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Giri Nathan
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Things We Actually Like
Just Ask The Dude
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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
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Tennis
I Am Entranced By This Evil Serve
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Comments
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
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Comments
Giri Nathan
March 15, 2022
Tennis
Naomi Osaka’s Half-Measures May Not Be Working
122
Comments
Giri Nathan
March 14, 2022
Podcasts
Upping The Muslim, With Aymann Ismail
6
Comments
Samer Kalaf
and
Giri Nathan
February 2, 2022
Tennis
Ashleigh Barty Is Always At Home
46
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 31, 2022
Tennis
Daniil Medvedev Calls Umpire “A Small Cat” For Not Calling Coaching Violation On Stefanos Tsitsipas
45
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 28, 2022
Tennis
Daniil Medvedev Asked Himself “What Novak Would Do”
44
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 27, 2022
Podcasts
The Average Interception Is About 10 Tweets, With Ben Rothenberg
25
Comments
Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
January 26, 2022
Tennis
Peak Focus Is Never Knowing The Score
44
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 24, 2022
Tennis
Naomi Osaka Is Out Of The Australian Open, But Happier On The Court
22
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 21, 2022
Podcasts
Find The Thing That Feels Like You, With Harper Jay MacIntyre
18
Comments
Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
January 19, 2022
Tennis
Matteo Berrettini Thanks Diarrhea Medication For Helping Him Win Match
79
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 18, 2022
Tennis
Novak Djokovic Scrambles To Clear Up COVID Timeline, Appears To Have Lied In Australian Court
183
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 12, 2022
Podcasts
The Rohan Saturation Point, With Rohan Nadkarni
40
Comments
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
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 11, 2022
NBA
Ja Morant’s Two-Handed Block Belongs In The Career Reel
93
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 10, 2022
Year In Review
Presenting The First-Ever Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
155
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 28, 2021
NBA
Kemba Walker Came Back From Exile And Thrived
24
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 26, 2021
Tennis
Peng Shuai Now Says She Did Not Accuse Chinese Official Of Sexual Assault
128
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 20, 2021
TV
Salute To The Smiling Killer From This Season Of ‘Survivor’
60
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Giri Nathan
December 17, 2021
NBA
Pelicans-Thunder Game Redeemed By Spectacular Dry Heaves
37
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 16, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Jackie MacMullan Delivers Mystifying, Short-Lived Joel Embiid Impression
75
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 15, 2021
Racing
Let’s Banter About The Finish At The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
137
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Patrick Redford
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
, and
Giri Nathan
December 13, 2021
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