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Join your Shootaround crew for some fake trades, pipe dreams, and beautiful, dark, twisted, deadline day fantasies. The Book of Revelation Golden State Warriors get: Devin Harris (Hawks), Earl Clark (Lakers), DeMarcus Cousins (Kings), Aaron B...

The Bachelor broke my Grandma. You see, my Grandmother-in-law is staying with us this winter, she joined me for the Monday night viewing, and she hasn't been the same since. When I saw her at breakfast Tuesday morning we had the following exchange: ...

My first Salary Cap Fantasy Basketball draft occurred entirely online between 16 people who didn't really know one another, and lasted five and a half days. This sounds like hell because it is hell. For the better part of a week, I sat on my couch an...

Look, I don't always enjoy watching these shows. Sometimes when I sit there and listen to a wealthy, Botoxed, pilled-up, piss puddle of a human complain about how hard her life is because her Gucci Chihuahua raincoat is the wrong size, I have one of ...

Everyone is talking about Lamar Odom. Mark Cuban, the man who just released him from the Dallas Mavericks, said he was "negative energy." Charles Barkley, unfiltered sayer of things on his mind, thinks that Odom receiving the money that he is contrac...

I walked into Bill's office yesterday and was all, "Hey, man, we only have one show left for the GRTFL, I was thinking about doing this thing where ..." when he interrupted, "Don't worry, I have been saving reality TV e-mails from readers for this...

Every month, ESPN Research sends out an e-mail to producer types that summarizes the month in ratings on the ESPN Networks and gives a glimpse at what has rated well on cable as a whole. (Pretty boring way to start the column, I know — stay wit...

The first rule of writing about fantasy sports club is you do not talk about your own fantasy teams. The second rule of writing about fantasy sports club is you do not talk about your own fantasy teams, unless one of them happens to provide the perfe...

With the triumphant return of America's fifth major sport, MTV's The Challenge, the 2012 GRTFL vintage is now more complex — with an added aroma of desperation, a savory sexiness, and an even stronger kick of "I can't believe I am this excited ...

Day 12: The day I unveiled the greatest fantasy league ever.

Noun + "Wives" = Reality Show Since 2006, this simple formula has brought us Real Housewives, Mob Wives, and Basketball Wives. The appeal of this "Noun + Wives" genre is complicated. If you asked viewers why they enjoy the "Noun + Wives" shows, th...

You know that famous picture of Wilt Chamberlain holding up the "100" sign? If I were halfway decent at Photoshop, I would replace Wilt's face with Snooki's tan-, tear-, and mascara-covered one and put it at the top of this post. What happened t...

This week we added the basketball "wives" of Basketball Wives LA to the GRTFL mix. If you've never seen this show, you (a) are not a self-actualized human being, or (b) must not be "classy." We drafted these women who may or may not be married to NBA...

Full Disclosure: We don't know what we're doing. One might have assumed that with the embarrassing amount of time we've spent on the Grantland Reality TV Fantasy League we would have at least come up with a plan to, you know, end the season and decla...