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MLB
What’s To Be Done With Jerry Dipoto?
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Lucy Bloom
October 9, 2026
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The Great Outdoors
Another Mountaineering Documentary That Asks: What Is Wrong With These People?
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Rafaela Bassili
October 9, 2026
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Books
A Novel About California’s Pluckiest Virgin Is Getting A Second Chance
By
Meghan Racklin
October 8, 2026
6
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Books
A Uniquely Clunky Sentence Is A Joy Forever
By
Felix Kent
October 7, 2026
75
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Arts And Culture
‘Content Machines’ Asks The Right Questions About Publishing In The Platform Era
By
Madeline Lane-McKinley
October 7, 2026
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NFL
Jaguars Junction: Week 4
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Hamilton Nolan
October 5, 2026
103
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Jamboroo
Blitzing Is More Common Because Formations Are Becoming Tighter
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Arif Hasan
October 1, 2026
300
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Arts And Culture
Nation Of Bondholders
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Michael Waters
October 1, 2026
77
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Defector At The Movies
Accept The Expanding Ball Of Infected Corpses You Cannot Change
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Sophie Abromowitz
September 30, 2026
109
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Arts And Culture
Finally, A Shitty Movie Where Muslims Are The Bad Guys
By
Sarah Hagi
September 29, 2026
272
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Life Lessons
How Can You Not Be Romantic About An Old Rusty Truck Almost Ruining Your Life?
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Lucy Bloom
September 28, 2026
84
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Interviews
Paula González-Nasser Gives Location Scouts Their Due
By
Dan Schindel
September 25, 2026
11
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Soccer
The NWSL’s Struggling Teams Are Falling Behind
By
Abigail Segel
September 24, 2026
41
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Defector At The Movies
Two Indie Action Films, One Clear Winner
By
Robert Rubsam
September 22, 2026
42
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College Football
How One Trick Play Tells The History Of Football
By
Josh Levin
September 22, 2026
82
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Interviews
China Miéville On The “Completely Defining” Book It Took 20 Years To Write
By
Nicholas Russell
September 21, 2026
65
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Soccer
Rory Dames’s SafeSport Suspension Has Ended
By
Abigail Segel
September 17, 2026
27
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Books
A New Book Examines The Wickedness Of Trump. Sort Of.
By
Grace Byron
September 17, 2026
99
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NWSL
Docs: NWSL Received Eight Sexual Misconduct, Sexual Harassment, Or Retaliation Complaints This Year
By
Lesley Ryder
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Diana Moskovitz
September 16, 2026
31
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WNBA
The Miami Sol’s Needless Demise Provided A Familiar Lesson
By
Frankie de la Cretaz
September 16, 2026
39
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Politics
The Far Right Had Its Biggest Electoral Win In Germany Since The Nazis. What Now?
By
Luisa Rollenhagen
September 14, 2026
184
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Arts And Culture
How An Unsubtle 9/11 Tribute Was Added To Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’
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Brian Feldman
September 11, 2026
190
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Interviews
Talking To Emily St. John Mandel About Revision, Timeline Corruption, And Living Without A Floor
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Laura Wheatman Hill
September 10, 2026
39
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The Machines
What Gets Left Out Of Math’s New Era?
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Post-Postdoc
September 10, 2026
76
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TV
‘Furious’ Makes You Face It
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Becca Young
September 9, 2026
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