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8 results for "spain"
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Lowering the Batum: An Anthology of Basketball Crotch Shots
Chris RyanToday, at the end of the men's basketball quarterfinal between France and Spain (which Spain won, 66-59), French forward Nicolas Batum landed the nut shot heard round the world on Spain's Juan-Carlos Navarro. After the game, Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowsk...
Blog | August 08, 2012 -
Team USA Goes Into Cryogenic Sleep for a Two-Hour Flight
Chris RyanYou guys have a nice, relaxing trip to LV-426. This one comes from the Instagram account of Kevin Love. It's a flight from Spain to England. If Anthony Davis got any deeper into that slanket he'd be mummified. If you're going to go into a 120-minute ...
Blog | July 26, 2012 -
Chris Ryan's The Reducer: Spain seals its place in history
Chris RyanSpain defeat Italy and cement themselves as the greatest national team of all time.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2012 -
Euro 2012 Semifinals Preview
Chris RyanLast time around, I did a preview of the quarterfinals. I picked Germany, Portugal, France, and Italy. If my success rate at crossing the street was as good as my success rate at picking knockout soccer matches, I would be dead. So let's take a look ...
Blog | June 27, 2012 -
Euro 2012 Quarterfinals Preview
Chris RyanCzech Republic vs. Portugal How They Got Here: Portugal pulled off the unlikely feat — or what seemed an unlikely feat before the tournament — of making it out of Group B, the Group of Death. After a fairly close loss to Germany, 1-0, Pa...
Blog | June 21, 2012 -
Euro 2012: Cesc Fabregas Would Like You to Water the Lawn
Chris RyanIn late March of this year, Barcelona and AC Milan played in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The first leg, held at Milan's San Siro, saw the Spanish and Italian sides draw, 0-0. Barcelona subsequently lodged a formal complaint about the "...
Blog | June 11, 2012 -
Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and a full Euro 2012 preview
Chris RyanRonaldo has something to prove, and Spain has something to finish.
Story | Conversation | June 07, 2012 -
Way to Curb Your Enthusiasm, Clippers
Chris RyanOn Wednesday night, the Clippers and Lakers square off at Staples Center for their final regular-season matchup. Last time the two teams faced each other, Pau Gasol touched Chris Paul's head, Chris Paul got mad, Pau Gasol was like, "Be easy, in Spain...
Blog | April 04, 2012