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B.S. Report: Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview, Part 5
Bill and Jalen finally make it to the top 10 of their NBA Previews with nos. 14-10. (To watch Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview videos, click here.) Listen to the podcast here. Subscribe to the B.S. Report on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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About Last Night: It’s All About the U
In case you were busy throwing your old iPad in the garbage like the trash that it is, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: The University of Miami avoided major additional sanctions related to the Nevin Shapiro scandal, as the NCAA only revoked a small number of scholarships, deeming the school’s self-imposed two-year […]
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How We’d Fix It: NBC
Five cures for the ailing Peacock.
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The Jonah Keri Podcast: Alex Speier and Matthew Leach
On the eve of the World Series, Jonah Keri talks to WEEI.com’s Alex Speier about the Red Sox, team chemistry, and the value of great baserunning. Then, Matthew Leach of MLB.com discusses The Cardinal Way.
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Afternoon Links: Sarah Silverman’s Dead Pilot Now Lives Online
Sarah Silverman was so close to having an NBC sitcom last year. It was called Susan 313 and it would’ve followed Silverman rebounding from a 10-year relationship. (Sound familiar?) The pilot featured excellent comedian Tig Notaro, an impeccable Jeff Goldblum cameo, and stripping. And it’s now online even though it never made it to TV! […]
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Arcade Fire’s ‘Afterlife’: No Longer Thinking About Death
“Reflektor”, the debut title track of the fourth album from Montreal alt-rena rockers Arcade Fire, certainly sounded like a new direction for the band, but longtime fans knew that was the same old ArcFi under James Murphy’s funkified production and inexplicably infuriating papier-mâché heads, singing in French falsetto about the kingdom of the dead and […]
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Week 7 Fantasy Football Review: Keep Your First-Aid Kit Handy at All Times
Do you remember the way ambulances would drive on the field in Madden ’92, flattening anyone in their path? Well, that’s more or less what Week 7 was like in the NFL. If you play football (or just Madden), there’s a 95 percent chance you suffered a sprain, strain, tear, pull, fracture, toothache, dismemberment, or […]
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Bad Quarterback League, Week 7: The Glorious Return of Josh Freeman
Scott Van Pelt called it a “gruesome passing display” on SportsCenter. “It was brutal to watch him try to run a professional offense,” Steve Young added. When the Vikings moved down the field toward the end of the night, Jon Gruden didn’t even sound upset. He was just broken. “These completions and this yardage will […]
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Beetlejuice 2 and Pop Culture’s Current Obsession With the Past
The showbiz trades are talking, and what they’re talking about is Tim Burton making Beetlejuice 2. OK, they’re barely talking about it. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has made Burton an offer, and if he goes through with it, that item turns into actual news and the news turns into a movie. […]
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The Triangle NBA All-Stars: Nick Young and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
Compiling the Triangle NBA All-Stars offers a way for us to celebrate the players we love way too much. You can see the other entries in the series here. Check out the latest additions, Nick Young and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, below. Swaggy Motherfucking P If you don’t enjoy Nick Young, you need to step back and […]