There Was a Model for Luka Dončić. Now He’s Broken ItSix months ago, James Harden sat in front of reporters at a cramped press conference, his first since being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. His face was half hidden by his famous beard, his eyes were unreadable, and his voice was soft.
The Unsung Heroes of the Boxing WorldIn the name of beer sales and taco Tuesday nights, Cinco de Mayo has morphed from a symbol of anti-imperialist struggle into a lucrative marketing opportunity for corporate America.
There are a lot of good things happening in baseball this season, but also some historic losingThere are a lot of positive things going on in baseball. According to Major League Baseball, the average attendance of 26,927 in April was its highest since 2017.
The not-so-secret cost of being superhuman: elite sport’s problem with disordered eatingElite sport has long been consumed with the idea of the superhuman. Pushing the capabilities of the human body to its extremes in the hopes of uncovering the blueprint to engineer bodies that can jump higher, run faster and endure longer.
‘I Will Never Forget Any of It’: Brittney Griner Is Ready to TalkIn an interview, the basketball star reveals her humiliation — and friendships — in Russian prison, and her path to recovery.
How ‘Go,’ the Wildest, Druggiest, Horniest Cult Movie of 1999 Got Made (And Almost Didn't)I discovered Doug Liman's 1999 film Go the same way a lot of people did. I rented it from Blockbuster. I was in middle school; my mom, God bless her, let me rent anything I wanted, more or less.
Olympics: New sports vie for places: Dodgeball, frisbee, teqballAfter succeeding Jacques Rogge as IOC president in 2013, Thomas Bach was forthright in his assessment of what the Olympic Games needed to do to stay relevant. For all that London 2012 reached a record-breaking global audience of 3.6 billion, the IOC had concerns.
Ranking the Best Jokes From the Tom Brady RoastWho had the best set in the Netflix roast of the GOAT? Which lines landed, and which flopped? How did Brady himself fare? These are the definitive post-roast rankings.
Inside the tumultuous tenure of the Coyotes in Arizona and their stunning move to UtahRyan Smith considers Utah the capital for winter sports. Smith began his pursuit of an NHL team a few years ago, formally expressing his interest in an expansion franchise to commissioner Gary Bettman.
Can Canada stave off populism?Justin Trudeau’s true dough plans to fight populism with policy. Canada has a growing populism problem. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks so.
What They Did to Our WomenOn 4 March, the UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, held a press conference to brief reporters on the attacks of 7 October.
Luka Doncic Is EvolvingWe know the Dallas Mavericks superstar can score, but it’s his growth in other areas that carried the Mavs in Game 2 against the Los Angeles Clippers—and that will ultimately determine how far they can go It looked, for one nerve-racking moment on Tuesday, like the Los Angeles Clippers had Luka
If Plants Could TalkSome scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent? When I was a kid, my best friend’s mother had a habit of singing arias to her houseplants.
Challengers is the best thing that could happen to polyamoryThe relationship style has been the topic of talky articles and books. Finally, it’s the sexiest element of the year’s sexiest movie.
The Week That Student Journalists Put the Rest of the Media to ShameYoung reporters at WKCR showed what real journalism is all about while their cable news counterparts were uncritically passing along propaganda. New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University on April 30, 2024.