June 23, 2014
Tico-Taka: Costa Rica’s Amazing Run to the World Cup Knockout Stage
In a World Cup defined by vibrant, attacking soccer, the biggest surprise is a tiny Central American nation featuring one of the best goalkeepers in the Spanish league and an impenetrable five-man back line. Costa Rica is, somehow, very much for real. The run to the round of 16 began with a defeat of Uruguay. […]
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B.S. Report: Rob Stone and Chris Ryan on the USMNT
Fox’s Rob Stone joins Bill to discuss the U.S.-Portugal tie. Then Grantland’s Chris Ryan stops by to identify the biggest winners and losers so far for the USMNT.
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Coloring Inside the Lines: The Thrill and Dread of Drafting Dante Exum
Where we are with Exum we swore we would never return.
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Rumor Roundup! Carmelo and the Bulls, Jabari and Cleveland, and Important Offseason Instagrams
Draft week is here, which means NBA news is better than ever. Especially this year. Embiid’s injury turned everything upside down in the draft itself, Carmelo and Kevin Love are (maybe) on the move, and there’s even an outside chance LeBron will leave Miami in two weeks.
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Is It Time to Move the NBA 3-Point Line Back?
The arc has become basketball’s version of a 1960s beltway that would bypass traditional routes near the city center and spawn a secondary economy. Sure, it was exciting, but it also threatened the traditional economic hub closer to the core. The same way that big-box stores pepper the periphery of our cities, spot-up shooters now decorate the edges of every NBA offense. Danny Green is Petco. Kyle Korver is Kohl’s. Trevor Ariza is Best Buy. Nick Young is Olive Garden.
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We Went There: Watching the USMNT on Copacabana Beach in Rio
I watched this game, which was already on the mind-exploding side of major sports experiences, under a very particular set of circumstances.
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World Cup Pass & Move: I Can’t Believe That We Did Draw!
That was a pretty turbulent soccer match on Sunday. To try to make sense of it all, we’ve got a bunch of Grantland writers on hand to talk it out. This is a safe space!
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About Last Weekend: Gooooooooal!
In case you were busy pinpointing the second when your heart ripped in half, here are the top stories you missed in sports last weekend.
Read moreJune 21, 2014
B.S. Report: Jalen Rose on Joel Embiid and NBA Draft Predictions
Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose talk about Joel Embiid and give their predictions for the 2014 NBA draft.
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