CORRECTION: This post originally said that the “sick and tired of being sick and tired” line was a line from Dumb & Dumber, but I actually just remembered that scene incorrectly:
One morning, shortly after I had been hired full time, one of our editorial fellows, Dan, sent an email to Tommy and me, explaining that he would be a little bate late getting into work because he’d been mugged the night before, and was still sort of getting himself together. Tommy emailed him back, telling him to… Read more
I think the coolest thing about this strategy was just how hard the Warriors sold out on it. Teams double off of weak shooters all the time, but usually there is a t least some hesitancy about leaving the guy wiiiiiide open on the perimeter, and that can put the roaming defender in no-man’s land, which can open up… Read more
As much grief as Simmons gets from us and others, you can’t say that he’s a bad boss. He gave a lot of really talented writers money and a platform at Grantland, and was smart enough to mostly stay out of their way and let them do cool stuff. I’ll take a boss like that over someone like Whitlock sending me memos… Read more