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February 4, 2015
Yes, It’s Good: AMC’s Big ‘Better Call Saul’ Bet Pays Off

The ‘Breaking Bad’ spinoff may not be great (yet), but it’s sure as hell entertaining.
February 12, 2015
Frame Jobs

What we can learn about manipulating the strike zone from all-world receiver Brad Ausmus, an elite catching prospect, and Dennis Eckersley, the beneficiary of, ahem, a widened target.
September 25, 2014
MLB Playoff Myths: Beware the Misleading Narratives!

While sabermetrics hasn’t supplied a clear and correct answer to the question of what wins in the playoffs, it has rejected several wrong ones. Despite being debunked, though, some of those suspect explanations resurface every season, which makes the last week of September the perfect time for a pre-playoff PSA. Even if you don’t have a team in the race, you can amuse yourself for the next several weeks by engaging in playoff-myth bingo!
September 22, 2014
The 30: Amid Another Collapse, No Hard Knocks for Anemic Atlanta

Could the Braves have prevented their 2014 collapse? Are the Twins deceptively well positioned for the future? Can the Pirates and Tigers keep cruising right into October? It’s Week 25 of The 30.
June 11, 2013
Ask the Maester: Our Lingering Game of Thrones Questions Answered!

If you’re like us, each Game of Thrones episode will generate nearly as many questions as answers, especially of the “Who is that guy again?” or “Wait, what just happened right there?” variety. So the Grantland staff compiled a list of such lingering queries and posed them to Maester netw3rk, our in-house Throne whisperer, to […]
May 22, 2013
Developmental Psychiatry

Is the return of Arrested Development really such a great idea? And all your other small-screen questions answered in this month’s TV mailbag.
May 10, 2013
Black and Brown Blues

A visit inside — OK, near — the Cleveland war room on the occasion of the NFL draft.
March 13, 2013
YouTube HOF: TV’s Greatest ‘Oh S—!’ Moments

Something happened in the most recent episode of The Americans. Spoiler: Phillip wore a wig. Then something else happened. It was a shocking moment, one that not only signaled a raising of stakes in the series’ story, but a raising of game by the creative forces behind it. In one scene, The Americans made the […]
February 8, 2012
Dysfunctional Friends: Evaluating Terrell Owens’ Acting Debut

Terrell Owens is in a movie. The movie is called Dysfunctional Friends. Before we critique Terrell’s acting prowess, a few important facts about the film. What It’s About Jozen Cummings: After their very wealthy friend dies unexpectedly, a formerly tight-knit group of college buddies reunite at the funeral, only to learn each of them are […]
October 14, 2011
Apparently Eli Manning Is ‘The Godfather’ Of Pranks

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal contained a delightful article exposing Giants quarterback (and most eligible non-bachelor) Eli Manning as the team’s resident prankster. “Eli Manning quietly stole receiver Hakeem Nicks’s cell phone,” the article began, “punched a few keys and when Nicks came back to his locker, the phone’s operational language had been switched to Japanese.” […]

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