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1978 Ladies Singles Final, Wimbledon, Chris Evert v Martina Navratilova, Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Friday 7th July 1978. Martina Navratilova wins in three sets (2?6, 6?4, 7?5), Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, together on Centre Court.

Tennis

‘The Final Set’ Tells The Story Of Tennis’ Greatest Rivalry Becoming A Friendship

Dave McKenna

Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey pose with Jake Paul

The Fights

Ronda Rousey And Gina Carano Deliver Shittiest Women’s MMA Fight In History

Becca Young

Arts And Culture

The Fatherless Fantasy Of ‘Bridgerton’

Kathryn Xu

A screenshot of the Netflix broadcast of the Opening Night match between the New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants.

Netflix Baseball Looks Like Shit

Barry Petchesky

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 06: A general view of the San Francisco Giants playing agains the Atlanta Braves at Oracle Park on June 06, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Netflix Is Loading Up The Clown Car For Opening Night

Ray Ratto

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees arrives to the spring training game against the Chicago Cubs on March 23, 2026 in Mesa, Arizona. He's got big goofy shades on.

Baseball Is Almost Back, And Almost Gone

Jaya Saxena

Fair Pay Feels Good In A Place Like This

Alex Sujong Laughlin

Pete Davidson sits in a garage on an armchair. There's a giant TV on a second armchair with an image of Jon Stewart calling in remotely,

Netflix Has Trapped Pete Davidson In His Garage

Patrick Redford

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 24: Chairman &amp; CEO Paramount David Ellison attends the UFC 324 event at T-Mobile Arena on January 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Capital

Paramount Wins Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros.

Israel Daramola

Somewhere Between Pettiness And Journalism Lies Netflix’s Diddy Documentary

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 07: David Ellison attends the 48th Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on December 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shannon Finney/WireImage)

Paramount Launches Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

Paramount Is Trying To Bully Its Way Into Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery

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Robert Rubsam

‘Train Dreams’ Is Afraid Of Its Own Shadow

A black and white photo of a family gathered around a 1950s era television.

Media Meltdowns

Podcasts Are Not Television

Brandy Jensen

Not Every Documentary About A Crime Needs To Be A True Crime Documentary

Boxing

Sports Should Not Start At 1 A.M. Eastern

New Cowboys Docuseries Offers Revealing Look Up Jerry Jones’s Own Ass

Soraya Roberts

Stick With ‘Dept. Q’

Netflix Keeps Ruining Action Movies

<p>Eva Holland is a freelance writer and editor based in Whitehorse, Yukon. She&#8217;s a correspondent for Outside magazine and the author of the books <i>Nerve </i>and <i><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-sleep-til-fairbanks#/">No Sleep &#8216;Til Fairbanks</a>.</i></p>


Eva Holland

‘North Of North’ Is An Arctic Comedy That Will Warm Your Heart

Maitreyi Anantharaman

All My Favorite Lines From ‘With Love, Meghan’

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Stephen Curry (4) of Team USA in action during Men's Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu via Getty Images)

‘Court Of Gold’ Is Brilliant When It Gets Specific

Luis Paez-Pumar

7/3/1998-Holmdel, NJ: Limp Bizkit poses for a group shot at the "Ozzfest" at the PNC Bank Arts Center.

Music

I Have Strong Feelings About The Use Of Limp Bizkit’s “Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle)” In The Opening Credits To This Netflix Video Game Anime

David Roth

Reed Hastings attends the Netflix and Mediaset Partnership Announcement in Rome, in 2019.

Podcasts

The Movie Studio At The End Of The World, With Will Tavlin

Samer Kalaf

NFL Christmas Gameday signage advertising the NFL's two Christmas Day marquee games.