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Super Bowl champions Ray Rice and Torrey Smith met at video game producer Treyarch's studios in Santa Monica this week to settle an argument: Who would win in a Call of Duty: Black Ops II grudge match? Before they sat down to virtually duke it out on...

After the Ravens-Pats playoff game, I went through reader e-mails and put the best ones about Bernard Karmell Pollard into a Word doc. After a couple months passed, I realized these e-mails were finally ready to be seen by the general public. Here th...

If you missed yesterday's romp through the Western Conference, then consider this link your message via raven. Eastern Conference Indiana Pacers Steve McPherson: Aha! This is where the Greyjoys come back. Sure, the Iron Islands' main industr...

You're probably familiar with the "hometown discount," the millions of dollars that a player entering free agency is supposed to leave on the table so he can exhibit loyalty to the piece of laundry that acquired his rights (often with little or no in...

In case you were too busy lamenting the fate of your already busted NIT bracket, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday: LeBron James had a triple double as the Miami Heat extended their winning streak to 24 games, overcoming a 27-point d...

On Monday afternoon, two notable wide receivers were dealt away in trades that seemed to make little sense for the organizations who were giving away their best wideouts. The Vikings, a playoff team one year ago, dealt Percy Harvin to the Seahawks fo...

In case you were busy drinking all of the soda in New York, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Top-ranked Gonzaga completed its perfect run through West Coast Conference play, winning the WCC tournament final, 65-51, over St. Mary's. In...

In case you were busy singing John Philip Sousa tunes with your loved ones, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. The New York Knicks overcame a 22-point deficit and a knee injury to Carmelo Anthony to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 102-97....

Nobody knew for sure whether Ryan Kelly would play against no. 5 Miami on Saturday. After Duke's loss to Virginia in Charlottesville, the incentive was certainly there. The Blue Devils were reeling; the team's perimeter defense was almost nonexistent...

Robert Mays and Ephraim Salaam talk Super Bowl XLVII, NFL free agency, and which teams are set to succeed next season. Listen to this podcast here. Subscribe to the Grantland Network on iTunes, and check out our podcasts page....

In case you were out just driving, man, just hitting the open road, here's what you missed in sports Tuesday. The Houston Rockets tied the NBA record for 3-pointers but were denied the record outright after a flurry of ejections marred the end of...

Cousin Sal and Joe House join Bill to break down the Super Bowl weekend, speculate about NBA trades, and announce the winner of their eating contest. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com PodCenter...

For those of us who grew up with the lopsided Super Bowls of the 1980s, it seems as if we've had an unusual run. The past few years of Super Bowls have stayed tight, the result in doubt until the very end. It's almost miraculous we haven't had one go...

It all started with Ma$e. I had just taken my seat on my flight from Atlanta to New Orleans, one of the few Niners fans on a plane where anyone wearing Ravens gear had been given a complimentary drink ticket, when a man wearing a red leather jacke...

On any given Sunday (or Monday, or Thursday), your NFL Run & Shootaround crew will be gathered around multiple televisions, making inappropriate jokes and generally regressing to the mean. Catch up on all the NFL action right here. Everything, Eve...

In case you were busy being the guy who doesn't watch the Super Bowl (and good on you, hero), here's what you missed in sports over the weekend. Oh my word, Super Bowl XLVII! The 47th annual Super Bowliad! The Harbomination™®©. ...