May 23, 2013
105-Day NFL Warning: Remembering Brian Urlacher
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. My favorite Brian Urlacher story is barely about […]
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B.S. Report: Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst
In Part 1 of 2, Zach Lowe joins Bill to break down the Heat’s overtime Game 1 win, the Spurs’ two-game lead in the West, and the free-agent market. In Part 2 of 2, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst joins Bill to talk about whether the Cavs might trade the no. 1 pick in the draft, and […]
Read moreEveryone Should Watch Jerry Stackhouse Discuss His NBA Fighting Career
If you’re an NBA fan, there are a number of great stories you should keep bookmarked at all times, just in case you ever need a reminder that the league is amazing. One example is this New York Daily News article about Kenny Anderson’s divorce during the lockout. Another is “Source: Hill pays Oakley gambling […]
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Grantland Network: The Basketball Jones
On today’s show, The Basketball Jones discuss Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, NBA head coaching vacancies, Dwightmare 2.0, Coach K returning to Team USA, and Jim Boeheim’s thoughts on the New York Knicks. All that, plus our first ever mock draft, Box-Out Kid’s posse, our favorite lefties of all time, signature scents, and […]
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Roster Doctor: Keeping Up With the Call-ups
Lots of fantasy news to report over the past few days, so let’s dive right in: Orioles call up Kevin Gausman It was supposed to be Dylan Bundy. At the tail end of the Orioles’ shocking run to the playoffs, they called up the then-19-year-old Bundy to toss a couple of innings in relief. A […]
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ALERT: Jadeveon Clowney Is Not Safe for College Football
This is not relevant to the NBA or NHL playoffs or baseball or anything else in today’s news cycle, but in the spirit of Robert Mays’s countdown to the NFL season, let’s take a second to look at Jadeveon Clowney, the freak-of-nature hell-beast entering his junior season at South Carolina. Bruce Feldman has published his […]
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Ten Great Moments From the NHL’s Least-Loved Playoff Round
Hockey fans have an uneasy relationship with the second round of the NHL playoffs. Don’t get us wrong. We like it. It’s fun. No complaints. It’s just that … well, if we have to be honest, it’s probably the postseason’s least interesting round. We can all agree that the first round is pretty much the […]
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NBA Playoffs Shootaround: You Can’t Stop What’s Coming
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. Force of Nature (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) Danny Chau: It happened too damn fast. I kept replaying […]
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From Genius to Dolt: On the Intriguing Open Jobs in Toronto and Los Angeles and the Fickle Nature of Success in the NBA
The long game in the NBA is fickle. Luck intertwines with talent to determine long-term success in a 30-team league in which having at least one of the top 20 players (and preferably one of the top 10) is required for championship contention. The luck + talent + decision-making equation tilted against two local lightning […]
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About Last Night: Don’t Count Out the Champs
In case you were busy concocting an elaborate theory in which the film The Faculty exists as a prequel within the Fast & Furious universe, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday: LeBron James had a triple-double and scored the game-winning layup as time expired in overtime as the Miami Heat fought off a […]
Read moreMay 22, 2013
NYC FC and Other Great Moments in Manchester-U.S. Relations
I used to live on Horton Road in Manchester. The back alley of the terraced house backed onto Maine Road, Manchester City’s former home in Moss Side. On game days I used to enjoy the time delay of hearing a muffled roar through the window, followed a few seconds later by the audio on the […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves Fan’s Guide to the Five Stages of Post-Lottery Grief
If you truly want to know what it feels like to root for the Minnesota Timberwolves, all you have to do is watch the NBA draft lottery. The lottery plays out the exact same way every year. The night starts off with a feeling of dread, as you recall the disappointing season that’s led to […]
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Men in Blazers With Special Guest Dirk Nowitzki
Grüß Gott, great friends of the pod. We’re only days away from Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and their legions of supporters descending on London for the all-German Champions League final. And to help contextualize the occasion, the Men in Blazers welcome everybody’s favorite German, Dirk Nowitzki for a special, extended interview. Dirk offers Michael and […]
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106-Day NFL Warning: The Pro Bowl as a Game Show
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 Pro Bowl has long been the snag […]
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Winners and Losers From the NBA Lottery
You know how at the beginning of every NFL season, everyone is 0-0 and has a chance at the Super Bowl? That is not true in the NBA. For fans of five to 10 teams every year, the NBA draft lottery is the Super Bowl. No other sport decides its future like this — with […]
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The Curious Case of Poker Pro Phil Ivey’s Punto Banco Rake
Last August, in Britain’s oldest private gambling club, the professional poker player and gambler Phil Ivey went on a hot streak. It was his second night in a row at Crockfords in Mayfair. The previous night he and his unnamed companion, a Chinese woman from Las Vegas, started with a million-pound stake and played punto […]
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Why That Cavaliers Crew Was So Crazy, and More Observations From Inside the NBA Draft Lottery Room
I was one of eight or 10 media members who got to watch the lottery last night from inside the television studio where the NBA draft order is filmed. It’s not quite as cool as being in the secret locked-down room where the lottery actually happens, but it’s an experience — a bizarre event filled […]
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NBA Playoffs Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Too Close for Comfort
A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Tim Duncan Brett Koremenos: Of all the great narratives basketball gives us, the most exciting is when an all-time great, probably one a little past his prime, turns back the clock for a vintage performance when his team needs it […]
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Big Papi’s Roller-Coaster Ride
Yu Darvish has been nearly unhittable in his second big league season. Though known more for his mastery of multiple pitches and eerily consistent delivery, the Rangers right-hander can also beat you with pure heat, with a fastball that averages 93.1 mph and ranks among the game’s fastest. The pitch’s results have been merely good […]
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About Last Night: Don’t Mess With Texas
In case you were even busier not making up with Sergio Garcia, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Despite an epic comeback to force overtime, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker proved to be too much for the Memphis Grizzlies, who fell into a 2-0 hole in the Western Conference finals after falling, 93-89, […]
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