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  1. games
    Stephen A. Smith for President? Have We All Lost Our Minds?Fighting ignorance with more ignorance is not the way out of this mess.
    By Will Leitch
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    The Luka Trade Finally Ended the NBA’s LeBron EraAnd other miscellaneous thoughts on a transitional but excellent season.
    By Will Leitch
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    Eagles fans celebrating in Philly.
    The Super Bowl Was a Huge Party for Deranged Eagles FansAs their team destroyed Kansas City on the field, Philly diehards were living it up at the Superdome.
    By Will Leitch
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    The Super Bowl Is Desperately Trying to Keep Reality AwayNew Orleans is the place to forget about politics and everything else. Yet the real world is intruding.
    By Will Leitch
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    A young Buffalo Bills fan holds a sign saying "Destiny is Calling" before the AFC Championship game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on January 26
    The Bills’ Misery Has Reached a Torturous New LevelBuffalo and its long-suffering fans just cannot catch a break. It’s starting to feel like ill fate.
    By Will Leitch
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    College Football Will Ruin What Made This Season GreatThe powers that be are too obsessed with money and ratings to stop while they’re ahead.
    By Will Leitch
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    Who You Should Root For in the NFL Playoffs (Not the Chiefs)Your annual Playoff Rootability Rankings are here.
    By Will Leitch
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    Watching Sports Now Requires a Spreadsheet and a FortuneThe decline of cable has made life increasingly complicated — and more expensive — for the devoted fan.
    By Will Leitch
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    The 10 Biggest Sports Stories of 2024A triumphant Olympics, the ascendancy of women’s sports, and the empty spectacle of Tyson-Paul provided plenty of distractions in a sobering year.
    By Will Leitch
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    The 7 Most Important Athletes of 2024Clark ascends, Ohtani loosens up, and Rodgers falls flat.
    By Will Leitch
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    7 Takeaways From the Mets’ Blockbuster Juan Soto SigningAmong other things, the Yankees might be screwed for a while.
    By Will Leitch
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    If the Mets Get Juan Soto, They Could Rule New YorkSigning the modern-day equivalent of Ted Williams would signal a fundamental shift.
    By Will Leitch
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    Let Athletes Do the ‘Trump Dance’ in PeaceIt’s going to be a long four years, but this stunt is mostly harmless.
    By Will Leitch
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    Trump Won, So We’ll Settle for Aaron Rodgers SchadenfreudeAfter a decade of making everything about him, the aging quarterback has gone quiet amid a disastrous season.
    By Will Leitch
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    What I Learned From Destroying Myself at the NYC MarathonWith an existential election looming, I glimpsed the best of New York — and humanity.
    By Will Leitch
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    The Yankees May Have Blown Their Best Chance for YearsTheir sloppiness cost them the World Series and forced them to confront a highly uncertain future.
    By Will Leitch
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    Real New Yorkers Root for the YankeesForget Grimace and gimmicks — this will never be a Mets town.
    By Kevin T. Dugan and Simon van Zuylen-Wood
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    The End of the NFL’s Concussion CrisisThe case of Tua Tagovailoa marks the acceptance stage of widespread brain trauma in the sport.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
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    This World Series Is the Superstar Extravaganza Baseball NeedsThanks to Ohtani and Judge, this World Series will feel like a cultural event.
    By Will Leitch
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    The Knicks Are Supposed to Be Good. That Might Be a Problem.Making an all-in bet to win a title this season could pay off big — or ruin the team’s pristine vibes.
    By Will Leitch
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    New York Mets v. New York Yankees
    Will We Finally Get Another Subway Series?Here’s how the underdog Mets and the overdue Yankees can make it happen.
    By Ross Barkan
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    Why Isn’t LeBron James Talking About Kamala Harris?Four years after peak sports activism, top athletes have been notably quiet about an existential election.
    By Will Leitch
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    The Detroit Tigers celebrate after defeating the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series.
    Who to Root for in the Baseball Playoffs (Other Than the Mets)Detroit underdogs, Shotime Dodgers, and yes, the championship-starved Yankees.
    By Will Leitch
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    Pete Rose Remembers the Biggest Postseason Brawl in Baseball History“You know how many second basemen or shortstops I knocked on their ass in my career?”
    By Keith O’Brien
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    The Beauty of the White Sox’s Historically Abysmal SeasonBeing the worst team in modern baseball history has its upsides.
    By Will Leitch
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    Aaron Judge UnchainedIn this career season, he saw a mini-slowdown in early September. That’s over now.
    By Christopher Bonanos
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    Be Worried About the Mets Fan in Your LifeThey’re tantalizingly close to securing a surprise playoff berth. But the team’s tortured history hangs over every game.
