Tag: Lang’s World
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The Grind City Media Interview: Taylor Jenkins
Grind City Media caught up with Taylor Jenkins last week just after leaving the Orlando NBA Bubble, where he said he was looking forward to being able to “enjoy family time, find that great work-life balance, and then I can’t wait to get back in the gym with our guys and get back to work.”
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Lang’s World: Grizzlies’ Bubble Experience Can Still Give Lessons
For Grizzlies fans, the last two weeks were, in many ways, classic 2020. Just when you thought we were past the worst, things took a turn for even worse.
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Lang’s World: Grizzlies off to slow start in the bubble, but all is not lost
The NBA season has re-booted down in Orlando at Disney World, and halfway through the eight-game seeding schedule, the Happiest Place on Earth has been more like the Tragic Kingdom thus far for the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Lang’s World: As the Grizzlies start their sprint for the Playoffs, some storylines to watch
After months sheltering in place, a few weeks of training camp, and now three scrimmage games inside The NBA Bubble down in Orlando, it’s finally time to start playing games that matter.
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Lang’s World: MUSCLEWATCH (Bubble Edition)
The NBA is on the way back, which for many of us means only one thing: It’s time for MUSCLEWATCH! For the uninitiated — and at this point, who among us hasn’t been initiated? — MUSCLEWATCH began over two decades ago, when my friend Matt and I noticed at the start of each season that…
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Lang’s World: Confessions of a Hamilton hater
It was a day I honestly thought would never happen. Hamilton has been part of the cultural zeitgeist for years now, but I was determined that it would live there without me. I had no real reason to be a Hamilton hater, I just sort of found myself in that position and decided to take…
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Grizz Gaming: Nothing Easy
After a big offseason where we made a big trade and a big draft where we got the exact two players we wanted to pick, it sure seemed like Grizz Gaming was primed for a big start to our 2020 season. And then we lost our first four games. This was not ideal. Here we…
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Lang’s World: Some TV I’d Like to See
For the last few months, as we’ve been confined to the house, I’ve watched a lot of TV. Not during the day, when I’m trying to balance my job and being a Dad to a kid who has nowhere to go and nothing to do, but usually late at night, when everyone’s asleep and the…
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Grizz Gaming: The Journey
It was a few minutes past 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night when I gently closed my MacBook, took off my HyperX headset, and for the first time in two hours, stood up from my kitchen counter. A few moments earlier, our Grizz Gaming team had lost a heartbreaker to Kings Guard Gaming, on a three-pointer…
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Lang’s World: Every Air Jordan, ranked
One of my favorite parts of watching “The Last Dance” the last few weeks has been seeing all the random Air Jordan sneakers popping up. Because as some of us understand, shoes are not just shoes. As I explained to my non-basketball-obsessed wife, when I pull out a pair of Jordan XIs, it’s not only…