November 17, 2011
Andrew Luck Should Not Win the Heisman (Then or Now)
Before we get started, here are two criteria that should never determine the winner of the Heisman Trophy: 1. The player everyone thought was going to win the Heisman before the season began. 2. The player everyone thinks will be the best in the NFL. Or, in simpler terms: 1. Past 2. Future
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College Football Preview: Drama in the Big Ten?
Let’s dive right into the scrum. The Big Ole Game! No. 16 Nebraska at no. 18 Michigan Here’s what happened the last time these two teams met:
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Grantland Network Podcast: Men In Blazers
The Men In Blazers couldn’t have asked for a more revealing weekend of international friendlies, where results don’t matter. Unless you win. The United States finally found the back of the net in a 3-2 victory over Slovenia. Crisis averted. National team coach Jurgen Klinsmann lives to croon another day. England’s performance was even more […]
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About Last Night: Pitt Happens
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Casper Ware scored 28 points to help Long Beach State upset no. 9 Pittsburgh 86-76. To add insult to injury, the Long Beach players returned to Long Beach, while the Pittsburgh players had to stay in Pittsburgh.
Read moreNovember 16, 2011
B.S. Report: Mike Lombardi
In case you didn’t notice, we’re hitting the “Wow, I can kind of see what the NFL playoffs might look like!” part of the 2011 season. What better time to bring in our old friend Mike Lombardi of NFL.com and the NFL Network! We tried to figure out the six playoff teams in each conference, […]
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Fantasy Fantasy Football: The Experts’ Week 10 Picks
It’s time again for the most important weekly feature on the Internet: Fantasy Fantasy Football. Throughout the NFL season, we’ll be evaluating five fantasy football gurus as they tell us who to start and sit each week. Using a highly flawed method based loosely on mathematical principles, we’ll attempt to reveal the one true football […]
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Sports Book Hall of Fame: Among the Thugs, Bill Buford, 1990
It began in a Welsh train station on a “misty, sleepy winter evening.” There, Bill Buford heard an announcement over the loudspeaker telling everyone to step back from the platform. Unusual, but not as unusual as the scene that followed: an approaching train full of Liverpool supporters, all singing a simple refrain — “Liverpool, la-la-la.” […]
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Kentucky’s Kids Grow Up Against Kansas
Obsessively combing through information on high school basketball players has never been the coolest of hobbies. Outside the fungal patches of obscurity that grow in the crevices of the blogosphere, it is the pastime of someone with too much time on their hands and not enough imagination to use it constructively. You could be memorizing […]
Read moreMust Watch: The German National Soccer Team In Reverse
So this is pretty mind blowing. Above is an Adidas commerical, brought to our attention by Men In Blazers‘ own Roger Bennett. Like a football version of The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, it features the German national team, including the likes of Lukas Podolski, Thomas Muller, Philip Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger. The spot tracks […]
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903 Wins: Coach K and the Record
I was 9 years old in 1992 when Christian Laettner hit his turnaround shot against Kentucky. Duke was already my favorite team, because Duke was the only team with Bobby Hurley. At that time, I was a year or so away from the hard realization that I would never play professional sports. I could still […]
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Vegas Sportsbook Review: The Wynn
This week, our sportsbook review heads to what might be Vegas’s most luxurious resort: the Wynn. Opened by casino magnate and namesake Steve Wynn in 2005, the hotel and its attached sister property, Encore, cost about $5 billion to build at the peak of the Vegas megacasino boom. It’s the only hotel on the strip […]
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Rankonia: The Triangle Power Rankings
1. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots Sunday night was many things, it was an opportunity for Mark Sanchez to pour lighter fluid and a lit Zippo on his reputation, it was a chance for Chad Ochocinco to get somewhat more involved in the New England game plan, and it was an opportunity for Rex Ryan […]
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About Last Night: Vacation Season
In case you were out living a life of leisure, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski passed Bobby Knight for first place on the all-time D-I wins list with a 74-69 win over Michigan State. Unfortunately, the NCAA determined shortly after the game that Kyle Singler wore illegally thick […]
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