    By Will Leitch
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    Aaron Rodgers Is Holding on for Dear LifeIn his season debut Monday night, the aging Jets quarterback didn’t look like his usual, smugly confident self.
    By Will Leitch
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    Baltimore Ravens v Kansas City Chiefs
    The Chiefs-Ravens NFL Season Opener Was Pure America in 2024Kansas City going for an unprecedented third consecutive Super Bowl is going to rival the presidential campaign for attention.
    By Will Leitch
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    Swift-Kelce Season Two and Other Major NFL Storylines to WatchWill Tom Brady be a good broadcaster? Can Aaron Rodgers be normal for a few months?
    By Will Leitch
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    USC Spring Football Game
    A Brief Guide to College Football’s Strange New LandscapeFrom conference consolidation to a new playoff system, the sport is rapidly transforming before our eyes — mostly for the worse.
    By Will Leitch
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    Athletics - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 12
    7 Takeaways From a Splendid Summer OlympicsAmong other things, it felt good to root for America again.
    By Will Leitch
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    Julien Alfred of Team Saint Lucia (C) celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m Final
    Best of the Paris Olympics: Underdogs, Upsets, and the Spectacular Simone BilesOne ridiculous controversy aside, these Games continue to impress — and the breaking hasn’t even started yet.
    By Will Leitch
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    Olympic Games Paris 2024, Day 2
    The Best of the Triumphant Paris Olympics So FarThese Games have already been a rousing success, and NBC has made them highly enjoyable to watch.
    By Will Leitch
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    Paris 2024 - The Olympic Flame Stops By The Moulin Rouge
    These Are the First Optimistic Olympics in a Long TimeThe world isn’t looking too stable, so why not watch some Paris badminton with Al Roker?
    By Will Leitch
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    Argentina v Colombia - CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024: Final
    Can America Even Get It Together to Host a World Cup?The Copa América debacle is a very worrying sign for 2026.
    By Will Leitch
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    Detroit Pistons v Brooklyn Nets
    The Knicks Finally Have All the Pieces to WinA smart front office made its move in acquiring Mikal Bridges. Now it’s “put up or shut up” time.
    By Will Leitch
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    United States v Bolivia - CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024
    The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Is Excellent. Does Anyone Care?Soccer has never been more popular in America, but fan interest in the country’s national teams is on a curious decline.
    By Will Leitch
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    Indiana Fever v Connecticut Sun
    Caitlin Clark Shouldn’t Be on Team USA Just Because She’s PopularThe Olympics are primarily about winning, not marketing opportunities — and that’s the way it should be.
    By Will Leitch
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    Connecticut Sun v Indiana Fever
    It’s Good That Caitlin Clark Is Getting Pushed Around in the WNBACasual fans may cry foul, but Clark’s rough treatment is healthy for both her and the league.
    By Will Leitch
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    Dallas Mavericks v Minnesota Timberwolves - Game One
    Kyrie Irving Wore Us DownHe’s playing great basketball, staying quiet, and counting on the public’s very short memory.
    By Will Leitch
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    New Jackpot CityEleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York.
    By Noah Shachtman
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    Chess Brat: Hans Niemann, One Year After the Cheating ScandalThe grandmaster has been kinda-sorta vindicated. So how is he more disliked than ever?
    By Jen Wieczner
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    5 Takeaways From a Magical (and Promising) Knicks SeasonAfter a blowout loss ended their title hopes, one thing is clear: Jalen Brunson could really use some help next year.
    By Will Leitch
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    2024 NBA Playoffs- New York Knicks v Indiana Pacers
    How Worried Should Knicks Fans Be?After a brutal pair of losses to the Pacers, here’s everything anxious fans should keep in mind ahead of game five and beyond.
    By Will Leitch
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    An Ode to Tom Thibodeau, the Knicks’ Mustard-Stained GeniusA coach who’s always on the brink of getting fired has pulled off a miracle.
    By Will Leitch
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    NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - National Championship
    We’re at Peak Sports Right Now for a ReasonAmericans are tuning out a presidential election in favor of distractions.
    By Will Leitch
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    New York Knicks v Boston Celtics
    The NBA Playoffs Are Going to Be So Much FunElectric stars, compelling narratives, smart new rules: Everything’s going the league’s way (except that pesky gambling scandal).
    By Will Leitch
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    Thankfully, O.J. Simpson Was One of a KindOnly someone who straddled the fault lines of race, culture, and sports could have produced such a frenzied media spectacle.
    By Will Leitch
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    Sacramento Kings v New York Knicks
    Jalen Brunson Is the Superstar Knicks Fans Have Been Waiting ForWith their most beloved player in ages leading the way, New York is positioned for a highly enjoyable playoff run.
    By Will Leitch
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