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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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<p>Camille Bromley is a features editor at The Believer and a story editor at the Columbia Journalism Review.</p>


Camille Bromley

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What’s Happening At ‘The Believer’ Is About More Than Just A Zoom Incident

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Presidential Candidates Hit The Soapbox At The Iowa State Fair

Senators Week

We Must Never Forget That Amy Klobuchar Is A Cowardly State Fair Centrist

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/PykeA">Alan Pyke</a> is a former ThinkProgress Leftist Hack turned former Bernie Sanders 2020 Leftist Flack. His writing <em>has</em> appeared but it goes to another school, in Canada, you wouldn’t know it.</p>


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Finally, Trading Cards Commemorating The Dumbest Year In American History

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<p class="sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY">Vince Guerrieri is an award-winning journalist and author in the Cleveland area. He likes Lake Erie perch sandwiches, Jim Traficant and long walks on the field at League Park. His website is <a class="sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link" href="http://vinceguerrieri.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://vinceguerrieri.com/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]">vinceguerrieri.com</a>, and you can follow him on Twitter <a class="sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link" href="https://twitter.com/vinceguerrieri" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://twitter.com/vinceguerrieri&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]">@vinceguerrieri</a>.</p>
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Vince Guerrieri

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History

Torso Murders, An Olympic Sex Scandal, And The Cleveland World’s Fair That Wasn’t

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Defector At The Movies

‘Collective’ Shows Why Newsrooms Will Always Matter More Than Newsletters

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


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Nicholas Russell

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‘The Way Back’ Is Right Where Ben Affleck Belongs

<p>Lia Russell is a freelance labor journalist from San Francisco. More work can be found at <a href="https://liaruss.com/">liaruss.com</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/liaoffleash">@LiaOffLeash.</a></p>


Lia Russell

DoorDash Raises Estimate For Initial Public Offering

Capital

When Gig Workers Die On The Job, They Die Alone

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Ben Tippett

F1 Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna – Practice

Racing

The Complete Guide To Understanding Formula 1

<p>Paul Kix is an author, entrepreneur, and occasional podcaster. His writing has appeared in places like The New Yorker, GQ, ESPN, and The Wall Street Journal.</p>


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Paul Kix

New York Yankees Workout

Parenting Lessons From An Ill-Advised Trip Into The Yankee Stadium Bleachers

<p>Craig Fehrman is the author of <em><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Author-in-Chief/Craig-Fehrman/9781476786582">Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote</a>.</em> He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.</p>


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Craig Fehrman

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Life Lessons

It Never Ends Like It Should

<div class="gmail_default">Ryan Goldberg is an award-winning freelance journalist who has written for <em>Texas Monthly</em>, Deadspin, Vice, <em>The New York Times</em>, ProPublica and more than a dozen other publications in a long and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/gizmodo-media-group-settles-defamation-lawsuits-led-by-charles-harder-11547852464" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gizmodo-media-group-settles-defamation-lawsuits-led-by-charles-harder-11547852464&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617716436060000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGnwX76ZVlHZ9D5IZMiC7g30JoBuA">eventful</a> career. You can find more of his work at <a href="http://ryangoldberg.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://ryangoldberg.net&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617716436060000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJr75Dmnzq8LVYtDuTwuDys8LfPw">ryangoldberg.net</a>.</div>
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Ryan Goldberg

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Horse Racing

Is Horse Racing Still Too Big To Fail?

<p><span class="gmail_default">Clover Hope is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor whose book, <em>The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop</em>, is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Motherlode-100-Women-Made-Hip-Hop/dp/1419742965/ref=sr_1_2?crid=21WE0VERRSUDP&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+motherlode+book&amp;qid=1611607750&amp;sprefix=the+motherlode%2Caps%2C143&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Motherlode-100-Women-Made-Hip-Hop/dp/1419742965/ref%3Dsr_1_2?crid%3D21WE0VERRSUDP%26dchild%3D1%26keywords%3Dthe%2Bmotherlode%2Bbook%26qid%3D1611607750%26sprefix%3Dthe%2Bmotherlode%252Caps%252C143%26sr%3D8-2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617108049959000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7TvBLSoZqlkMWjsRNNtZItv5dwQ">in stores</a> now. </span></p>
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Twins pose during the 20th edition of the Fete des Jumeaux (Festival of Twins), a gathering of twins, triplets and quadruplets, in Pleucadeuc, western of France on August 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / FRED TANNEAU (Photo credit should read FRED TANNEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

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Funbag

How Many Clones Of Yourself Do You Want?

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Brandy Jensen

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Defector Reads A Book

My Year With Jack Reacher

Amos Barshad

Scammers Santizer

Inside The Chaotic, Quasi-Legal Marketplace For Personal Protective Equipment

<p>Andrea is a journalist and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Baseballs-Leading-Lady-Manley-Leagues/dp/1250623723" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Baseballs-Leading-Lady-Manley-Leagues/dp/1250623723&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616169124789000&amp;usg=AFQjCNENNVrOlqBUsKJ9upT7e4F-Dj_Ycw">Baseball&#8217;s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues</a>.</p>


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Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Baseball’s Erasure Of Black Managers And Executives Shows Who MLB Believes Is Worthy To Lead

<p><a href="http://www.ddavisla.com"><span style="font-weight: 400">David Davis </span></a>is the author of <i>Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans From World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation</i> and <i>Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku</i>. He lives in Los Angeles.</p>
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Mil Máscaras finishes Professor Toru Tanaka with a flying body press.

