Grantland Issue 2 by Bill Simmons


Grantland Issue 2
Title : Grantland Issue 2
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ISBN : 1936365979
ISBN-10 : 9781936365975
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 368
Publication : First published April 10, 2012

Grantland Quarterly is a collaboration between McSweeney's and Grantland , the popular website founded and edited by Bill Simmons. It features the best long-form sports and culture writing from the site as well as new print exclusives, delivered in a lavishly designed, full-color book. Issue 2 has a dust jacket that unfolds to reveal a double-sided poster with an intricate, gorgeous piece of original art on one side, and, on the reverse, a reprint of the rare 1970s poster of George "The Ice Man" Gervin from Nike.

Issue 2 also
-Bill Simmons writing about the career of Eddie Murphy
-An interview with Don DeLillo about Underworld on the 60th anniversary of the Shot Heard 'Round the World
-Chad Harbach on his experience at the Milwaukee Brewers' last game of the 2011 season
-Charles P. Pierce and Michael Weinreb addressing the abuse scandal at Penn State
-Michael Schur (co-creator of Parks and Recreation) on the dismal collapse of the 2011 Red Sox


Grantland Issue 2 Reviews


  • Ken

    The second installment of the Grantland quarterly is just as Stor g as the first. A little more pop culture focused then sports.

    What I really appreciate from this formate is the editing. It takes something very reactionary (Internet writing) and gives it time, something the writers don't have. In doing this, the editors get to select the stories that make the most sense after the event has happened, not during. The Penn State stories are a great example.

    Finally, for the second time, the new original fiction stands as the best writing included. Surprising, but I am sure they have more options to choose from the they know what to do with.