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NFL Draft Under Review

By Sheil Kapadia • 10 min read

This Is It for Dame, Giannis, and the Bucks

Damian Lillard’s Cruel Injury Spells the End for the Bucks—and Giannis

By Michael Pina • 5 min read

Is It Time for the Grizzlies to Trade Ja?

To Trade Ja or Not to Trade Ja? That Is the Grizzlies’ Question.

By Michael Pina • 8 min read

To Trade Ja or Not to Trade Ja? That Is the Grizzlies’ Question.

Is It Time for the Grizzlies to Trade Ja?

Michael Pina • 8 min read

The Rockets-Warriors Series and Do the Heat Need a Shift in Culture?

Houston Hasn’t Been a Problem for the Warriors. Plus, Do the Heat Need a Shift in Culture?

Rockets-Warriors Series and Heat Culture

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Houston Hasn’t Been a Problem for the Warriors. Plus, Do the Heat Need a Shift in Culture?

The Rockets-Warriors Series and Do the Heat Need a Shift in Culture?

Rockets-Warriors Series and Heat Culture

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Shedeur Sanders and the Gulf Between Self-Perception and Draft Reality

By Steven Ruiz • 7 min read

Shedeur Sanders and the Gulf Between Self-Perception and Draft Reality

Steven Ruiz • 7 min read

Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner Join Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner Join Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Good Hang

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The Ringer’s 2025 NFL Draft Grades

Danny Kelly

The Shedeur Sanders Free Fall

The Complex Shedeur Sanders Conversation

The Draft-Media Complex Didn’t Know How to Cover Shedeur Sanders

By Nora Princiotti • 5 min read

The Draft-Media Complex Didn’t Know How to Cover Shedeur Sanders

The Complex Shedeur Sanders Conversation

Nora Princiotti

Shedeur Sanders and the Gulf Between Self-Perception and Draft Reality

By Steven Ruiz • 7 min read

Shedeur Sanders and the Gulf Between Self-Perception and Draft Reality

Steven Ruiz

Shedeur Sanders’s NFL Draft Slide Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise

By Diante Lee • 5 min read

Shedeur Sanders’s NFL Draft Slide Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise

Diante Lee

Shedeur Sanders’s Draft Fall. Plus, Cinematography and ‘Sinners.’

Shedeur Sanders’s Draft Fall: The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time? Plus, Cinematography and ‘Sinners.’

Shedeur Sanders’s Fall and ‘Sinners’

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Shedeur Sanders’s Draft Fall: The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time? Plus, Cinematography and ‘Sinners.’

Shedeur Sanders’s Draft Fall. Plus, Cinematography and ‘Sinners.’

Shedeur Sanders’s Fall and ‘Sinners’

Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Higher Learning

What Does Giannis’s Future Hold?

This Is It for Dame, Giannis, and the Bucks

Damian Lillard’s Cruel Injury Spells the End for the Bucks—and Giannis

By Michael Pina • 5 min read

The Rumblings of Giannis’s Future

The Deafening Rumblings Surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Future

By Danny Chau • 9 min read

Will Giannis Want Out? Plus: The Rockets Need a Star and the Hungry Wolves.

Will Giannis Want Out? Plus: The Rockets Need a Star, the Hungry Wolves, and Which 3-1 Series Can Still Go the Full Seven?

Will Giannis Want Out?

The Mismatch

‘Andor’ Takes Flight

Andor (and ‘Andor’) Is All In

By Ben Lindbergh • 8 min read

Andor (and ‘Andor’) Is All In

Ben Lindbergh

‘Andor’ Season 2, Episodes 1-3 Deep Dive

‘Andor’ Season 2, Episodes 1-3 Deep Dive

TV News Grab Bag, an ‘Andor’ Syllabus, and ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’

TV News Grab Bag, an ‘Andor’ Syllabus, and ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’

Where Does ‘Star Wars’ Go After ‘Andor’?

Is ‘Andor’ the Last Vestige of a Once Great Franchise?

