Today, espn announced that it was suspending publication of grantland. A boy named charlie brown had a best friend named linus who carried a security blanket over his shoulder for comfort and protection. Simmons also frequently appeared on espns tv programming. Espns grantland basketball hour to air 6 episodes during. Grantland theatre lancaster, wisconsin state theatres. Grantland was a sports and popculture blog owned and operated by espn. In august 2014, espn announced that simmons would be leaving nba countdown in order to produce an 18 episode primetime show for espn through his site called the grantland basketball showlater changed to the grantland basketball hourwhich would debut on october 21, 2014. Espn pulls the plug on grantland, and heres why it failed.
The league is truly global, with games and programmi. In addition, hosts bill simmons and jalen rose will also. In episode 3 of son of the congo with serge ibaka, serge. In episode 3 of son of the congo with serge ibaka, serge witnesses what his. Grantland basketball show ratings sports tv ratings. The grantland basketball hour online full episodes of. Great family entertainment at your local movie theater. In 2015, kobe bryant joined bill simmons and jalen rose on the grantland basketball hour to discuss the tail end of his nba career, his partnership with shaquille oneal, the state of basketball in 2015, and his upcoming basketball documentary, muse. Grantland basketball hour episode 3 my question youtube. The grantland articles we loved most fivethirtyeight. After a 3 week break, it returned for its second episode last thursday also on.
Bill simmons finally has his sanctuary in the grantland. The grantland basketball show with bill simmons to debut. We are delighted to bring the grantland brand to television its the. Grantland started small but found its stride, eventually gaining more support for its work thanks to the sway simmons held with higherups at espn. On the audio version of the grantland basketball hour, ryen russillo joins bill and jalen to break down the rondo trade, plus michael rapaport talks the new york knicks. Grantland in episode 3 of son of the congo with serge. According to skipper, grantland will remain unaffected by simmons departure.
Grantland basketball hour ratings sports tv ratings. The grantland basketball hour was a primetime show on espn, espn2, and espn on abc in. Just days before he was to play his final game, kobe bryant puts his amazing career in perspective about the nba. The grantland basketball hour premieres tomorrow at 7 p. The grantland basketball show tv listings and info page 1. Full episode feb 10, 2020 espn kobe bryant conversation with mike wilbon hd interview dec 24, 2011 grantland basketball hour w guest host kobe bryant full epis. Based on 20 years in hr, management, production, sales, etc. Checking in with nba countdowns jalen rose espn front row. The debut episode of the grantland basketball hour originally aired october 23, with guest appearances from jeff van gundy, grantland writer zach lowe, doc rivers, and michelle beadle. As the beloved culture and sports website goes under, the internet archive is saving as much as it can.
The grantland basketball hour debuted on espn on thursday october 23 at 7p to 549,000 viewers. The grantland basketball hour full episodes online. Kobe bryant interview apr 10 20 apr 22, 20 connected with. Kobe bryant was recently a guest on bill simmons grantland basketball hour on espn to promote the upcoming release of his documentary, muse. In 2015, kobe bryant joined bill simmons and jalen rose on the grantland basketball hour to discuss the tail end of his nba career, his partnership with shaquille oneal, the state of. We were loyal readers of it at fivethirtyeight it was pretty much our favorite site and were sad to hear the news. Episode 2 of our threepart series follows relatively unknown latvian prospect kristaps porzingis as he arrives in las vegas for a workout at impact basketball in front of nba gms and executives. Espn its just a character that i created to remind me of the comic strip peanuts. The nba is the premier professional basketball league in the united states and canada.
Additional episodes are planned for the nba draft and free agency period. Espn to air grantland basketball show featuring bill simmons. As well as the third hour of our show where we focus less on sports and more on the world around us. Grantland was named after famed 20thcentury sportswriter grantland rice 18801954. Imagine dragons thunder just a young gun with a quick fuse i was uptight, wanna let loose i was dreaming of bigger things and wanna leave my old life behind not a yessir, not a follower fit the box, fit the mold have a seat in the foyer, take a number i was lightning before the thunder thunder, thunder thunder, thun, thunder thunthunthunde. Within the first two minutes of the grantland basketball hour, legendary wwe announcer jim ross voiced over an animation of kevin love coming to. The grantland basketball hour made its return thursday night, with appearances from espns ryen russillo and michael rapaport, guest. The grantland basketball hour features lively discussions about a variety of nba topics, facilitated by simmons, with a rotating group of grantland commentators and other contributors.
The grantland basketball show will feature discussion about a variety of national basketball. Just one day after celebrating one of the most emotional title clinchers in nba history, the ozymandias episode of the duncanpop era was rendered irrelevant by americas first world cup game. The grantland basketball show with bill simmons to debut october 21 on espn. Business cartoons on ethics, leadership,customer satisfaction and other topics. An all new episode of the grantland basketball hour airs tonight on espn. Request grantland basketball hour trade value show. The blog was started in 2011 by veteran writer and sports journalist bill simmons, who remained as editorinchief until may 2015.
Last month, grantland suffered a crippling blow when four top editorssean fennessey, juliet litman, mallory rubin, and chris ryanleft on the same day to join simmons at a stillunannounced. The grantland basketball hour made its return thursday night, with appearances from espns ryen russillo and michael rapaport, guest correspondent hannibal buress, and grantland writer zach lowes disembodied voice. When will she be a head coach, should the gender wall be taken down in basketball, and more. Scenes from the grantland basketball hour, episode 3. Grantland was always first and foremost a means of keeping bill simmons happy, and presumably espn no longer felt obliged to spend lots of money. Request grantland basketball hour trade value show submitted 4 years ago by betweenthepanels i know that links to some, if not all, of these grantland basketball hour episodes have been posted here throughout the season. Grantlands bill simmons discusses sports and pop culture with celebrities and media personalities. Grantland basketball hour will air six onehour episodes during the nba playoffs beginning this thursday, april 16 at 7 p. Speculation about grantlands future also ramped up last week after espn laid off around 300 employees many of them on the production and talentdevelopment side as a costcutting move in the wake of the spiraling televisionrights costs. Posted in rnba by uiamse7en 284 points and 146 comments. Tonight on the grantland basketball hour hoopshype.
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