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more about #michaellewis more comments → Silent Q: Aaron Rodgers also cried at the screening. That's not saying much, though. Any depiction of actual blocking by an offensive lineman brings him to tears. more » roland_t_flakfizer: If I don't see the blind side, does it even exist? more » dont-forget-where-you-came-from-cheese mac: Who needs another reason other than it was written by Sandra Bullock? -Joe Morgan more » AzureTexan: You wanna see crying? I'll show you crying. Just sit through the 12-part BBC miniseries adaptation of The Starr Report, featuring Sir Ian McKellan as ... more » Ryan Anthony: Deadspin, your bias is showing more » Artie Fufkin: He gave it 4 starrs. more » Phintastic: The best writer in Hollywood is a dead writer. I mean, it would be better if I was dead, as an author On it. more » MarkKelsosMigraine: Cried, masturbated to Tim McGraw -- it's all the same, right? more » Chamomiles Davis: Jesus, keep this guy away from Marley & Me. more » MattinglysSideburns: Pictured: Independent Counsel, Kenneth Starr, briefly pauses from his remarks to greet Kevin Nash. more » norbizness: He then wrote a 885-page report on its awesomeness. more » Its The Beer Talking: I was briefly self-employed as a residential blowjob sleuth, until that series of restraining orders. more » Juancho: No love for Steven Zaillan, eh Lewis? Jerk. more » Nice Beaver: The book makes Nick Saban seem like the smoothest motherfucker on two legs, which may actually be true. He walked into the Touhy family's house to rec... more » dimsum4u: Sndr Bllck s ht. Yp sd t...nd 'm prd more » -
#cinema
Yet Another Reason Not To See The Blind Side
Michael Lewis, author of the book that is currently being butchered at a theater near you, reports that presidential-blowjob sleuth Ken Starr was so moved at a screening of the movie that he cried. [NYMag.com] -
#duan
Sandra Bullock Will Ride Michael Oher To Oscar Glory
If the trailer for The Blind Side—coming this Thanksgiving!—doesn't scream "Oscar Bait", then my name isn't Steven Spielbergo. The important takeaway here is that Sandra Bullock is not the crazy racist she portrayed in Crash. More » -
#moneyball
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made
The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters waitress slayer?
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#moneyball
Billy Beane Is A Golden God: Excerpts From The Scrapped Moneyball Script
It looks like Moneyball might not be coming to the big screen anytime soon because director Steven Soderbergh tinkered with the script and everyone realized that a movie version of the book made about as much sense as Joe Morgan. More » -
#moneyball
Moneyball's Deep-Sixed
Break out the baseball puns! Columbia has dropped Steven Soderbergh's Moneyball adaptation like an overvalued, arbitration-eligible pitcher after a career year. Why, it's as if producers made a running, 20-foot backhand flip to cut down the movie at the plate. More » -
#mlb
Moneyball’s Deep: How Baseball Prospectus Is Like The Oakland A’s
Under Billy Beane, the Oakland A's won by scraping together undervalued assets. Since the rest of baseball has started valuing assets properly, the A's are having a harder time. The same thing is happening to baseball's leading propeller-heads.
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#collegefootball
Of Ron Zook, Twitter And Big Swinging Dicks
Ron Zook had a busy Wednesday afternoon. First, he went to the Chicago Mercantile exchange. Then, he channeled his inner Faulkner and finally, he tweeted about the entire experience. More » -
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#michaellewis
"Moneyball" Author Has A Small Penis, Cruel Family
"Daddy has a small penis!" That's according to his toddler daughter, who likes to let everyone at her day care center know that fact about her father. [NYP] -
#nba
So Is Shane Battier Any Good Or Not?
As expected, there's been a lot of talk generated by that Shane Battier piece—talk that will continue until Michael Lewis writes a 10,000-word story about how centers are the smartest guys in football. (They are.) More » -
#nba
Michael Lewis Gives The NBA Its "Moneyball"
It took me the entire weekend and most of Monday, but I finally got through Michael Lewis' epic deconstruction of Shane Battier, also known as "Moneyball: NBA Edition." More » -
#nba
The Underrated Genius Of Shane Battier
"Moneyball" author Michael Lewis picks apart the Duke legend's unheralded NBA career. It's a long article in the NY Times magazine, but definitely worth a read during your weekend lounging. [NY Times Magazine]
