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MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Crazy Ted posted:

Speaking of Grantland, A.J. Daulerio decided to write a huge pile of words about Grantland and negotiations with Tommy Craggs and then openly admitted at the end that the column he's just penned could put Craggs' potential contract with ESPN in Jeopardy.

Seriously: http://deadspin.com/#!5796720/an-exclusive-interview-with-tommy-craggs-about-the-bill-simmons-grantland-project

That dude is such an unbelievable shithead. I wonder if Leitch ever feels bad about leaving him in charge and letting Deadspin go to poo poo.

# ? Apr 29, 2011 06:02

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 19:34

The broken bones: Jan 3, 2008; Out beyond winning and losing, there is a field.

I will meet you there.

morestuff posted:

But he JUST HAD TO GET IT OUT THERE, OUT OF DUTY

Also, this had one of the more-tortured metaphors I've seen recently (it's also a lovely article):

ahh, the lovely forced analogies of deadline writing

# ? Apr 29, 2011 06:15

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

MorningView posted:

That dude is such an unbelievable shithead. I wonder if Leitch ever feels bad about leaving him in charge and letting Deadspin go to poo poo.

IIRC in the GQ interview with Daulerio he admitted that Leitch doesn't like talking to him about Deadspin very much anymore.

# ? Apr 29, 2011 06:23

leokitty: Apr 5, 2005; I live. I die. I live again.

quote:

Even Will Leitch, the founding editor of Deadspin and one of Daulerio's closest friends, has gotten a little queasy. At first, Leitch talked with Daulerio constantly about the site, hashing out ideas and offering advice. But in July 2009, when Daulerio posted a link to the Erin Andrews stalker video, Leitch thought he went too far. They remain close but no longer talk about Deadspin. Leitch, now a writer for New York magazine, told me he wouldn't have published the Favre photos: "I never wanted people to feel like they needed to take a shower."

Daulerio is exactly the kind of person Nick Denton wants working for him

# ? Apr 29, 2011 15:33

Crazy Ted: Jul 29, 2003

Here is a link: click

In the link is a piece written by a basketball player. I will not tell you what is in the link. All I will tell you to do is read it all the way to the end.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:20

stuart scott: Mar 9, 2007

Ahahaha that is a Shyamalan-caliber twist at the end

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:28

swizz: Oct 10, 2004; I can recall being broke with some friends in Tennessee and deciding to have a party and being able to afford only two-fifths of a $1.75 bourbon called Two Natural, whose label showed dice coming up 5 and 2. Its taste was memorable. The psychological effect was also notable.

if it isn't the ol Twizzler-eating fat woman in a movie theater motif

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:37

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

Shirley wrote a pretty funny book and has good musical taste but man is he a terrible person.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:39

zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Not sure what that has to do with sports exactly

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:40

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

Crazy Ted posted:

Here is a link: click

In the link is a piece written by a basketball player. I will not tell you what is in the link. All I will tell you to do is read it all the way to the end.

what on earth :staredog:

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:44

Mornacale: Dec 19, 2007; n=y where
y=hope and n=folly,
prospects=lies, win=lose,

self=Pirates

I don't know, I pretty much agree that voting Republican is the moral equivalent of setting someone on fire.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:48

Holy Diverticulitis: Dec 8, 2009; damn good anus! and hot!

Mornacale posted:

I don't know, I pretty much agree that voting Republican is the moral equivalent of setting someone on fire.

After privatizing the fire department and replacing water faucets with vending machines.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:55

RembrandtQEinstein: Jul 1, 2009; A GOD, A MESSIAH, AN ARCHANGEL, A KING, A PRINCE, AND AN ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE.

Crazy Ted posted:

Here is a link: click

In the link is a piece written by a basketball player. I will not tell you what is in the link. All I will tell you to do is read it all the way to the end.

I think he should stick to sports.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 02:56

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

How is it possible that a human being cannot write onomatopoeia

# ? Apr 30, 2011 03:40

FairGame: Jul 24, 2001; Der Kommander

Well, that was certainly an article.

