March 10, 2014
An Outsider’s Guide to the Lil B–Kevin Durant Beef
What follows is a 10-point guide to the on-again-off-again Based God beef that’s now on all over again.
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Get Lucky: How the Five Best NFL Free-Agent Signings Ever Came to Be
Relying on free agency in the NFL is a historically risky way to live. The open market is the Craigslist of professional football, full of already used goods that, for one reason or another, weren’t considered worth keeping around. But there are times when, for whatever reason, great players wind up as goods in the NFL shopping spree.
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An Arsenal Fan and an Everton Fan Talk About the FA Cup
Winning a cup would be a nice boost for either of the team’s respective fan bases.
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Noah’s Arc: On Joakim’s Proud, Tennis Maverick Father
Joakim Noah led the Bulls over LeBron and the Heat on Sunday, but anyone who watched the game knows Joakim’s father, Yannick, was the one who really won the day.
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The Weekend in Hockey: The Right Note?
Each Monday, we’ll wrap up three of the biggest stories from the weekend and how they’ll play into the coming week.
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NBA Overnight: Bulls-Heat Will Never Die
You don’t have to hate the Heat’s “Hollywood as hell” worldview or love the Bulls’ old-school, every-game-matters approach to everything. But there’s nothing better than watching them collide. It’s the best rivalry in the NBA. Where Miami feels like Ali and Chicago feels like Frazier, and we all get to watch two teams that genuinely hate each other.
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NFL Free-Agency Storm Starts Early
As NFL teams, players, and agents negotiate in this 72-hour window before free agency, one thing is for sure: This weekend was just the tip of the iceberg. A staggering amount of money is about to change hands.
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Better Call, Saul: Canelo Alvarez Finds the Right Opponent
Part of the idea behind this fight — Canelo’s return from the Floyd Mayweather humbling — was to find out what the boxing world really has in Alvarez, a 23-year-old ticket-seller for whom a three-pay-per-view year was planned, despite an 0-1 record as a PPV headliner. Some were so encouraged by Alfredo Angulo’s near-victory against Erislandy Lara that they were picking the upset. Most thought he’d at least test Canelo. He didn’t.
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About Last Weekend: Varsity Blues
In case you were busy OH MY GOD ‘TRUE DETECTIVE,’ here are the six biggest stories you missed in sports this weekend.
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Best of Grantland Sports Podcast: NFL Free Agency, CM Punk, the U.S. Men’s National Team, and Carmelo Anthony
The NFL Podcast break down free agency, Cheap Heat talk about the rumors of CM Punk’s return, Blazers discuss the U.S. men’s national team, and Jalen is 50/50 on Melo leaving.
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