June 10, 2014
Jonah Keri Podcast: Jim Callis and Travis Sawchik
MLB.com’s Jim Callis joins Jonah Keri to discuss the 2014 draft. Then Travis Sawchik of the ‘Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’ comes on to talk about the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Luck Has Left the Building for the Rangers
Harping on luck is for losers, we’re told, and besides, all those breaks even out over a long season. In a short series, not so much. But still … the Rangers had to get a bounce or two in Game 3, right?
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About Last Night: Quick Thinking
In case you were busy changing your mind and suing yourself to prove you are mentally capable of holding onto a multibillion-dollar asset, here are the top six stories you missed in sports on Monday.
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World Cup Players to Know: England’s Daniel Sturridge
Meet England’s version of Russell Westbrook, the Liverpool swagger-merchant and goal-scoring machine, Daniel Sturridge.
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ALERT: That ‘Game of Thrones’ Giant Is a Former McDonald’s All-American
If you watched Game of Thrones last night, you may have noticed that there was an 8-foot-tall giant attacking the wall throughout most of the episode. You may have also seen the name “Neil Fingleton” in the credits and said to yourself, “That’s weird, I remember a 7-foot-7 UNC recruit from England named Neil Fingleton.” […]
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Half Baked: Things Get Hostile Between Our Kings Fan and a Borderline-Morose Rangers Fan
With Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final being played tonight at Madison Square Garden, we asked two fans to channel their nerves into something constructive: a conversation about their hopes, fears, dreams, and transcontinental travel issues. Here, Grantland’s resident New York Rangers enthusiast Katie Baker chats with Los Angeles Kings season-ticket holder and blogger […]
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The Weekend of Manny Machado’s Discontent
We learn not to throw things at people before we learn to read and write. That lesson seems to have escaped Manny Machado, who was one of the most likable players in baseball entering the weekend, and who has now alienated countless people on his way to an all but inevitable suspension.
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USMNT vs. Nigeria: The Klinsmenn Are Nearly There
From the middle of the first half onward, it was possible to see what Jurgen Klinsmann wants from his team in Brazil. It conceded possession, stayed disciplined (at least until the substitutions began to fray them), absorbed Nigerian pressure, and sprang forward smartly.
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The Search for New York Rangers Optimism
There’s a temptation to bury the Rangers. But today, I thought we’d go in a different direction. Because while it’s true that coming home down 2-0 in the series is the worst-case scenario in terms of wins and losses, it hasn’t been all bad for the Rangers.
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Miguel Cotto–Sergio Martinez: The End of Maravilla
The sad sight of a diminished and defeated champion.
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Everybody Suffers: A Pair of Painful Triumphs at the French Open
The rivalry between Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic is the best in tennis right now, but sometimes a little part of me wants to wave the white flag and cry, “STOP!” The best of their matches have produced the most exquisite pleasure and pain: the sight of two of the top athletes in the world pushing each other — and themselves — to the limits of their physical capacity and beyond.
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NBA Finals Shootaround: You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry
The problem with opponents turning LeBron into a jump-shooter is that sometimes he can find one of those grooves. The second half of Game 2 was one of those times.
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About Last Weekend: Rangers Can’t Keep Up
In case you were busy exhausting all possible avenues to make sure that X Games cyclist Chase Hawk is in no way related to skateboarding legend Tony Hawk … ALL possible avenues … here are the top six stories you missed in sports last weekend.
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