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State of the Rockies: Colorado Has Nowhere to Go But Up … Right?
Talk to virtually any manager about his team’s injuries, and he’ll instantly tell you that every squad deals with them, that you can’t blame a bad season on trips to the disabled list, and that good...
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March Sadness: Understanding the True Cost of the Spring Tommy John Surge
The carefully curated MLB preview plan that Grantland’s baseball brain trust put together last month said that today’s feature would be about the depth of two NL East rotations: the Washington...
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Hold the Harbaugh Hot Takes, Plus More Takeaways From College Football’s...
Don’t panic about Michigan’s opening loss or TCU’s flat offense. Maybe panic about Arizona. Utah 24, Michigan 17 OK, Wolverines fans, let’s start with the good news: It was only the first game. The...
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College Football Week 1 Wrap: Chosen Rosen Soars for UCLA, Alabama Finds an...
Don’t worry, cherished readers: Matt Hinton, your trusty weekly wrapper, will be back in full force next Monday to take you through everything you need to know about the main events. This weekend,...
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Notre Dame Credit Check: When Will It Be Safe to Trust the Fighting Irish?
Notre Dame: Either you love the Fighting Irish, hate them, or feel a curious ambivalence toward them not represented by the prevailing love/hate binary. But regardless, can you trust them? After...
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Who’s That Guy? Notre Dame’s New QB (and Savior) DeShone Kizer!
Who’s That Guy is an ongoing Grantland series and an orientation tool to use in the vast sports landscape. And, hey, college football is part of that landscape! Who is he? DeShone Kizer, Notre Dame’s...
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The 30: Got Injury Issues? Tell It to the Rangers
In baseball, as in other sports, injuries are often the great equalizer. You think you have a once-in-a-generation starter, and then Jose Fernandez tears his UCL and misses a year. Or you think you...
View ArticleHouston, You Have a Wild Card: Dallas Keuchel and the Upstart Astros Blank...
From 2005 to 2010, Astros lefty Wandy Rodriguez recorded a 3.46 ERA in 89 games at home and a 5.03 ERA in 87 games on the road. His road trouble — maybe a mental block, maybe something about ballparks,...
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MLB Overnight: Bodies and Rain Fall As the Rangers and Astros Claim ALDS Game...
ALDS Game 1: Rangers 5, Blue Jays 3 When ESPN published its expert predictions for this postseason, every single analyst picked the Blue Jays to beat the Rangers — the only unanimous prediction of the...
View ArticleChase Utley Sparks a Scandal, the Astros Move Closer to the ALCS, and More...
There are FOUR PLAYOFF GAMES today! That’s a [reggaeton horn] and [Inception noise] of [10-hour loop of Epic Sax Guy]! And if you think that’s a lot, there was even more baseball over the weekend!...
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