August 7, 2014
Cheap Heat Podcast: With Special Guests Samoa Joe and MVP
Samoa Joe and MVP join the guys as they talk about TNA’s future, their favorite wrestlers, and fearing their first backdrop.
Read more
Derek Jeter’s Diary: Red Sox Spies and the Tears of a Centaur
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.
Read more
The Uncensored 2014 PGA Championship Power (and Powerless!) Rankings
It’s a sport of extreme highs and lows at the moment, so rather than count down from 20, let’s go all schismatic and divide the rankings into POWERLESS and POWER.
Read more
B.S. Report: JackO
Bill’s buddy JackO joins the show to discuss Jon Lester going to the Oakland A’s, consider the potential of Yoenis Cespedes, and bid farewell to Derek Jeter.
Read more
About Last Night: Tiger’s Back
In case you were busy gently and respectfully chiding Hunter Pence, here are the top six stories you missed in sports on Wednesday.
Read moreAugust 6, 2014
Mr. President! Mr. President! Call in the National Guard! Chris Davis Is Killing My Fantasy Team!
Anger can be harmful if it’s not channeled into something constructive, so in the interest of everyone’s safety and sanity, let’s explore three particularly painful 2014 fantasy baseball flops, and figure out how to get the ensuing aggression out of our systems.
Read more
B.S. Report: Bill Barnwell
Grantland’s Bill Barnwell joins the B.S. Report to discuss NFL division odds, predict the sleeper team for the coming season, and much more!
Read more
The 40 Most Atlanta Things About the Falcons in the ‘Hard Knocks’ Season Premiere
When HBO’s consistently fantastic NFL training camp series, ‘Hard Knocks,’ picked the Atlanta Falcons, my immediate reaction was, “This is my ‘Real World.'”
Read more
Can Joel Embiid Win Rookie of the Year Without Setting Foot on the Court?
Thanks to an online savvy that’s already earned him a cult fan base, Sixers center Joel Embiid won’t even have to suit up this season to become this year’s runaway rookie phenomenon.
Read more
Rocky Mountain Lows: Inside Colorado’s Disastrous Season
It’s been a miserable season in Denver, and the lowlights are innumerable. Blame a toxic combination of injuries, poor run prevention, and incompetent ownership.
Read more
The Grantland NFL Podcast: 2014 AFC North Preview
Barnwell and Mays get back on the horse and begin their preview of the 2014 NFL season with a look at the four teams in the AFC North.
Read more
Making a Point About the PAT
Extracting some excitement from extra points seems like a challenge that would sideline even Rumpelstiltskin. But that hasn’t stopped the NFL from trying its hand at some curious alchemy.
Read more
Manchester United’s Back Three, and the Changing Face of Premier League Defending
The back three (or five) has been making a comeback. Here’s what’s behind Louis van Gaal’s — and a handful of other coaches’ — thinking.
Read more
The Key Battle for the Pac-12 North
The Oregon-Stanford rivalry is modern vs. traditional. Fast vs. slow. Offense vs. defense. It’s like the Boltons vs. the Greyjoys, except it’s nothing like that other than being football in the “north.” And for the last three years, the Ducks-Cardinal game has derailed a school’s national title hopes. It’s awesome.
Read more
About Last Night: Dodging the Angels
In case you were busy asking LeBron James for the one secret he used to lose that stubborn belly fat, here are the top six stories you missed in sports on Tuesday.
Read more