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David Simon Addresses 'The Wire' Controversy, Rips TV Recaps

HitFix | Posted 04.06.2012

As you know if you've been reading me for more than five seconds, I think "The Wire" is the best drama to ever air on television. I'm also an enormous...

Fandom, Fathers and the Violence of Football

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.21.2012

Nathan Hegedus

If Dad laughs, cries and high fives about the Red Sox, his kids are going to use the Red Sox to laugh, cry and high-five with him.

Sports Podcast Nabs Surprise Guest: Barack Obama

Posted 03.01.2012

Bill Simmons just landed a great "get" for the "BS Report" podcast: The president of the United States. The popular columnist recently interviewed ...

Linsanity: The Point God of Sports Memes

Chi Tung | Posted 04.10.2012

Chi Tung

For every one of us eager to claim Lin in our racial draft, there's Lin himself, shrugging off the portentous hype because he's too busy making love to pressure to tangle with Asian American identity politics.

To Recap or Not to Recap, That Is the Question

Kris LoPresto | Posted 02.14.2012

Kris LoPresto

Lost was a show that required a weekly recap to go over all the hints and clues. Flashforward six years later to the present day and the Internet has a recap for nearly every single show on TV. How did this happen?

I Received The Best Journalism Advice of My LIfe -- And I Ignored It

Grantland | Posted 12.28.2011

Nell Scovell is a television writer/producer whose credits include NCIS, Monk, Warehouse 13, Murphy Brown, Coach, and Newhart. She was the first femal...

Malcom Gladwell: NBA Is Not A 'Business'

Posted 10.24.2011

The rationale for the NBA lockout, from the owner's perspective, goes something like this. Basketball is a business. Businesses are supposed to make m...

NBA Finals: Reflections on "The Decision"

Danny Groner | Posted 08.12.2011

Danny Groner

Not everyone agrees that we should continue to harbor such ill will against LeBron. Here, a roundup of what sports columnists are saying about "The Decision" as the Heat sit on the brink of elimination.