The Biggest Penalty in NBA History Is Mostly Paid by People Who Do Not Work There Yet
The NBA took five first round picks from the Clippers, running to 2033. By then nobody…
Category: Sport
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The Triple Crown Was Never Designed. The Thing Replacing It Was.
Churchill Downs and NYRA announced a six race points series for three year olds this week,…
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Argentina Did Not Take a Shot, and Their Goalkeeper Made Twelve Saves
Spain took fifteen shots in regulation and Argentina took none. Emiliano Martinez made twelve saves, the…
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Every Team Gets the Same Check, and It Means Completely Different Things
FIFA pays every team the same participation fee. For a federation from a country of half…
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The Barrier Was Never the Training
Women have trained thoroughbreds at the highest level for fifty years. What almost none of them…
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Five Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Eight Days
Fourteen seasons, never finishing higher than nineteenth, in a league where half the teams qualify. That…
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Two Ways to Miss a World Cup, and Only One of Them Sets a Precedent
Russia was expelled in 2022 and Iran has withdrawn in 2026. The same absence from the…
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The Track Closed in 2008 Because It Cost Too Much to Keep
A mile and a half of refrigerated concrete, rebuilt on the site of a track that…
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The Format’s Critics Were Wrong. Its Defenders Are About to Be.
Four games decided by four points or fewer, which has never happened in a playoff round…
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Fifteen Is a Count of Two Different Competitions
Six of the fifteen were won in a knockout tournament that no longer exists, under rules…