June 18, 2013
The Jalen Rose Report with David Jacoby
Jalen and Jacoby break down all the NBA Finals story lines, including Danny Green’s hot shooting, Manu’s inconsistency, and Flo Rida’s manager being banned from Games 6 and 7. Listen to the full podcast here.
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The Curious Strategy of Letting Yourself Get Plunked
One thing you’ll notice watching the University of Louisville’s baseball team — yes, the one that got eliminated from the College World Series on Monday — is that most Cardinals hitters wear the same hard plastic elbow pad at the plate. On Saturday night against Indiana, six of the Louisville starters wore that protective device. […]
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NBA Job Interview with Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose
Trey Burke Position: PG Age: 20 School: Michigan Ranking in Chad Ford’s Top 100: 7
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NBA Job Interview: C.J. McCollum (With Scouting Report!)
Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose grill NBA draft prospect C.J. McCollum about his lack of competition in college, how he isn’t nervous to play against anyone in the NBA, and his future as a sports columnist. Check out a short clip below, followed by Brett Koremenos’s scouting report and the full-length video. Be sure to […]
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#HotSportsTakes: It’s the Ninth Inning of His Life, and LeBron Is Striking Out
Every now and then, we will attempt to write the worst sports column on earth. Today: Let’s talk about LeBron James and the NBA Finals and history. Rudy Tomjanovich was sweaty. His voice was hoarse, and his bones were tired. It had been a long, tough series. But the world was listening, and when Coach […]
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MLB’s Ultimate Closer? Try a Lack of Sleep
Hitters swing at more bad pitches as the season goes on, and a group of scientists at Vanderbilt University believe it’s because they’re not sleeping long enough or well enough. After finding a spike in swings outside the strike zone throughout the 2006 to 2011 seasons using FanGraphs’ O-Swing Percentage stat, Vanderbilt’s neurology and biostatistics […]
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2013 College Football Wish List: A Locker Room With a Water Park
While we’re pleading with the universe for things like Larry Fedora in Juggalo makeup, let’s discuss the highly regarded 2014 prospect saying Alabama’s getting a waterfall in its locker room. “It’s Alabama” is the answer to so many recruiting whys, but defensive end Davon Godchaux tacked on a splashy new twist in a Sunday conversation […]
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Zack Wheeler and Matt Harvey: Not Your Older Brother’s Generation K
Today is a good day to be a Mets fan. Not in the sense that the Mets are good right now; they’re pretty awful this season and don’t look to contend for another year or two. But today? Today, the Mets start not one, but two potential ace starting pitchers in a doubleheader against the […]
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NBA Job Interview: Trey Burke (With Scouting Report!)
Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose grill Naismith and Wooden award–winning NBA draft prospect Trey Burke about his lack of size, the chip on his shoulder, and dating celebrities. Check out a short clip below, followed by Brett Koremenos’s scouting report and the full-length video. And watch this space for more NBA Job Interview videos, featuring […]
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About Last Night: Boston Stronger
In case you were busy learning hard lessons about hubris and foosball but mostly hubris, here’s what you missed in sports on Monday: Tuukka Rask had a shutout and Daniel Paille had his second goal in as many games as the Boston Bruins seized a 2-1 advantage in the Stanley Cup final with a 2-0 […]
Read moreJune 17, 2013
80-Day NFL Warning: The Quarterback-Based Geno Atkins Diet
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 three and a half months providing a daily reason to get excited about pro football’s return. Earlier today, the NFL made it official that, […]
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The 1-1 Stanley Cup Series: A Historical Analysis
After the opening two games between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins, the Stanley Cup final is tied at one game apiece for the first time since the lockout. Well, not this year’s lockout. I mean, that would be true, but it wouldn’t be very interesting. And because we need to be more specific in […]
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Do It Again: Rewatching Game 4 of Heat-Spurs
I once rewatched the entirety of the Red Sox 2004 ALCS victory over the New York Yankees. Not exactly to understand it better, because there were plenty of stories written and even a movie made to explain it, but to see how that understanding happened in real time. In a culture where people rush to […]
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The Iceman Speaketh: George Gervin on the Spurs, Playing With Dr. J, and Which Modern Player Is Most Like Him
George Gervin is a true NBA and ABA legend, a four-time scoring champion, 14th all-time in total points scored between the two leagues, and the most famous practitioner of the finger roll. He played nearly his whole career in San Antonio after the Virginia Squires, his original ABA team, dealt him to the Spurs in […]
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2013 College Football Wish List: Larry Fedora, Tobacco Road Juggalo
One of the most welcome modern developments in college football has been the unleashing of communications interns armed with bizarro offseason promotional campaigns on behalf of their programs’ coaches. We are speaking chiefly here of the University of Florida, where receivers coach Joker Phillips has been putting his name on material like this on the […]
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The Nets Hired the Wrong Legendary Point Guard
You may have heard that Jason Kidd was named head coach of the Nets last week. It’s kind of amazing news, because wow, OK, I guess Jason Kidd is coaching the Nets now. Mikhail Prokhorov is insane. This was a bad decision. There’s a chance Kidd will succeed, sure. Who knows. Nobody has any idea […]
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The Climb: Justin Rose Survives the U.S. Open
Imagine a group of cyclists grouped together for a race up a steep mountain incline. They leave on the gun, and it becomes immediately clear that some of them aren’t conditioned for this kind of strain. Their legs cramp, their chests pound, their bikes begin to wobble, and they pull off to collapse on the […]
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NBA Finals Shootaround: A Manu-Splendored Thing
So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You’ll find takes on moments you might’ve missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. GINOBBBBBBBIILLIIIIII Robert Mays: We’re likely to hear that last night’s Manu Ginobili performance was a return to […]
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We Went There: Manu Reigns and Miami Sputters in Game 5
The Heat have talked openly about how facing three of the league’s top five defenses over the last three rounds has taken the fast-paced style out of their offense. Great defenses, with weeks to scout a single opponent, don’t fall for the whirring decoy actions all over the floor, or scramble themselves out of position, […]
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About Last Weekend: Run for the Rose
In case you were busy giving it just one more try in Lep’s World 2, seriously, just one more, GODDAMNIT, here’s what you missed in sports last weekend: Overcoming a fearsome Merion course, Justin Rose secured his first major win, finishing the U.S. Open at 1-over and relegating Phil Mickelson to yet another second-place finish […]
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