Tampopo did the crowded theater better anyway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6E7CKEM1ys)

# ? Apr 30, 2011 05:10

Bird in a Blender: Nov 17, 2005; It's amazing what they can do with computers these days.

Crazy Ted posted:

Here is a link: click

In the link is a piece written by a basketball player. I will not tell you what is in the link. All I will tell you to do is read it all the way to the end.

Oh Paul, what have you become?

# ? Apr 30, 2011 14:04

The broken bones: Jan 3, 2008; Out beyond winning and losing, there is a field.

I will meet you there.

Paul Shirley was the guy that blamed Haitians for the earthquake, right?

# ? Apr 30, 2011 16:00

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

The broken bones posted:

Paul Shirley was the guy that blamed Haitians for the earthquake, right?

Yes, and got fired from his writing gig at ESPN for it.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 16:05

Hand Knit: Oct 24, 2005; Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

The broken bones posted:

Paul Shirley was the guy that blamed Haitians for the earthquake, right?

He did what to the who now?

# ? Apr 30, 2011 16:17

Fisticuffs: Aug 9, 2007; Okay you a goon but what's a goon to a goblin?

Hand Knit posted:

He did what to the who now?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/26/paul-shirley-to-haiti-may_n_437725.html

Paul Shirley posted:

Dear Haitians -

First of all, kudos on developing the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Your commitment to human rights, infrastructure, and birth control should be applauded.

As we prepare to assist you in this difficult time, a polite request: If it's possible, could you not re-build your island home in the image of its predecessor? Could you not resort to the creation of flimsy shanty- and shack-towns? And could some of you maybe use a condom once in a while?

Sincerely,

The Rest of the World

BOOTSTRAPS

# ? Apr 30, 2011 16:20

Quasimango: Mar 10, 2011; God damn you.

I woudn't care if what he wrote was eminently reasonable and fair, the fact that he signed his entry as The Rest of the World is a fireable offense for me anyway. How smug can you be.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 16:46

The broken bones: Jan 3, 2008; Out beyond winning and losing, there is a field.

I will meet you there.

my favorite part is when he blames the citizens of Haiti for their government being corrupt.

# ? Apr 30, 2011 16:56

Fisticuffs: Aug 9, 2007; Okay you a goon but what's a goon to a goblin?

The broken bones posted:

my favorite part is when he blames the citizens of Haiti for their government being corrupt.

lol why aren't you guys more dedicated to human rights then lololo

# ? Apr 30, 2011 17:37

balancedbias: May 2, 2009; $$$$$$$$$

Crazy Ted posted:

Here is a link: click

In the link is a piece written by a basketball player. I will not tell you what is in the link. All I will tell you to do is read it all the way to the end.

He mentions that a woman is doing all of the things that are available to her because much of it is available in the free market (and brings up corn syrup of all things in the rant) then tries a slight quip at voting Republican?

I...just... :psypop:

# ? Apr 30, 2011 22:03

leokitty: Apr 5, 2005; I live. I die. I live again.

I think that piece is supposed to be some kind of dark comedy bit but it's just really bad.

Also my favorite thing about his dumb Haiti column is the idea that they can just rebuild with modern structures instead of shanty towns because he suggests it

# ? Apr 30, 2011 22:21

Medical Sword: May 23, 2005; Goghing, Goghing, gone

balancedbias posted:

He mentions that a woman is doing all of the things that are available to her because much of it is available in the free market (and brings up corn syrup of all things in the rant) then tries a slight quip at voting Republican?

I...just...

High fructose corn syrup and epidemic obesity are actually connected concepts in American culture to be fair.

# ? May 1, 2011 03:01

FairGame: Jul 24, 2001; Der Kommander

leokitty posted:

I think that piece is supposed to be some kind of dark comedy bit but it's just really bad.

Also my favorite thing about his dumb Haiti column is the idea that they can just rebuild with modern structures instead of shanty towns because he suggests it

Hmm...how should we rebuild? Let's try not being poor this time and see fi that works! :downs:

The theater thing was just dumb. The Haiti thing is offensive as hell. gently caress that guy forever.

