June 3, 2014
Titus’s NBA Draft Upside All-Stars
The five players in this year’s draft with the most “tremendous upside potential.”
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Jonah Keri Podcast: With Special Guest Bob Ryan
Jonah Keri debates Bob Ryan of the ‘Boston Globe’ on the virtues of advanced stats, and on the Red Sox’s season.
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A Celebration of Canadian Futility
With the elimination of the Montreal Canadiens, the country is now assured of going Cupless for the 20th consecutive season. It’s all been very painful. But just how painful? Oh, we’re going to talk about it, Canada.
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About Last Night: Knicks Gone Fishin’
In case you were busy ousting Beavers and dropping Golden Boys, here are the top five stories you missed in sports on Monday.
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The Myth of the First-Pitch Strike
You know how people like to say that strike one is the best pitch in baseball? Well, they’re wrong. The best pitch for a pitcher is strike two, and the most important pitch is thrown on 1-1 counts.
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Men in Blazers: Live From Broadway, With Many Special Guests!
Live from Broadway, MiB celebrate U.S. national teams past and present. Among the epic guests: Lalas, Ley, Meola, Sir Ian Darke, Kyle Beckerman, and Judah Friedlander. Listen to the podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page. To subscribe to the Men in Blazers podcast feed, click here. […]
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When the Thunder Became Westbrook’s Team
Holy shit. That was exhausting. Those were my only coherent thoughts about the Thunder on Saturday.
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Malibooyah: Meet Seven of the Greatest Pickup Basketball Players of All Time
Pickup basketball is pretty much the greatest thing of my life. I’ve played regularly since sixth grade. Even now, 20 years later, stuck inside a body with knees made of glass and a belly made of carne guisada, I still play three or four times a week. I hope to play for my entire life, or at least until I die. Here’s a rec league team’s worth of my all-time favorite pickup players, along with their NBA counterparts.
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NFL OTAs Reset: Five Scheme Changes to Watch
OTAs matter most for teams just wading into a new offense or defense — new alignments, new terminology, new responsibilities, and new habits.
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We Went There: USMNT Beats Turkey As the World Cup Looms
We got a glimpse of the future of Jurgen Klinsmann’s United States men’s national soccer team in the 26th minute of Sunday afternoon’s 2-1 defeat of Turkey.
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We Went There: The Fall of the Blackhawks, the Return of the Kings
For just about everyone but the poor goalie coaches, the Western Conference finals were a classic. The possibilities were infinite, and no lead was ever safe. The series often felt like one of those endless tennis matches that ultimately gets postponed for darkness — all volleys and lunges and momentum changes punctuated by gasps and pumped fists.
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Kevin Love Was in Boston This Weekend
The future of the Celtics was born in a blurry photo at Fenway Park this weekend. Either that, or it was two NBA superstars randomly bumping into each other while the rest of the world daydreamed about the future of the Celtics.
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Death, Taxes, and the Spurs’ Real Talent
There is something simultaneously inspiring and disheartening about San Antonio. A sustained brilliance, sustained sooooo long as to take on an air of inevitability.
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About Last Weekend: Kings to the Cup
In case you were busy experiencing what life can be like in the 22nd inning, here are the five biggest stories you missed in sports last weekend.
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