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  • Spurs

    The Spurs Stay the Spurs: Why San Antonio Will Be Back in the NBA Finals

    In the modern era, the Spurs have never had to prepare for a season after a potentially franchise-defining loss. After watching the team choke away the last two games of the NBA Finals, I thought my interest in the NBA would never be the same. I had wholeheartedly attached myself to the Spurs as the […]

  • Marian Hossa #81 of the Chicago Blackhawks

    The Weekend in Hockey: Don’t Sleep on the Hawks!

    A look at three of the biggest stories from the NHL weekend and how they’ll play into the coming days. Breaking: Reigning Stanley Cup Champions Good at Hockey With most of the attention in the West focused on the dominating Sharks and the surprising Avalanche, it’s been easy to lose track of the Chicago Blackhawks. […]

  • Rose Byrne and Melissa McCarthy

    Rose Byrne Set to Ride Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy’s Lady Comedy Winning Streak With Susan Cooper

    On Friday it was announced that Rose Byrne is in talks to reunite with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy on Susan Cooper, a female-centric action comedy and potential franchise in the vein of Feig and McCarthy’s summer hit The Heat. The Wrap describes the new project, which was first announced this summer, […]

  • MICHAEL WEINSTEIN

    Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview: Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, and Detroit Pistons

    14. Dallas Mavericks Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose skeptically review Mavs owner Mark Cuban’s latest attempt to field an NBA championship roster and consider what Monta Ellis can provide as a second scorer. Plus, Clairvoyant Bill sees a big year coming from Dirk Nowitzki. NOTHING IS OVER!

  • Last Night at the Viper Room

    An exclusive excerpt from Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind.

  • Tom Brady

    B.S. Report: Cousin Sal

    Bill Simmons and Cousin Sal discuss the Boston Red Sox and the Patriots-Jets game and then guess the lines for NFL Week 8. Listen to the podcast here. Subscribe to the B.S. Report on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.

  • Drake performs during the 'Would You Like A Tour?' concert

    Is Drake’s Tour Already in Trouble?

    Drake’s current concert tour, which hits arenas in 39 cities across the U.S. and Canada and features Miguel and Future, is off to an inauspicious start, and it’s only just begun. More than an hour after Saturday’s Philadelphia show was slated to start, the set was canceled because of “an unexpected technical issue” (reportedly a […]

  • Derrick Favors

    The Utah Plan: What Derrick Favors’s Extension Means for the Jazz

    Rookie-scale contracts have given teams time to assess talent, but they still have to make bets on very young players, often committing borderline star money to guys who have never worked as anything close to primary options — or who have perhaps not even started for their own teams. The Jazz made such a wager […]

  • Jack Wilshire

    Premier League Pass & Move: One Touch Is Never Enough

    A look back at the weekend’s Premier League action. Goal of the Year Chris Ryan: This was a hymn to football. I tried to do that little hop step that Jack Wilshere does in the very beginning of this goal in my living room and I broke a vase. It’s OK, I have hundreds of […]

  • Eastbound and Down

    Eastbound & Down’s Spectacular Final Season

    On the night of Sunday, September 29, millions of Americans tuned in to witness the beginning of an entitled narcissist’s final act. This goateed sociopath had chosen drugs and glory over the more simple pleasures of family, and, along with a foul-mouthed associate, had created an alter ego whose name rang out on both sides […]

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