Grantland Archives - Chicago Reader

A requiem for the Midwestern Diner’s long-form food coverage

Vincent Labriola attempted to apply the Grantland and Dissolve model to interviewing Chicago chefs and bartenders.

Director Penelope Spheeris hosts a screening of the first two Decline documentaries at the Music Box this weekend.

Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record teams up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.

In The Noble Hustle, novelist Colson Whitehead bellies up to the table at the World Series of Poker ready to fold.

Reader critics’ picks: Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more

Examining the rapper-producer as he prepares for fatherhood

Frank Ocean leads the charge in making the Internet and pop music safer for sincerity

Is DMX’s version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” a sly bit of viral marketing for his most recent album?

The greatest game Bradyfly, I mean Tom Brady, has ever played

On the second day of Bill Simmons’ new website, Grantland, Dave Eggers contributes a piece on Wrigley Field and the Cubs.