By Miles Surrey • 6 min read

Is ‘Andor’ the Last Vestige of a Once Great Franchise?

Where Does ‘Star Wars’ Go After ‘Andor’?

Miles Surrey

The Ringer’s Guide to the NBA Draft

NBA Draft

Danny Wolf, Khaman Maluach, and Liam McNeeley Scouting Report With Ben Taylor

Danny Wolf, Khaman Maluach, Liam McNeeley Scouting Report With Ben Taylor

Wolf, Maluach, and McNeeley Scouting Report

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Khaman Maluach: A Postmodern Rim-Protecting Titan

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Khaman Maluach: A Postmodern Rim-Protecting Titan

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Liam McNeeley: A Sizable Forward With Room to Improve

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Liam McNeeley: A Sizable Forward With Room to Improve

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Good Hang With Amy Poehler • April 29

The Latest in Movies

‘Sinners’ Is a Sun-Drenched Blues Reclamation

Blood, Blues, and a Blank Check: ‘Sinners’ Is a Sun-Drenched Reclamation

By Lex Pryor • 6 min read

Blood, Blues, and a Blank Check: ‘Sinners’ Is a Sun-Drenched Reclamation

‘Sinners’ Is a Sun-Drenched Blues Reclamation

Lex Pryor

21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

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21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

Manuela Lazic and 1 more

Four Ways of Looking at an Action Movie: ‘The Accountant 2’ and More

Four Ways of Looking at an Action Movie: ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Havoc,’ ‘A Working Man,’ and ‘The Amateur’

Four Ways of Looking at an Action Movie

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Four Ways of Looking at an Action Movie: ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Havoc,’ ‘A Working Man,’ and ‘The Amateur’

Four Ways of Looking at an Action Movie: ‘The Accountant 2’ and More

Four Ways of Looking at an Action Movie

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‘The Accountant 2’: More Guns, Fewer W2s

By Adam Nayman • 5 min read

‘The Accountant 2’: More Guns, Fewer W2s

Adam Nayman

The Latest in TV

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The 10 Best Shows on Streaming Right Now

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‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: On the Road Again

By Daniel Chin • 8 min read

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: On the Road Again

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap

Daniel Chin

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 and ‘The Studio’ Episode 6

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 and ‘The Studio’ E6

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 and ‘The Studio’ E6

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 and ‘The Studio’ Episode 6

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 Deep Dive

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Deep Dive

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 Deep Dive

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Deep Dive

The Latest in MLB

The Pittsburgh Pirates Are a Unique Blend of Bad

By Alex Kirshner • 11 min read

The Pittsburgh Pirates Are a Unique Blend of Bad

Alex Kirshner

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” A’s

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” Athletics

By Dan Moore • 32 min read

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” Athletics

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” A’s

Dan Moore

What We’ve Learned From the First Two Weeks of the 2025 MLB Season

By Anthony Dabbundo • 9 min read

What We’ve Learned From the First Two Weeks of the 2025 MLB Season

Anthony Dabbundo

The Knicks’ Game 4 Win, the Latest in MLB, and the 2025 Draft

Alex Day Recaps the Knicks’ Game 4 Win, the Latest in MLB, and the 2025 Draft

Knicks Win Game 4, MLB Talk, and the Draft

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Alex Day Recaps the Knicks’ Game 4 Win, the Latest in MLB, and the 2025 Draft

The Knicks’ Game 4 Win, the Latest in MLB, and the 2025 Draft

Knicks Win Game 4, MLB Talk, and the Draft

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Eric Ducker

A Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

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A Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

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Suede: Part 2 With Miranda Sawyer

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Suede: Part 2 With Miranda Sawyer

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‘Can’t Be Tamed’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

‘Can’t Be Tamed’

Every Single Album • 1 hr 7 min

‘Can’t Be Tamed’ | Every Single Album: Miley Cyrus

‘Can’t Be Tamed’

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The NBA Top 100: End of the Season Rankings

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What are the most likely destinations if Giannis is traded this off-season?

