September 17, 2014
We Have to Get Eric Bledsoe on the Bucks
Can you imagine how much fun it would be to watch fast breaks with Jabari and Giannis and Bledsoe every night?
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Small Vols: Tennessee and the Children’s Hour
Tennessee has a long way to go before it once again stands among the SEC powers, but second-year head coach Butch Jones has the young Volunteers growing up in a hurry. Here’s a two-day peek into the world of a sleeping giant.
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The Grantland NFL Podcast: Adrian Peterson, Fantasy Football, and a Conversation With Eric Weddle
Chargers safety Eric Weddle joins the podcast this week after Robert Mays and Bill Barnwell talk about Adrian Peterson and fantasy conundrums.
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Meet Chris Carter 2.0
For years, Chris Carter was a power prospect whose inability to make steady contact was his undoing. Now, he’s hitting home runs at a career rate while improving in other key areas as well. Oh, and he’s hitting one-handed dingers. So what changed? And will it last?
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Heisman Watch: Set Your Cheat Code to ‘Amari Cooper’
Bryce Petty regains his front-runner standing, D.J. Foster emerges from the dust, and Amari Cooper goes into video-game mode. It’s the post–Week 3 Heisman Watch!
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Grantland Exclusive: Redacted NBA Scouting Reports
Let’s take a look at some other redacted scouting documents, which came to me from my extensive network of anonymous sources.
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Staying on Schedule: The Chargers’ Ball-Control Success
The product of San Diego sustaining so many drives in its Week 2 upset of Seattle was the same as it was for the Chargers last year: It wore the opposing defense out and kept their own defense fresh.
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The NHL’s Analytics Awakening
Hockey analytics has arrived and is here to stay. But compared to sports like baseball, the field is still in its infancy. Despite the progress of the last year, there’s a long road ahead, and lots of ground still left to be covered. So where do we go from here?
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Can Derrick Rose Shoot?
Of course Derrick Rose can shoot. Just a few years ago, Rose was, hands down, one of the best jump-shooting guards in the NBA.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2014
Dear Clayton; Love, Pedro
Pedro Martinez’s 2000 season has a few things to say to Clayton Kershaw’s magical 2014 campaign.
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Philip Rivers Is Not Scared, and Other Lessons From Two Weeks of Football
I need a break from thinking about all the nightmare news surrounding football, so let’s just talk about what’s happening on the field.
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QB Curve: Can Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott Reach SEC West Speed?
Quarterbacks: There are a lot of them! Each week, QB Curve will keep you up to speed on the game’s most important position by putting a different college signal-caller in the spotlight and putting the rest of the field in perspective. This week: Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott!
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Jason Heyward, Baseball Enigma
Jason Heyward has been the best player on the Braves since he suited up. His defense is exceptional. And he could still become an MVP. So is it OK to be disappointed in the player we see today?
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Darren Sproles Is the NFL’s Extra Value Meal
The Darren Sproleses of the NFL continue to be undervalued, while Eli Manning’s performance continues to be over-criticized.
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Meet Your Continental European Champions League Contenders
It’s Champions League time. To help you get set up, we’re going to go on a brief tour around Europe, to get you up to date on all the major non–Premier League teams.
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The Grantland NFL Podcast: Talking NFC South and Breaking Down Week 2
Robert Mays and Bill Barnwell wonder where their analysis of the NFC South went wrong and break down Sunday’s most impressive performances.
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An Unpatriotic Salute to the 2014 FIBA World Cup
We spend so much time thinking about the future with the NBA — about skipping to the playoffs or skipping to the draft — in search of some kind of confirmation that the games leading up to that end mean something. The FIBA Basketball World Cup, in its many imperfections, offered a chance to break from that cycle.
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Hitting the NBA Paywall: Six Intriguing Extension Candidates
There’s no right answer when it comes to handing out extensions to fourth-year players. Here are six of the most intriguing cases in the league.
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