All Blog posts Tagged: '_'
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Another Drama-Filled LCS Doubleheader
Two more close, low-scoring battles, two games closer to the World Series. And a few thoughts on a tense Tuesday doubleheader: There’s a belief in some corners that teams must do the little things well to survive in the postseason. The Tigers do them terribly. Detroit led the majors this season in batting average (.283), […]
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About Last Night: Time Running Out for Dodgers
In case you were busy remembering when Kirk Gibson made the impossible happen in the year of the improbable, here’s what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Matt Holliday and Shane Robinson hit the first two home runs of the NLCS and the St. Louis Cardinals are one game away from the World Series after […]
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Nirvana, Hall & Oates, the Replacements Among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced 16 nominees this morning, and a few of the biggies include Hall & Oates, Nirvana, the Replacements, the Zombies, N.W.A., Kiss, and LL Cool J. This is the second year fans get to vote online, joining “historians and music industry insiders of the Rock Hall voting body.” […]
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Giant Steps
How Pistons center Andre Drummond became the man.
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Bill and Jalen’s NBA Preview
Just how bad will the Philadelphia 76ers be? And what has happened to the once-mighty Suns?
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Afternoon Links: Do Not Ever Insult Drake’s Album If You’re Touring With Drake
Drake was going to bring auto-tuned messiah Future on the “Would You Like a Tour?” tour, everything was looking great, and then Drake found out that Future — like lots of us — wasn’t crazy about Nothing Was the Same, Drizzy’s third straight LP of rap-singing about social media. (The money quotes, from Billboard writer […]
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Eminem, the Hardest-Working God on Rap Olympus
By now you’ve probably heard “Rap God,” the latest track off Eminem’s upcoming The Marshall Mathers LP 2. You’ve probably marveled at its speed, its bombast, its unyielding, laser-focused attack. You may have run it back a few times, even, trying to unpack that furious blizzard of syllables Eminem unleashes in the third verse. And […]
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14-Day NBA Warning: Shump! Shump!
With apologies to Charles Oakley, I feel pretty comfortable stating that Iman Shumpert is the coolest New York Knick since Clyde Frazier. Between his easily nicknameable surname (“Shump”); his invention of #KnicksTape (which eventually spawned this picture of Knicks coach Mike Woodson); and that even while injured, Shumpert was New York’s pregame pump-up circle guy […]
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Week 6 Fantasy Football Review: No, You Can’t Un-Draft These Guys
I don’t know about you, but I often find fantasy football to be an endless well of disappointment. Injuries, surprise benchings, and Mike Shanahan tend to make this impossible to avoid. Metaphorically speaking, I sometimes feel like I’m just trying to throw the ball away and live for another down. Then my pass gets intercepted […]
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Machete Kills Is DOA … and Other Dispatches From the Smaller Corners of Your Multiplex
Machete Kills, directed by Robert Rodriguez It’s a shame that Robert Rodriguez is trapped in the shadow of Quentin Tarantino. After Grindhouse it felt like together they were Wham! and apart one was George Michael and the other was the guy who put up with George Michael’s fame. Comparing Rodriguez to Andrew Ridgeley might actually […]