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All the Latest Stories

I Just Can’t Get Excited About Jaxson Dart

I Want to Be Excited About Jaxson Dart. I’m Just Not.

By Danny Heifetz • 8 min read

I Want to Be Excited About Jaxson Dart. I’m Just Not.

I Just Can’t Get Excited About Jaxson Dart

Danny Heifetz • 8 min read

The Pittsburgh Pirates Are a Unique Blend of Bad

By Alex Kirshner • 11 min read

The Pittsburgh Pirates Are a Unique Blend of Bad

Alex Kirshner • 11 min read

The Travis Hunter Trade Jolted the Draft

Trading Up to Draft Travis Hunter Was Bold. Time Will Tell Whether It Was Brilliant.

By Nora Princiotti • 5 min read

Trading Up to Draft Travis Hunter Was Bold. Time Will Tell Whether It Was Brilliant.

The Travis Hunter Trade Jolted the Draft

Nora Princiotti • 5 min read

Shedeur Sanders’s NFL Draft Slide Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise

By Diante Lee • 5 min read

Shedeur Sanders’s NFL Draft Slide Shouldn’t Have Been a Surprise

Diante Lee • 5 min read

21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

By Manuela Lazic and 1 more • 14 min read

21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

Manuela Lazic and 1 more • 14 min read

The Genius of Jokic

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The Genius of Jokic

Michael Pina • 16 min read

Can Cam Ward Finally Make the Titans Exciting?

By Danny Heifetz • 6 min read

Can Cam Ward Finally Make the Titans Exciting?

Danny Heifetz • 6 min read

Garland and the Cavs Are Coming Up Clutch

Darius Garland and the Cavs Are Coming Up Clutch

By Mirin Fader • 15 min read

Darius Garland and the Cavs Are Coming Up Clutch

Garland and the Cavs Are Coming Up Clutch

Mirin Fader • 15 min read

Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner Join Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Jack Black Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Kathryn Hahn Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

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Quinta Brunson Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Ike Barinholtz Is a Party Pumper

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Martin Short Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Paige DeSorbo and Hannah Berner Join Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Jack Black Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Kathryn Hahn Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Quinta Brunson Joins Good Hang

Quinta Brunson Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Ike Barinholtz Is a Party Pumper

Rashida Jones Joins for a ‘Parks and Rec’ Reunion

Martin Short Joins Good Hang With Amy Poehler

Dame Goes Down, Jokic-Curry Beauties, Ant’s L.A. Takedown, and Shedeur Theories With Ryen Russillo and Van Lathan Jr.

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The Bill Simmons Podcast

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NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft Reactions

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

NFL Draft Takeaways With Booger McFarland. Plus, Jimmy Butler’s Big Game 4 and ‘Warfare’ Codirector Ray Mendoza.

NFL Draft Takeaways With Booger McFarland. Plus, Jimmy Butler’s Game 4.

NFL Draft Takeaways With Booger McFarland

The Zach Lowe Show

Playoff Drama! NBA First-Round Action Heats Up With Rob Mahoney.

NBA First-Round Action Heats Up With Rob Mahoney

NBA First-Round Action Heats Up

Plain English with Derek Thompson

Plain English

Is This the Chinese Century?

The McShay Show

NFL Draft Recap: Favorite Picks and Full Class Breakdowns for All 32 Teams

NFL Draft Recap: Favorite Picks and Class Breakdowns

NFL Draft Recap

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Plain English Goes Deep on Today’s Biggest Questions

Is This the Chinese Century?

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 29 • 1 hr 6 min

Is This the Chinese Century?

