March 20, 2014
MLB 12-Day Warning: Learning to Love Baseball’s (Almost, But Not Quite) Least Interesting Team
What’s that? You were wondering exactly how many days remain until the start of the MLB season? Well, you’re in luck! We at the Triangle are set to spend spring training giving you a daily reason to get excited about baseball’s return. The purpose of this MLB Warning series is twofold: We want to get everyone amped […]
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Cupcakes and Dog Days and the Rise of Gerald Green
He wasn’t quite good enough to be considered some huge bust during all this, and his demise wasn‘t dramatic enough to make him any kind of memorable cult hero. He was just a poor man’s J.R. Smith, only he never found the Nuggets, so he floated around and then floated away. That’s how it was supposed to end.
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Cheap Heat Podcast: Triple H, Daniel Bryan, Mr. T, and Danno O’Mahoney
The boys discuss Triple H and Daniel Bryan, the return of Total Divas, Mr. T, and the legend of Danno O’Mahoney.
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Let’s All Start Spending Spring Break at Spring Training. Deal? Deal!
Observation: Spring break and spring training have a lot in common. Very natural follow-up observation: We should all spend spring break at spring training. Here are some tips.
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NBA Shootaround: Love Connection
Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio, and the revenge of Timofey Mozgov.
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Cousin Sal’s March Madness Prop Bets
March Madness. Absolutely my favorite betting event of the year. Unless you count the NFL preseason, NFL regular season, NFL postseason, and, of course, the July 4 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest.
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Your Guide to NHL On-Ice Percentages
On-ice shooting percentage counts all shots taken at the opponent’s net when a player is on the ice, including those by his teammates. It’s a measure of how successful a team is at converting its shots with a certain player on the ice, whether or not the player is the one doing the shooting.
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Men in Blazers: With Special Guest Tim Cahill!
Rog and Davo marvel at Manchester United’s capitulation to Liverpool, salivate over Julian Green, and welcome Tim Cahill to the pod.
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Here Are Your Grantland Staffers’ March Madness Brackets
If you’re looking for expert March Madness analysis, uh … sorry. Our bad. If you are looking for brackets completed during the first period of Tuesday night’s Avalanche-Canadiens game, then you’ve come to the right place! (At least for one of us.)
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Mark Titus’s NCAA Tournament Predictions, Day 1!
We have no idea what’s about to happen, which is why the NCAA tournament is the best sporting event in the world. Well, that’s not entirely true. Some things we can predict.
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About Last Night: Philly Phloundering
In case you were busy putting out milk and cookies and hoping that Tom Izzo put you on his nice list, here are the five biggest stories you missed in sports on Wednesday.
Read moreMarch 19, 2014
MLB 13-Day Warning: Your Friendly Reminder That the Yankees Are Beginning the Season With a Potentially Terrible Infield
The Yankees spent an insane amount of money on catchers and outfielders and pitchers this offseason, but seem to have overlooked one very important factor: They need to put players in the infield, too. Well, $417 million just doesn’t go as far as it used to.
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NBA Bag: Figuring Out the Ever-Changing, Pick-Swapping 2014 Draft
In which the Sports Guy breaks down all the stealth tanking angles as the 2013-14 NBA season winds down.
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The End of Ivan and Andy
Andy Murray and Ivan Lendl are splitting up. If you follow tennis closely, chances are you’re already deep in the grief cycle; if you’re only a casual fan, I’m sorry to have to type words that will knock the bottom out of your day.
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The Doomed NCAA Tournament Dreams of 3-Point-Reliant Teams
“Live by the 3, die by the 3,” might be a lame sports saying, but when it comes to March Madness, it’s also true. Only one of the last 12 NCAA champions attempted more than 33 percent of its shots from beyond the arc. So what does that tell us about this year’s field? Well, nothing good for Villanova.
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#HotSportsTakes: The Knicks Are Sick, But Dr. Phil Ain’t the Answer
In today’s America, it’s more lucrative to look smart than be smart. I mean, you do the math. Jackson is making $60 million over the next five years.
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Q&A: Goran Dragic on Being Fearless, Playing His Game, and ‘Words With Friends’
Even if Phoenix finishes out of the playoffs, it will go down as one of the great stories of this NBA season — a fast-paced scoring machine, bombing 3-pointers and outrunning every reasonable internal and external expectation. Dragic reflected on it all and more during a one-on-one with Grantland in Brooklyn on Monday.
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Gazprom, Zenit St. Petersburg, and the Intersection of Global Politics and World Football
You can’t really talk about Zenit St. Petersburg without talking about their ownership. That means you have to talk about Gazprom. And it’s impossible to talk about Russia’s state-controlled energy giant without talking about much more than sports.
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Le Retour de Patrick Roy
What makes all of Roy’s returns to Montreal so enjoyable is that — blessed by the hand of time — they’re merely delightful excuses to recall the truly bonkers way he initially departed in 1995.
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MoneyBrackets: Win Your Pool by Avoiding These 10 Mistakes
You want to win your bracket pool. I know this. I also know it’s not for the money, or even for “bragging rights.” You want to win for the same reason I want to win: It gives you the temporary feeling that you actually know something, that you are more insightful than the average person.
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About Last Night: A Sneak Peek Into Madness
In case you were busy savoring your first day as James Dolan’s employee, here are the top five stories you missed in sports on Tuesday.
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