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Alex and special guest Chuck Klosterman anatomize their Star Trek fandom and freak out over last night's Mad Men, like everybody else. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantland Pop Culture podcasts on iTunes, ...

A visit inside — OK, near — the Cleveland war room on the occasion of the NFL draft.

Our latest 30 for 30 short, The Irrelevant Giant, examines the short life of New York Giants running back John Tuggle — the last man selected in the 1983 NFL draft. Tuggle ultimately made the roster through pure grit, only to be almost immediat...

Pat Summerall died today. This is not a surprise: He was 82, he'd had a liver transplant, and he'd lived a hard life on purpose. It had been a while since Summerall had been active as a broadcaster; having semiretired from the booth in 2002, you'd us...

In Part 1 of 2, Bill Simmons calls up Jon Hock, the director of the latest 30 for 30 film, Survive and Advance, which chronicles the legendary national championship run of the 1983 NC State men's basketball team. Bill then calls up Chuck Klosterman t...

Alex Pappademas and Chuck Klosterman unpack the new documentary Room 237, ask if it's time for a new Twilight Zone, and debate going into the herbal-supplement business. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantla...

I tend to root for Duke University in the NCAA basketball tournament. They're not my favorite team, but I'm happy when they succeed. People are sometimes mystified by this affinity, since the Internet has conditioned us to believe we're ethically obl...

Grantland got a tip that David Bowie was dying. He did not. Here are the e-mails exchanged by two of our writers on his legacy while he (happily) stayed alive.

Grantland's Chuck Klosterman talks with Survivor host Jeff Probst about the strategy behind winning, the show's cultural impact, and general gossip about the program. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantland ...

Chuck Klosterman calls in for one of the best podcasts to date, as he and Bill focus on Royce White and performance-enhancing drugs. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com PodCenter here. Previ...

Royce White has a lot of radical thoughts about his own mental illness. But that's just the beginning — he's worried about your brain, too.

Manti T'eo and a thoroughly modern scandal.

Chip Kelly is the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. This is more exciting than it probably should be; obviously, coaches change jobs all the time. But this feels different, somehow. Kelly is the best contemporary offensive mind in America (t...

Grantland's Chuck Klosterman and Alex Pappademas explore Alex's newfound football fandom and discuss his column, I Suck at Football. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page....

It seems only fitting that as the first year of the Hollywood Prospectus podcast comes to a close, Chris Ryan and I would spend some time discussing our first (and maybe best?) topic: television. For this look back at what was big on the small screen...

The Popovich imbroglio, the Grinnell scoring spree, and the increasingly unclear reasons why sports are supposed to matter.