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‘Box Of Moonlight’ Is A Gem From The ’90s Indie Boom
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Soraya Roberts
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Margin Of Error
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Tom Scocca
June 28, 2024
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Cricket
How The United States Is Finally Getting Kind Of Good At Cricket
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Patrick T. Dorsey
June 18, 2024
NBA
A Field Guide To Luka Doncic’s Many Busted Sports-Watching Setups
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Rachel Andelman
June 14, 2024
Margin Of Error
Garbage In, Garbage Out
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Tom Scocca
June 13, 2024
NFL
Eagles Court Could Only Have Existed In Philadelphia
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Kit Kelly
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Ray Spraggins
June 12, 2024
MLB
The Stadium Organ Is Alive And As Goofy As Ever
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Lillian Stone
June 12, 2024
Arts And Culture
Conner O’Malley’s New Special Exposes The Dark Heart Of Techno-Optimism
124
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Nicholas Russell
June 7, 2024
Bowling
The Rise Of Bowlero Has Put Bowling In The Jaws Of Private Equity
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Amos Barshad
June 7, 2024
Soccer
Remembering Grant Wahl, America’s Greatest Soccer Writer
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Alex Belth
June 6, 2024
Olympics
Olympian Helen Stephens Suffered Through An Anti-Queer Panic That Still Reverberates
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Michael Waters
June 5, 2024
Life's Rich Pageant
The Beauty And Boredom Of 500 Laps Around The Same .148-Mile Loop
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Corbin Smith
June 4, 2024
Defector At The Movies
‘Canticle Of The Stones’ Grapples With The Difficulty Of Artistic Representation Inside Occupied Palestine
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Ruairí McCann
June 3, 2024
Mods Asleep
I Will Drive This Fucked-Up Car Until One Of Us Dies
241
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Nicholas Russell
May 31, 2024
Margin Of Error
The Doubts Were Not Reasonable
555
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Tom Scocca
May 31, 2024
Mods Asleep
The Decemberists Take Me Back And Forth
111
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Corey Atad
May 31, 2024
Mods Asleep
I Will Never Abandon My Special Little Drink
369
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B.D. McClay
May 30, 2024
Mods Asleep
In Defense Of That Whole Weird ’90s Rock Marble-Mouthed Thing
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Mitch Therieau
May 29, 2024
Mods Asleep
The Ghosts Of New Atheism Still Haunt Us
695
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Erik Baker
May 29, 2024
Mods Asleep
Why Do I Keep Rooting For Kevin Costner?
353
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Fran Hoepfner
May 28, 2024
NBA
Bill Walton Let His Joy Flourish
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Charles P. Pierce
May 28, 2024
Mods Asleep
Culture Needs More Jerks
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Dan Brooks
May 28, 2024
Mods Asleep
I’m In Charge Now
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Brandy Jensen
May 28, 2024
Perfectly Fine Dinner Party Club
Dazzle Your Dinner-Party Friends With Bread
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Libby Watson
May 22, 2024
Arts And Culture
How Many Times Is Too Many Times?
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Soraya Roberts
May 21, 2024
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