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Giri Nathan

Novak Djokovic sits down while practicing on the grounds of the Australian Open.

Tennis

Novak Djokovic Scrambles To Clear Up COVID Timeline, Appears To Have Lied In Australian Court

Samer Kalaf

Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers walks back to the bench in the first half against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on November 23, 2021 in New York City.

Podcasts

The Rohan Saturation Point, With Rohan Nadkarni

Bernard Tomic checks his pulse during his qualifying match for the Australian Open.

Bernard Tomic Wonders If He Has COVID During Match, Complains About Lack Of Testing [Update]

Ja Morant’s Two-Handed Block Belongs In The Career Reel

Year In Review

Presenting The First-Ever Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many

Kemba Walker Came Back From Exile And Thrived

Peng Shuai Now Says She Did Not Accuse Chinese Official Of Sexual Assault

Salute To The Smiling Killer From This Season Of ‘Survivor’

Pelicans-Thunder Game Redeemed By Spectacular Dry Heaves

Media Meltdowns

Jackie MacMullan Delivers Mystifying, Short-Lived Joel Embiid Impression

Patrick Redford

Maitreyi Anantharaman

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 12: Race winner and 2021 F1 World Drivers Champion Max Verstappen of Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates with his team after the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on December 12, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Racing

Let’s Banter About The Finish At The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Barry Petchesky

Kelsey McKinney

Defector Reads A Book

We Have Considered ‘Consider The Oyster’

Announcements

Introducing ‘Namedropping,’ A Podcast About Names

Toto Wolff of Mercedes prepares to chuck his headset, hard.

Bask In The Majesty Of Toto Wolff Nuking His Headset

WTA Suspends All Tennis In China Out Of Concern For Peng Shuai

Jonas Valanciunas Is A Three-Point Shooter Now, Because Why The Hell Not?

Where Will Enes Kanter Freedom’s Political Journey Take Him Next?

Infinite Replay

The Transition Bucket That Shone Through The Dark

Women’s Tennis Is Prepared To Leave China If It Doesn’t Hear From Peng Shuai

Let’s Waive Shifgrethor And Have An Honest Chat About ‘The Left Hand Of Darkness’

The older brothers of Nikola Jokic celebrate his winning the MVP trophy.

Nikola Jokic’s Two Enormous Brothers Have His Back, Even Online

Peng Shuai hits a shot at the 2020 Australian Open.

Tennis Player Peng Shuai Accuses Former High-Ranking Chinese Official Of Sexual Assault

Frances Tiafoe prepares to hit a tennis ball.

Frances Tiafoe Was Magic For A Few Days In Vienna

Russell Westbrook Was A Mess

Lauri Markkanen Squashed Nikola Jokic