May 30, 2013
Au Revoir, Les Enfants: A Report From Roland Garros
The color of the clay at Roland Garros is spray-tan orange. In French, it’s “terre-battue,” as in “beaten earth.” But after the court’s been combed and brushed, it’s basically a glorious patch of suede. When it rains, the suede turns to mud. And off and on for the opening two rounds of this year’s tournament […]
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CourtVision: The 3-Point Chill in Miami
In the predawn of July 7, 2012, a very wealthy cruise-ship magnate got out of his English bed and sent out a tweet. “Its 2:30am in London and I was just woken up with great news. Welcome to the family #20!!” Micky Arison, the owner of the Miami Heat, had just used Twitter to announce […]
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Why Is Interleague Play Having an Attendance Slump?
Major League Baseball interleague play turns 17 this year, and like any 17-year-old, things are getting awkward. What was once a sure draw at the box office is now anything but, and prices for rivalry week, which began Monday, are at a four-year low, as measured by listing data tracked across the secondary market. Beyond […]
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Roster Doctor: The Art of Buying Low
Last summer, Roster Doctor tackled five of the biggest underachievers of the season to that point. The idea was to highlight players who looked unpalatable to toxic, but still warranted pickups in your fantasy league. That post came out about the halfway point of the season, so it provides a useful before-and-after snapshot of the […]
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Belgium Has Cake, Eats It, Too, While Easily Defeating USMNT
On Wednesday night, United States men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann trotted out his 26th different starting lineup in the 26 matches he has coached. Not that it mattered. No combination of American players would have been good enough to contend with the young, creative, and excellent Belgium side that ran roughshod over the red, […]
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We Went There: Chicago’s Roller-coaster Game 7
The fans inside United Center were the very last to know. They were on their feet (most up off their feet, really) hollering and high-fiving in their Kane and Chelios and novelty Griswold jerseys, finally releasing all the tension that had gripped them throughout Wednesday’s Game 7 between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Red […]
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B.S. Report/Jalen Rose Report With David Jacoby (Plus Video!)
In Part 1, Bill talks to Jalen Rose and David Jacoby about the Spurs, the best players in the league, and how NBA stars are affected by their famous wives. In Part 2, the guys discuss the Heat-Pacers series, the influence of NBA coaches, and Jalen’s definitive Black Guy City Power Rankings. To listen to […]
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Are We Witnessing the Winter of Gronk?
Has Gronk gronked his final gronk? Tuesday’s news that Rob Gronkowski will undergo back surgery continued a disastrous eight-month run that has seen him already go under the knife four times for the forearm injury he first suffered in Week 11 and a subsequent infection. The forearm issues (and the high ankle sprain that hobbled […]
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About Last Night: Chicago Fired Up
In case you were busy listening to Steve Winwood, wondering when you would be back in the high life again, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: Despite being denied a late winner in regulation because of a delayed concurrent penalty call, Brent Seabrook’s overtime goal gave the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 Game 7 […]
Read moreMay 29, 2013
The NFLPA vs. Jay-Z, Dez Bryant and MJ, and Other Bad Decisions From the NFL Offseason
May and June are just about the only months when there’s nothing to talk about regarding the NFL. Mays is doing the heavy lifting with his Warning series, but we wanted to make sure you were fully aware of some of the truly stupid NFL news stories floating around this week. So let’s take a […]
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99-Day NFL Warning: The Candidates for This Year’s Cowboys Scapegoat Are Already Piling Up
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. The panic button seems to be armed a […]
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What the MLB Needs to Get Right About Instant Replay
Baseball writers, as a population, tend to have a few hobbies in common. Not everyone’s the same, of course, but if you get a bunch in the same place, you can probably strike up a conversation about craft beer, or finding creative new ways to define “valuable” in order to make a point, or complaining […]
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Does It Make Sense to Replace a Manager During the Season?
A two-game winning streak notwithstanding, the Dodgers have been terrible this year. That in itself isn’t necessarily a huge issue. Lots of teams have been terrible this year. But those other teams aren’t carrying a $216 million payroll, didn’t get bought for $2.15 billion a year ago, and didn’t come into 2013 with sky-high expectations. […]
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Romain Bechu Is Coming for Tiger Woods’s Golf-Trick Crown
The first golf tournament I ever saw in person was The Players Championship. This was sometime in the late ’90s, I think. I was probably 12. Sorry, my records from that time are woefully incomplete. The point is, we went on a Saturday, and I have two very noteworthy recollections: 1. I saw Duffy Waldorf […]
Read moreDerek Jeter’s Diary: Mr. Met’s Mind Games and Possible Youkilis Sabotage
The baseball season is a long and lonely road. To preserve his sanity, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter keeps a diary. These are excerpts from The Captain’s private journal. Thursday, May 23: Off day There’s no point in complaining about the intrusiveness of the media. It is what it is. And what it is is this: […]
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NBA Playoffs Shootaround: Whistle While You Work
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. Pray 4 Lance (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) netw3rk: Look at this lady in the front row, catching […]
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We Went There: Not Even the Joey Crawford Revue Can Steal the Pacers’ Shine
Let’s set aside all the nonsense for a second — the outrageously bad blown 24-second call on the Pacers, the laughable officiating, the obsession with flopping that distracts from a beautiful game, and all the rest of the ancillary crap. In the big picture, the Pacers have split four games with a team that had […]
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In Praise of Lance Stephenson
Let us now praise famous flakes, like Lance Stephenson, of Brooklyn and the Indiana Pacers. But, first, let us now praise famous moments, because something happened Tuesday night in Indianapolis that you can watch a lifetime’s worth of professional basketball and never see again. There was a brief, and very decisive, and altogether unprecedented, outburst […]
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About Last Night: Welcome to Indiana Basketball
In case you were busy making more than $1,244 a week from home using one simple trick, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Things are getting interesting in the Eastern Conference finals as the Indiana Pacers took Game 4 from the Miami Heat, 99-92, to even up their series at two games apiece. […]
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