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Tennis
Carlos Alcaraz Escaped From Match Point Down, But Viewers Could Not Escape From Tennis Channel
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Giri Nathan
May 25, 2022
Tennis
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Landed His Last Punch
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Giri Nathan
May 24, 2022
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NBA
Andrew Wiggins Is Still Andrew Wiggins, Kind Of
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Giri Nathan
May 23, 2022
Tennis
ATP And WTA Take Away Ranking Points From Wimbledon Due To Ban On Russian And Belarusian Players
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Giri Nathan
May 20, 2022
NBA
ESPN Invited Patrick Beverley To Deliver A Petty Eulogy For Chris Paul’s Season
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Giri Nathan
May 16, 2022
Tennis
Nobody Can Keep Up With Carlos Alcaraz
33
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Giri Nathan
May 13, 2022
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Tablet: It’s Time To Discuss ‘The Epic Of Gilgamesh’
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
,
Barry Petchesky
, and
Kelsey McKinney
April 14, 2022
Tennis
We Gotta Talk About Carlos Alcaraz
36
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Giri Nathan
April 1, 2022
Things We Actually Like
Just Ask The Dude
90
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Giri Nathan
March 31, 2022
Tennis
Ashleigh Barty Is Leaving Tennis At The Top
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Giri Nathan
March 23, 2022
Tennis
I Am Entranced By This Evil Serve
59
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Giri Nathan
March 15, 2022
Tennis
You Must First Denounce The Flag, Then Stomp The Flag And Bury It Deep In The Earth, To Show You Do Not Support Putin And Play At Wimbledon
143
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Giri Nathan
March 15, 2022
Tennis
Naomi Osaka’s Half-Measures May Not Be Working
122
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Giri Nathan
March 14, 2022
Podcasts
Upping The Muslim, With Aymann Ismail
6
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Samer Kalaf
and
Giri Nathan
February 2, 2022
Tennis
Ashleigh Barty Is Always At Home
46
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Giri Nathan
January 31, 2022
Tennis
Daniil Medvedev Calls Umpire “A Small Cat” For Not Calling Coaching Violation On Stefanos Tsitsipas
45
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Giri Nathan
January 28, 2022
Tennis
Daniil Medvedev Asked Himself “What Novak Would Do”
44
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Giri Nathan
January 27, 2022
Podcasts
The Average Interception Is About 10 Tweets, With Ben Rothenberg
25
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Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
January 26, 2022
Tennis
Peak Focus Is Never Knowing The Score
44
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Giri Nathan
January 24, 2022
Tennis
Naomi Osaka Is Out Of The Australian Open, But Happier On The Court
22
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Giri Nathan
January 21, 2022
Podcasts
Find The Thing That Feels Like You, With Harper Jay MacIntyre
18
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Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
January 19, 2022
Tennis
Matteo Berrettini Thanks Diarrhea Medication For Helping Him Win Match
79
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Giri Nathan
January 18, 2022
Tennis
Novak Djokovic Scrambles To Clear Up COVID Timeline, Appears To Have Lied In Australian Court
183
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Giri Nathan
January 12, 2022
Podcasts
The Rohan Saturation Point, With Rohan Nadkarni
40
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Samer Kalaf
and
Giri Nathan
January 12, 2022
Tennis
Bernard Tomic Wonders If He Has COVID During Match, Complains About Lack Of Testing [Update]
45
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Giri Nathan
January 11, 2022
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