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In case you were busy dancing like no one was watching, despite the fact many, many people were watching, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Clayton Kershaw pitched a shutout and hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning as the Los A...

In case you were out all night looking for the afikomen, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday: Dallas got a crucial win in the Western Conference playoff race, beating the Los Angeles Clippers, 109-102, at home. Clippers forward Blake G...

Luke Perry joins Bill Simmons to discuss his time on Beverly Hills, 90210, his love for professional wrestling, and his dedication to the Cleveland Browns. Listen to the podcast here: ESPN.com Podcenter. Subscribe to the Grantland Network...

In case you were out pretending like you've seen and have an opinion about Oscar nominee Amour, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Cleveland Browns have filled their vacant head coaching position, hiring Rob Chudzinski away from t...

Black Monday delivered. The first morning of the offseason for 20 of the league's 32 teams brought a stunning wave of pink slips, as more than half of those 20 teams responded to their disappointing campaigns by firing at least one prominent member o...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Tom Brady led New England on a stirring comeback, but the Patriots' 24 fourth-quarter points weren't enough to beat the 49ers, who prevailed, 41-34...

It's good to check in with the league's most relevant team statistics about once every four weeks. Four weeks isn't enough to dramatically shift things, but it's enough to see some change from (season) quarter to quarter and actually get a macro-leve...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. Justin Verlander pitched 8.1 strong innings, allowing just one run and three hits, as the Tigers beat the Yankees 2-1 to take a 3-0 lead in the ALCS. "Ou...

Although you would be forgiven for forgetting, there were actually brief moments of football that snuck between the blown calls and "bullshit" chants that seemed to dominate this past weekend of NFL action. Some of that football inspired very interes...

My personal quest to discover precisely how much of a fool I am (and whether my foolishness is of the greater or lesser variety) has gotten off to a flying start, and I now have a much clearer idea of my failings as a tipster, and indeed as a human. ...

"The greater fool is ... a patsy. For the rest of us to profit, we need a greater fool, someone who will buy long and sell short. Most people spend their lives trying not to be the greater fool; we toss in the hot potato, we dive for his seat when th...

"When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children." — Joan Didion Here in the bizarro world of Greater Cleveland, it comes as a surprise to see the late Art Modell narrowcast into a prevailing legacy — the marriage of fo...

"Are you ready to lose your 401KKKK??!!" I may hire Hank Williams Jr. to work on that one a little. We can all breathe a little easier. Football is back. And I figured it went so well last year (just play along) I would again offer up my keen in...

Introducing The BQBL Failure Machine! At this point you should have drafted teams and set the stakes in your league, and should already be rooting for your team's quarterbacks to get into a war of words with Terry Bradshaw. If all of this is crazy...

The Seahawks announced on Tuesday that rookie third-rounder Russell Wilson would start their third preseason game. Wilson's been very impressive against second- and third-string defenses during the preseason, but it's certainly a surprise that he app...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Michael Phelps out-dueled Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley to win his 16th Olympic gold and 20th medal overall. A heartbroken Lochte told r...