will be held this Sunday in New Jersey. Sunday is an important date on the hockey calendar for another reason: It’s June 30. That’s traditionally been the NHL’s New Year’s Eve, […]
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About Last Night: Hernandez Charged
In case you were out being a real Party Time Jack, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez has been officially charged with murder and released by the Patriots. “Now that’s what I call a bad day!” said Lenny Dykstra, who was named Hernandez’s defense attorney by a bizarre, […]
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