# ? May 1, 2011 03:43

Kim Jong Il: Aug 16, 2003

First two Grantland pieces are up.

I'm not familiar with Molly Lambert, but her summer movie preview is atrociously written.

Don't like Katie Baker's piece via my blanket gently caress the Knicks clause.

# ? May 3, 2011 00:25

The broken bones: Jan 3, 2008; Out beyond winning and losing, there is a field.

I will meet you there.

where are you seeing them? main site still has "coming soon."

# ? May 3, 2011 04:04

morestuff: Aug 2, 2008; You can't stop what's coming

The broken bones posted:

where are you seeing them? main site still has "coming soon."

Simmons posted them on his Twitter. Here's the Katie Baker piece.

# ? May 3, 2011 04:15

swizz: Oct 10, 2004; I can recall being broke with some friends in Tennessee and deciding to have a party and being able to afford only two-fifths of a $1.75 bourbon called Two Natural, whose label showed dice coming up 5 and 2. Its taste was memorable. The psychological effect was also notable.

so is Grantland supposed to be a repository for long-winded New Journalism relating to sports

is Bill Simmons considered the best we got nowadays (edit: not a fan, I felt obliged to note this), Hunter S. Thompson is pretty drat dead

swizz fucked around with this message at 04:41 on May 3, 2011

# ? May 3, 2011 04:37

deadkiller615: Aug 7, 2007; yea, I kill dead stuff. so what?

Cool article about Chris Paul http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6436820

# ? May 3, 2011 04:46

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

swizz posted:

so is Grantland supposed to be a repository for long-winded New Journalism relating to sports

is Bill Simmons considered the best we got nowadays (edit: not a fan, I felt obliged to note this), Hunter S. Thompson is pretty drat dead

As far as I can tell, it's basically just a hodgepodge of sports and pop culture writers that Simmons likes.

# ? May 3, 2011 04:52

dokomoy: May 21, 2004

Couple of Bin Laden and sports things courtesy of deadspin

http://deadspin.com/!5797774/why-yes-one-cleveland-writer-did-make-osama-bin-ladens-death-about-lebron-james

http://deadspin.com/!5797646/bin-ladens-death-means-something-or-other-for-the-nfl-lockout-according-to-some-poo poo-mike-florio-threw-at-the-wall

Jesus loving Christ.

# ? May 3, 2011 07:19

Mornacale: Dec 19, 2007; n=y where
y=hope and n=folly,
prospects=lies, win=lose,

self=Pirates

Your links are broke.

# ? May 3, 2011 10:47

swizz: Oct 10, 2004; I can recall being broke with some friends in Tennessee and deciding to have a party and being able to afford only two-fifths of a $1.75 bourbon called Two Natural, whose label showed dice coming up 5 and 2. Its taste was memorable. The psychological effect was also notable.

In the category of masturbatory awards shows, it has come to my attention that they give Sports Emmys. Bob Costas won for outstanding sports personality. You read that correctly. Your winner for best piece of sports journalism was Real Sports With Bryan Gumbel: The Missing Link (about which I can't really find any information)

# ? May 3, 2011 15:29

MourningView: Sep 2, 2006; Is this Heaven?

I'm pretty sure Bob Costas wins almost every year. Joe Morgan also has like 20 of them.

# ? May 3, 2011 15:30

leokitty: Apr 5, 2005; I live. I die. I live again.

The Grantland header is terrible, the quote text is unreadable

# ? May 3, 2011 15:53

Groucho Marxist: Dec 9, 2005; Do you smell what The Mauk is cooking?

Mornacale posted:

Your links are broke.

Exclamation points break links on the forums. This makes linking to twitters a pain in the rear end now.

# ? May 3, 2011 16:00

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 19:34

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

leokitty posted:

The Grantland header is terrible, the quote text is unreadable

The Grantland header was the best part of the entire article, dunno what you mean by terrible

# ? May 3, 2011 17:01

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