what year is itJon Bois2017-07-08 | hi y'all! i've written a story about the future of American football. you can find it here: sbnation.com/a/17776-footballChart Party: The Terrelle Pryor problemJon Bois2016-10-12 | the 2016 Browns are facing a problem with their depth chart that no NFL team has ever had to deal with. their wide receiver can also play quarterback. that only makes things more complicated.222-0. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 10.Jon Bois2016-10-07 | "Beatdown" isn't the word. Neither are "rout" or "clobbering." The word to describe what Georgia Tech's football team did to Cumberland does not exist, because we've never had to invent it, because nothing like it has happened before or since. On the 100-year anniversary of this game, we proudly present this very special episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.Chart Party: My favorite worst baseball playerJon Bois2016-09-07 | Jeff Francoeur's start was historically great, and the rest of his career has been historically not. but through it all, he remains. he is my favorite baseball player.
thanks as usual to Baseball-Reference and their Play Index. heat map data was found on FanGraphs.Chart Party: We ranked every NCAA FBS football team by its mascots weightJon Bois2016-08-22 | written and researched by SB Nation's Peter Berkes and Jason Kirk. charted and produced by Jon. previously in Chart Party, we erased the three-point line from the NBA: youtube.com/watch?v=hhB1vPM8ItARAT POISON AND BRANDY: THE 1904 ST. LOUIS OLYMPIC MARATHON.Jon Bois2016-08-11 | the 1904 Olympic marathon was a story of fraud, thievery, raw eggs, rat poison, food poisoning, liquor, feral dogs, and at least three separate incidents of near-death. it was the stupidest sporting event of all time. welcome to Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
further reading and links here: http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/11/12439622/1904-st-louis-olympic-marathon-pretty-goodChart Party: We decided to erase the three-pointerJon Bois2016-07-06 | some people told me they didn't like the three-pointer. so i went back and re-scored the entire NBA 2015-16 season without it. special thanks to Basketball-Reference.com, one of the greatest sites in the history of the Internet.Why you should never vote: an explainerJon Bois2016-05-04 | Written, produced, and narrated by Jon Bois at A Huge Dog: ahugedog.comI WISH EVERYONE ELSE WAS DEAD. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 7.Jon Bois2016-04-27 | "24" was the Bush administration's favorite TV show. It was also a quasi-apocalyptic nightmare that reduced America to a cathedral of death worship. That is not coincidental. This is the seventh episode of Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.THE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.Jon Bois2016-02-18 | In 2008, some people in a message board spent an entire weekend fighting over how many days are in a week. This is their story. Welcome to Pretty Good, a show about stories that are pretty good.
Written, produced, edited, and narrated by Jon Bois for SB Nation.
music: "Captain Of Her Heart" by DoublePRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 3: LONNIE SMITH.Jon Bois2015-06-18 | Between the mascot assault, near-fatal coke habit, murder plot, three World Series rings, and going down as one of the worst goats in baseball history, Lonnie Smith's story is one of the most fascinating of the last few decades.
Music credits:
"'Cause I'm A Man" by Tame Impala "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A. "Beehive" by Dr. Lonnie Smith "Disappearing" by The War On Drugs "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty "Team" by LordePretty Good: Larry Walters has a flying lawn chair and a BB gunJon Bois2015-05-21 | It's 1982, and Larry Walters of North Hollywood is sitting in a lawn chair. He has a BB gun, a radio, and some sandwiches. He is floating 15,000 feet above Los Angeles. He is in trouble.
Written, illustrated, produced, and narrated by Jon Bois. CB audio recording acquired via markbarry.com, a top source for original research on Larry Walters' flight. GoPro footage: Kristoffer Örstadius/YouTube, sivrot/YouTube
Song credits: "Dark Star" by Poliça "Toccata" by Jaga Jazzist "See Me On Top" by Big K.R.I.T. "Hawk" by Broadcast "Blame It On The Tetons" by Modest MouseKOO DAE-SUNG. PRETTY GOOD.Jon Bois2015-05-07 | written, illustrated, narrated, and produced by Jon Bois.
music: "Bluebeard" by Cocteau Twins "I Don't Care Anymore" by Phil Collins "In And Out Of Youth" by Young Widows (y'all check them out, they're rad) "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
footage recovered via YouTube users tubemasta11 and kifan.