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Who Are These Big Book Lists For?
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Kelsey McKinney
July 10, 2024
Policing
U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Against Cop Who Killed Peyton Ham
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Dave McKenna
July 9, 2024
Tennis
No One Can Invent A Guy To Be Mad At Quite Like Novak Djokovic
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Giri Nathan
July 9, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Year’s Best Rap Album Wants To Take You To The Future
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Israel Daramola
July 9, 2024
Soccer
Lamine Yamal And Nico Williams Are Here To Save The Euros
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Billy Haisley
July 9, 2024
Tennis
Holger Rune Is Clueless
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Owen Lewis
July 9, 2024
Funbag
The World Will Drown In Cheap Toys
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Drew Magary
July 9, 2024
This Is So Stupid
Here Are Some MLB Draft Prospects Whose Names Would Be Right At Home On ‘All My Children’
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Chris Thompson
July 9, 2024
Soccer
U.S. Soccer Is Happy To Make You Wait
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Ray Ratto
July 9, 2024
Arts And Culture
Don’t Look Now, But The British Tabloids Have Discovered The ESPY Awards
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Ray Ratto
July 9, 2024
Defector At The Movies
‘Box Of Moonlight’ Is A Gem From The ’90s Indie Boom
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Soraya Roberts
July 9, 2024
WNBA
Who Made Caitlin Clark A Good White Girl?
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Tommy Craggs
July 8, 2024
Video Games
Peanut Butter The Dog Hits A Two-Run Blast, And The Crowd Goes Wild
96
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Patrick Redford
July 8, 2024
Racing
Lewis Hamilton Is Not Finished
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Kathryn Xu
July 8, 2024
Soccer
Barbra Banda And Temwa Chawinga Were Bigger Than The Season’s Biggest Game
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Tom Ley
July 8, 2024
Tennis
No One Knows How To Beat Carlos Alcaraz In Five Sets
14
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Owen Lewis
July 8, 2024
Crosswords
The Crossword, July 8: Going, Going, Gone
104
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
July 8, 2024
Tennis
Emma Raducanu, Wimbledon Protagonist, Takes Shape
49
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Patrick Redford
July 8, 2024
Science
NASA Must Put Me On The Simulated Mars Mission, To Test The Astronauts’ Patience
100
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Barry Petchesky
July 7, 2024
MLB
Seven Ideas, Ranging From Sensible To Terrible, For Fixing The MLB All-Star Game
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Ray Ratto
July 7, 2024
MLB
Old-Timey Ballplayers Have Nothing On José Miranda
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Barry Petchesky
July 7, 2024
Soccer
Sometimes Ugly Gets The Job Done
112
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Ray Ratto
July 7, 2024
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck
Before He Became A Wrestling Legend, Tito Santana Needed A Name
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Brad Balukjian
July 4, 2024
Defector Up All Night
The Clarion Ledger, A Mississippi Newspaper Founded In 1837, Is Shutting Down Any Speculation That Archie Manning Is Not 75
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Tom Ley
July 3, 2024
Cycling
Mark Cavendish Endured So Much To Break The Tour de France’s Most Hallowed Record
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Patrick Redford
July 3, 2024
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