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Pro Wrestling’s Finest Down-And-Dirty Chronicle Is Getting Even Better

<p>Carman Tse is a Giants fan living among Dodgers fans in Los Angeles. He was the former editor of LAist and his writing has also appeared on Hyperallergic.</p>


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Feeding Your Record Collection In A Pandemic Always Comes With A Cost

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<div>Casey Taylor is a writer living and working in Pittsburgh. He is currently writing a book for St. Martin&#8217;s Press about cannabis religions, Haile Selassie I, and the Cold War in the Caribbean. He also writes a free newsletter called <a href="https://weedchurch.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://weedchurch.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1709306863919000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mVH2xiID6S0zvlyj6yHco">Weed Church</a> covering foolish spiritual things that occur to him. His work has appeared in The New Republic, WIRED, New York Magazine, and a sports blog he can’t currently recall the name of. You can <a href="mailto:caseyt7@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">email</a> him if you’d like.</div>
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Casey Taylor

Funko-Bobble

In The Future Of Collecting, Is Anyone Having Fun?

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Curling

Yes, You Can Build A Curling Simulator In The Comfort Of Your Own Home

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<p>Charles P. Pierce is a writer at <em>Esquire</em> and the author of four books, most recently <em>Idiot America</em>, and has been a working journalist since 1976. He lives near Boston with his wife but no longer his three children.</p>
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Charles P. Pierce

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The Fights

Marvelous Marvin Hagler Wouldn’t Bend

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Jason England

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Shaka King, Director Of ‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex

<p>Matt Ufford is the head of video and audio at Yahoo Sports.</p>


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A Tufted Titmouse stands on a branch as Robert DeCandido also known as "Birding Bob" leads a group of bird watchers during a tour in Central Park, New York on November 29, 2020. - On a recent sunny morning in New York a few dozen people gathered in Central Park's wooded Ramble area with a common goal: zero in on an elusive owl. Autumn leaves crunch under their shoes as "Birding Bob" -- a guide who has been organizing birdwatching tours in the park for more than three decades, with interest jumping since the coronavirus pandemic hit the city in March -- leads them along winding paths. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

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A Bird Idiot’s Guide To Birding

<p><a class="sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link" href="http://demause.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://demause.net/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]"><em>Neil deMause</em></a><em> has covered sports economics for more publications than even he can shake a stick at. He’s co-author of the book </em><a class="sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link" href="https://www.amazon.com/Field-Schemes-Stadium-Swindle-Private/dp/1567511384?ascsubtag=c9dca64cfbbd6c35085d286f4423ee39b8350b2f&amp;rawdata=%5Br%7Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F%5Bks%7Cgoogle%5Bt%7Clink%5Bp%7C1800657108%5Ba%7C1567511384%5Bau%7C5722120546910826704%5Bb%7Cdeadspinascsubtag%3D4eba2da0f6cc83fe1f221e8d8ca5894cd93bf2a7ascsubtag%3D33f4f2a16c1eda72859c34ee8aa577410b04a0d8&amp;tag=deadspinamzn-20" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-ga="[[&quot;Commerce&quot;,&quot;deadspin - Baseball Doesn't Need Collusion To Turn Off The Hot Stove&quot;,&quot;1567511384&quot;]]" data-amazonasin="1567511384" data-amazontag="deadspinamzn-20" data-amazonsubtag="[r|https://www.google.com/[ks|google[t|link[p|1831644811[a|1567511384[au|5722120546910826704[b|deadspin[lt|text" data-commerceready="true">Field of Schemes: How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit</a><em>, and runs </em><a class="sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kGbjEv js_link" href="http://fieldofschemes.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;http://fieldofschemes.com/&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]"><em>the website of the same name</em></a><em>.</em></p>


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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 01: Construction continues at Allegiant Stadium, the USD 2 billion, glass-domed future home of the Las Vegas Raiders on July 1, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Raiders and the UNLV Rebels football teams are scheduled to begin play at the 65,000-seat facility in their 2020 seasons. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Science

Which Teams Will Be The First Lost To Climate Change?

<p>Dvora Meyers is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. She writes about gymnastics and other topics in her newsletter, <a href="https://dvora.substack.com/">Unorthodox Gymnastics.</a></p>


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U.S. Gymnast Sam Mikulak, formerly of the University of Michigan, at the 2019 FIG Championships.

49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – Day Ten

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Men’s College Gymnastics Must Choose Between The NCAA And Survival

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ericnus">Eric Nusbaum</a> is a writer based in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of the book <i><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/stealing-home-los-angeles-the-dodgers-and-the-lives-caught-in-between-9781541742222/9781541742215">Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between</a></i>. He is also a former editor at Vice.</p>


Eric Nusbaum

Kids photograph a pitcher for the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Acorns in 1952.

MLB’s Minor League Power Play Is An Offense Against Baseball History