Grantland so far

As a pop culture junkie, I find these kind of articles fascinating:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9305101/richard-simmons-sweatin-oldies

 

Well then you'll like this one from last November, too.
http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2012/11/27/3692806/richard-simmons-still-grooving-at-64

 

The Saved By The Bell graduation recap failed to mention the suddenly disappearing Leanna Creel as Tori Scott.

 

The Big Lead examines Grantland at 2 years old:

http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/06/12/grantland-at-two-what-has-bill-simmons-built/

 

Personal factoid: I went to high school with Leanna Creel. She is one of identical triplets.

 

Didn't they do two or three "Parent Trap" sequels with Hayley Mills in the late '80s or early '90s?

Which would be an interesting connection, given that "Good Morning, Miss Bliss," starring Hayley Mills, later evolved into SBTB.

 

June 8, 2011:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/bill-simmonss-grantland-is-doomed-even-before-launch/240095/

 

They did, yeah. That may have been the only time the three acted together - they were frequently cast as twins and two out of the three would be hired.

When they were growing up they made a significant effort to not look like each other. They dressed differently and had totally different hairstyles. Then around their sophomore year they realized that really cute teenage identical triplets were marketable as hell. Suddenly they all looked exactly alike.

 

"overwritten and pretentious" from grantland:

http://sportsmediaguide.com/announcements/tennis-writing/

 

Counterpoint: Phillips on tennis surfaces.

http://es.pn/17l1SGz

 

Phillips is excellent. Every writer overcooks it every so often.

 

So wait ... an ESPN "researcher" who does stuff for E:60 is taking to his personal blog to talk a little shot about Grantland? What's the point here? You score some points with your Missouri Bros (all 13 reading this sad blog) and maybe piss off ESPN execs?

If you're going to talk shit, at least do it somewhere that matters.