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Chris Thompson

Mark Jackson, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mike Breen report on a playoff game.

ESPN Lays Off Mark Jackson One Month After Dropping Jeff Van Gundy

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Abigail Segel

A map of Oceania, where Australia and New Zealand have World Cup ball patterns. Over it are three tickets to GO FUND ME AIRLINES, where Gal Pal Sports, Shea Butter FC and Diaspora United are all going to from USA to the World Cup

Soccer

How A Fan Community United To Send Indie Women’s Soccer Media To The World Cup

Justin Ellis

The Source printing at the Portland Press Herald printing plant in South Portland on April 3, 2014.

Journalismism

Maybe Separating Newspapers From Capitalism Is A Good Idea After All

Lauren Theisen

A hand holding a cracked Autostraddle logo reaches out of a pink whirlpool

Capital

Autostraddle Is Spiraling Toward A Shutdown Or A Sale

Ray Ratto

&lt;&gt; on December 7, 2009 in New York, New York.

The Slow Hemorrhage Of The American Sports Desk

Samer Kalaf

A screenshot of Gizmodo Bot's author page, with one bad Star Wars blog

G/O Media’s Bot-Written Blogs May Be Unreadable, But At Least They’re Incorrect

The Athletic Decides Local News Doesn’t Pay

Tom Ley

Steve Clemons screams at a climate activist

Media Meltdowns

Semafor Shithead Screams At Climate Activists

Paul Moller's very first prototype, the M200X, is a sort of vertical-takeoff flying saucer.

It’s Time To Show Ship

Patrick Redford

The Messenger's white-text on blue-field logo.

The Messenger Hasn’t Yet Disrupted Anything But Its Own Newsroom

Israel Daramola

Arts And Culture

Cam’ron And Mase Argue About Sports Now, And It’s Working


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Diana Moskovitz

A BuzzFeed News logo adorns a wall inside BuzzFeed headquarters, December 11, 2018 in New York City.

Greed Is Still The Problem

Illustration: ChatGPT, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, 12 April 2023. ChatGPT stocks fell as a group, with Microsoft down more than 5 percent, Amazon down more than 2 percent, Nvidia (NVDA.US) and Baidu down more than 1 percent. Amid concerns over AI security, companies such as OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Nvidia gathered to discuss standards for the development and use of AI technology.

Insider Boss To Employees: Please Make Good Use Of This Lying Plagiarism Machine

Laura Wagner

Protesters face off with a line of police officers during a rally against the fatal police assault of Tyre Nichols outside the LAPD headquarters, in Los Angeles, California, on January 27, 2023. - The US city of Memphis released January 27, 2023 graphic video footage depicting the fatal police assault of a 29-year-old Black man, as cities nationwide braced for a night of protests against police brutality. Five Memphis officers, also all Black, were charged with second-degree murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols, who died in hospital on January 10 three days after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Policing

Journalist Ben Camacho On Facing Petty LAPD-Driven Lawsuit: “It’s The Biggest Gaslight Of My Life”

SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 22: Annoucer Mark Jones and Commentator Kayte Christensen during the game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento Kings on December 22, 2021 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2021 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)

A Guide To Mark Jones’s Food References And Do-It-Yourself Kits

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


Drew Magary

NBA TV Analyst Michael Wilbon previews the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Phoenix Suns during Game Three of the 2021 NBA Finals on July 11, 2021 at the Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Axios Details Mike Wilbon’s Morning “Anti-Routine” So You Too Can Be A Productive Tool Like Mike Wilbon

A Roundtable On The Free Speech Implications Of The New York Times Trans Letter Debate

Kelsey McKinney

The New York Times Continues To Make Its Priorities Clear

Barry Petchesky

Joe Martinez, MLB Vice President of On Field Strategy, explains the new bases to the media

America’s Sportswriters Confirm: Bases Big

Stuffed rabbits copulating are on display at the Palais de la Decouverte (scientific museum) in Paris on October 23, 2012 as part of an exhibition.

How To Have More Sex

Luis Paez-Pumar

This Is So Stupid

What Time Does “What Time Does The Super Bowl Start?” Start?

Adam Lefkoe of TNT interviews LeBron James