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                  The Athletic

                  “No One Knows Anything”: Staffers At The Athletic Wait In The Dark Following NYT Deal

                  Six years ago, The Athletic came out swinging. Its mission, infamously, was to bleed local newspapers dry en route to building a behemoth sports media company that would untether sports news from advertising, thereby changing the way sports news was reported, presented, and consumed.  “We will wait out every local paper out and let them […]

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                  Laura Wagner

                  The Athletic To Be Swallowed By Industry It Aimed To Kill

                  Media Meltdowns
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                  Ray Ratto

                  BenWatch: Ben Simmons Unmoved By Attempts At Pretending To Placate Him

                  NBA
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                  Albert Burneko

                  Personally I Feel This Jack Wilshere Interview Summary Could Be Even More Brutal

                  Soccer
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                  Albert Burneko

                  Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Championship Inspires Confusing Poetry

                  Media Meltdowns
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                  Laura Wagner

                  Here Are Some Oaves

                  This Is So Stupid
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                  Chris Thompson

                  Can The Uncanniness Of This Shams Charania Sentence Be Increased To A Higher Platform Of Such? A Focused Execution Of Scrutiny

                  Media Meltdowns
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                  Chris Thompson

                  Dan McQuade’s New Balance Gesture Followed By $4.1 Billion Drop In Company’s Market Value

                  Journalismism
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                  By The Defector Staff

                  Shams Charania Participates In Daily Heated Altercations With Prose, Per Sources

                  Journalismism
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                  Giri Nathan

                  The Arizona Coyotes Really Aren’t Helping Their Case

                  NHL
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                  Samer Kalaf

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