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In case you were busy waiting up for the Premier League fixture list to be revealed (and who wasn't?) here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday: In an electric back-and-forth affair that will surely be remembered as an all-time classic, the Mi...

Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That's where I come in! Here's an unflinching look back at TV's Week in ...

In case you were busy giving it just one more try in Lep's World 2, seriously, just one more, GODDAMNIT, here's what you missed in sports last weekend: Overcoming a fearsome Merion course, Justin Rose secured his first major win, finishing the U...

Only Game 1 of these NBA Finals has unfolded the way many of us expected the series would — with two teams leveraging their very different strengths in a tight battle of possession-by-possession tradeoffs. Miami's ultra-aggressive defense, with...

Kneel before Michael Shannon, for he is the character actor of our time, a living embodiment of the madness inside us all. And now, little more than 20 years after his first onscreen appearance as "Fred," a WWF-loving newlywed in 1993's Groundhog Day...

Grantland takes a ride on the Dearly Departed Tour, where owner Scott Michaels and tour guide Brian Donnelly offer us an intimate look at the sites of the most infamous murders, overdoses, and scandals in Hollywood history, including the Menendez bro...

In case you were out getting the oil change you need every 30,000 miles followed by a stern lecture from your mechanic about decimal places, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday: In a stunning start to the Stanley Cup final, the Chicago...

On Naughty Dog's latest game, The Last of Us.

In exactly one year, the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil. Richard Swanson died last month while trying to walk from Seattle to São Paulo in time for the first match. How far did he want to "break away"?

Every week, television documentaries present us with so many unusual people, with so many strange and/or disturbing problems, you might find it hard to keep up with all of them. That's where I come in! Here's an unflinching look back at TV's Week in ...

If you're like us, each Game of Thrones episode will generate nearly as many questions as answers, especially of the "Who is that guy again?" or "Wait, what just happened right there?" variety. So the Grantland staff compiled a list of such lingering...

There was a poignant, historic photo on MLS's website a few weeks ago. Pictured were four young U.S. U-20 internationals, celebrating after one of their number had scored. On the left of the picture is a young Dax McCarty. Behind him, virtually unrec...

Before Friday night, the United States men's national team had never won a World Cup qualifier in Kingston, Jamaica, posting an 0-1-4 record that included a painful, troubling loss last September. Nor had Jurgen Klinsmann, the squad's head coach, use...

By attrition and the grace of god, the Tommy Rees era is again upon us at Notre Dame. Everything's gonna be just fine....

It wasn't unthinkable that Jo-Wilfried Tsonga could beat Roger Federer. On clay. In Paris. At Roland Garros. Maybe it was even likely. Tsonga is one of a handful of men who knows how to play Federer on any surface, how to stand strong under his relen...

The spiritual connection between the '70s Knicks and the 2013 Spurs.