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Patrick Redford

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 26: Mikal Bridges #25 of the New York Knicks shoots against the Philadelphia 76ers during their game at Madison Square Garden on February 26, 2025 in New York City. 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 License Agreement. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Philadelphia 76ers v New York Knicks

How To Watch Basketball

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Soraya Roberts

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Arts And Culture

What The Beads Can Tell You

<p>Lindsey Adler is a writer based in Brooklyn. She exclusively covered sports for a decade but has other interests, too.</p>


Lindsey Adler

A woman stands in front of the Yoko Ono, »Cut Piece«, 1965, during a press preview at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Duesseldorf, western Germany on September 26, 2024. In cooperation with the Tate Modern, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is presenting the influential work of artist and activist Yoko Ono in a comprehensive solo exhibition taking place from September 28, 2024 to March 6, 2025.

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My Weekend With Yoko


<p>Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.</p>


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Dan McQuade

Washington Crossing the Delaware but it's Joe Paterno

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College Football

Becoming A Penn State Fan Again Means Remembering How To Hate Notre Dame

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Rachelle Hampton

Visitors examine the exhibition as The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City presents the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transtlantic Modernism which includes some 160 works of painting, sculpture, photography, film, and ephemera in New York, United States on February 20, 2024.The exhibition opens in Black History Month, is honoring the triumphs and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history.

Exhibition on Harlem Renaissance at the Met Museum

Girl, Uninterrupted

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Lauren Theisen

Mary Cassatt's "In The Loge" - a woman in the late 1800s uses opera glasses to look at something from a theater box, while a man looks at her from a distance

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Who’s Allowed To Look?

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What Makes Hockey Hockey?

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Barry Petchesky

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What’s In A Frame?

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Kelsey McKinney

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Only You Can Find Your Best Color

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Super Mario 64 Drum% by CZR in 23_06 – Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 [93KJcGlBxmE] – 2

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This Guy Beats Video Games Using A Drum Kit As A Controller


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Sabrina Imbler

hanging sculptures by Ruth Asawa in the tower of the de young museum

In The Shadows Of Ruth Asawa

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Family Have their Picture Taken on Clapham Common

What Can Another Photo App Give Us?

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

A collection of triangular shapes in Michael Heizer's City installation

Art In The Middle Of Nowhere Is Still Somewhere

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Zillowing Out

A 1,475,000 Kroner Home Where We Can Be A Weirdo Of Our Own Choosing

MONACO - FEBRUARY 14: Fernando Botero in Monaco on February 14, 2001 (Photo by Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Dock Of Artists’ in Monaco on February 14, 2001.

Fernando Botero Was Larger Than Life

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Justin Ellis

A handout file photo dated 17 October 2013 made available by the Groninger Museum shows the painting "Spring Garden", the rectory garden in Nuenen in the spring by the painter Vincent van Gogh in Groningen, Netherlands. Van Gogh's work was stolen from the Singer Laren museum on 30 March 2020. The painting was on loan from the Groninger Museum. Vincent van Gogh's work "Spring Garden" stolen from the Singer Laren museum, Groningen, Netherlands - 17 Oct 2013

Vincent van Gogh’s work “Spring Garden” stolen from the Singer Laren museum, Groningen, Netherlands – 17 Oct 2013

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Our Delightful Game Of Cat And Mouse Continues, My Dear Arthur

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Brigid Christison

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The Dead And The Beautiful

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Miami Marlins owner Jeffery Loria looks on during a game against the New York Mets at Marlins Park on June 27, 2017.

New York Mets v Miami Marlins

Jeffrey Loria Makes A Good Point

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Report Claims Justice Thomas Accepted Luxury Trips From GOP Donor

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The Art Of American Conservatism

A £700,000 House Worthy Of A Song

A $760,000 House To Store Our Art

<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>


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Drew Magary

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 09: A visitor looks at paintings hanging at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition on June 9, 2010 in London, England. The RA Summer exhibition is the world's largest open submission contemporary art exhibition with 1267 exhibits selected from over 11,000 entries. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The Royal Academy Opens Its Doors To The Annual Summer Exhibition

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When There’s No Football On, May I Suggest Art Youtube?

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/PeteCroatto" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/PeteCroatto&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664986664225000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1IOCSnf8b8k47CXUQY8Wml">Pete Croatto </a>is the author of <i><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Hang-Time-to-Prime-Time/Pete-Croatto/9781982103958" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/From-Hang-Time-to-Prime-Time/Pete-Croatto/9781982103958&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664986664225000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0qtPVCYdWjoWnj-HRERk_r">From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-day NBA</a></i>. His sportswriting has appeared in many outlets, including <i>The New York Times</i>, The Athletic, <i>The Toronto Star</i>, Andscape, Shondaland, and <i>SLAM</i>.</p>


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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/DaveCroatto" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Dave Croatto</a> has written for <em>The Onion</em>, <em>The New Yorker</em>’s Daily Shouts, <em>MAD Magazine </em>and Random House’s Little Golden Books. Once, in a diner, he saw a woman take a spoonful of complimentary mints from a bowl by the cash register, put the spoon directly into her mouth, and then place the spoon back in the bowl. The experience haunts him to this day.</p>


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An illustration of a hand holding a straight flush of Donruss Diamond Kings.

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The Brief, Memorable Reign Of The Diamond King, Baseball Cards’ Most Iconic Subset

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A $678,000 House Where Creativity Goes To Die

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An Historical Correction Needs To Be Seen