All Blog posts Tagged: '_'
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Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview: Dallas Mavericks
Bill Simmons and Jalen Rose skeptically review Mavs owner Mark Cuban’s latest attempt to field an NBA championship roster, consider what Monta Ellis can provide as a second scorer, and Clairvoyant Bill sees a big year coming from Dirk Nowitzki. NOTHING IS OVER!
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B.S. Report: Mike Trout and Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview, Part 4
Bill Simmons talks to Angels outfielder Mike Trout. Then Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview continues with teams nos. 18 to 15. (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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Afternoon Links: All the Local Newswriters Reporting Mike Myers’s Impending Fatherhood Got Lazy on the Same Day
Imagine announcing you’re pregnant and getting about 50 of the exact same congratulatory cards in the mail on the same day. That happened to Mike Myers, only on local TV in essentially every town in America. Moral of the story: Mix it up a little, TV producers. There are plenty of Austin Powers quotes to […]
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Right Reasons Podcast: Survivor, Parenthood, and Preachers of L.A.
Juliet Litman and David Jacoby talk about Survivor, Parenthood, Preachers of L.A., and more reality TV. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to Grantland Pop Culture on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page.
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Week 7 NFL Viewing Guide: Von Miller Returns
10 Spot One player we’ll be going out of our way to watch for at least 10 plays. Von Miller, OLB, Broncos Peyton Manning’s return to Indianapolis also marks Von Miller’s return to the field, and right now it looks like the Broncos need it. After missing the first six games of the season for […]
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Cats, Dogs, and Basterds: A Brief History of Sly and Arnold’s Rumored Pre–Escape Plan Projects
With 2010’s action mega-star team-up The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger officially deaded a long-dormant rivalry. Sly wrote Arnold a cameo; Arnold, then still the Governator, graciously appeared for free. Last year, they went for Round 2, with Schwarzenegger playing a bigger role in the sequel, The Expendables 2. And today comes Escape Plan, […]
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The Triangle All-Stars: J.J. Redick and Kelly Olynyk
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, J.J. Redick and Andrea Bargnani, below. Hey, guys … it ain’t White Boy Day, is it?! It’s White Boy Day! J.J. […]
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Universal’s Classic Monsters May Start Getting the Avengers Treatment
Did Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman start out working with J.J. Abrams specifically so it would be that much more dramatic when they usurped him as the lords of Nerd-Earth? Because this is the final step. They’re one project away. My awe has only increased with each episode of Fox’s excellent Sleepy Hollow, with every […]
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Cousin Sal’s Week 7 Prop Bets
Week 6: -52,500 jermajesties Season: +5,500 jermajesties Week 6 was a disaster. I split my four picks, got screwed over by Denver in the first half and — of course — by the Texans, who I was foolish enough to put in a three-team teaser again. I think if Matt Schaub bet on himself as […]
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Video on Demand Report: Giant Lizards vs. Giant Robots in Pacific Rim
The Headliner Pacific Rim It’s the relatively near future. The Earth is in turmoil. What’s ruining everyone’s good time — the catastrophic effects of climate change? Economic collapse? Oh my, no: It’s all the giant lizards that keep swimming out of an interdimensional fault in the floor of the Pacific Ocean. But the humans aren’t […]