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 29 • 1 hr 6 min

What Americans Get Wrong About ADHD

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 25 • 1 hr 5 min

The “Most Promising” Sign of Alien Life

What Americans Get Wrong About ADHD

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 25 • 1 hr 5 min

Tech

An Astrophysicist Explains the “Most Promising” Sign of Alien Life

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 22 • 1 hr 2 min

Tech

An Astrophysicist Explains the “Most Promising” Sign of Alien Life

The “Most Promising” Sign of Alien Life

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 22 • 1 hr 2 min

How the Tariffs Could Crush the Toy Industry

A Toy Manufacturer Explains How Trump’s Tariffs Could Crush His Industry

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 17 • 31 min

How the Tariffs Could Crush the Toy Industry

A Toy Manufacturer Explains How Trump’s Tariffs Could Crush His Industry

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 17 • 31 min

Why the U.S. Will Lose Its Trade War

Why America Will Lose Its Trade War With China

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 16 • 41 min

Why the U.S. Will Lose Its Trade War

Why America Will Lose Its Trade War With China

Plain English with Derek Thompson • April 16 • 41 min

How Gen Z Sees the World

Plain English with Derek Thompson • March 12 • 55 min

How Gen Z Sees the World

Plain English with Derek Thompson • March 12 • 55 min

Can a Vaccine Help Cure Cancer?

Can a Vaccine Cure the World’s Deadliest Cancer?

Plain English with Derek Thompson • March 7 • 45 min

Can a Vaccine Help Cure Cancer?

Can a Vaccine Cure the World’s Deadliest Cancer?

Plain English with Derek Thompson • March 7 • 45 min

How AI Could Change the Future of Music

Plain English with Derek Thompson • March 4 • 55 min

How AI Could Change the Future of Music

Plain English with Derek Thompson • March 4 • 55 min

The End of Reading

Plain English with Derek Thompson • Feb. 28 • 57 min

The End of Reading

Plain English with Derek Thompson • Feb. 28 • 57 min

How Progressives Froze the American Dream

How Progressives Froze the American Dream (Live)

Plain English with Derek Thompson • Feb. 25 • 52 min

How Progressives Froze the American Dream

How Progressives Froze the American Dream (Live)

Plain English with Derek Thompson • Feb. 25 • 52 min

The Big Picture’s Best Movies of the Century

Best Movies of the Century: ‘Children of Men’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 22, ‘Children of Men’

The Big Picture • April 21

Best Movies of the Century: ‘Children of Men’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 22, ‘Children of Men’

The Big Picture • April 21

The Century’s Best Movies: ‘Something’s Gotta Give’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 23, ‘Something’s Gotta Give’

The Big Picture • April 9

The Century’s Best Movies: ‘Something’s Gotta Give’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 23, ‘Something’s Gotta Give’

The Big Picture • April 9

Best Movies of the Century: ‘The Handmaiden’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 24, ‘The Handmaiden’

The Big Picture • March 26

Best Movies of the Century: ‘The Handmaiden’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 24, ‘The Handmaiden’

The Big Picture • March 26

25 Best Movies of the Century: ‘Michael Clayton’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 25, ‘Michael Clayton’

The Big Picture • March 19

25 Best Movies of the Century: ‘Michael Clayton’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 25, ‘Michael Clayton’

The Big Picture • March 19

The Press Box’s 25 for 25 A Look at Journalism This Century

The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Blogging

25 for 25: Chris Ryan on the Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Blogging

The Press Box • April 21 • 48 min

The Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Blogging

25 for 25: Chris Ryan on the Birth, Death, and Rebirth of Blogging

The Press Box • April 21 • 48 min

25 for 25: Jamelle Bouie on the Future of the Opinion Columnist

25 for 25: The New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie on the Future of the Opinion Columnist

The Future of the Opinion Columnist

The Press Box • April 10 • 1 hr 23 min

25 for 25: Jamelle Bouie on the Future of the Opinion Columnist

25 for 25: The New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie on the Future of the Opinion Columnist

The Future of the Opinion Columnist

The Press Box • April 10 • 1 hr 23 min

25 for 25 in Memoriam: The Publications Lost in the 21st Century

25 for 25 Industry in Memoriam: Remembering the Publications Lost in the 21st Century

The Publications Lost in the 21st Century

The Press Box • March 31 • 1 hr 56 min

25 for 25 in Memoriam: The Publications Lost in the 21st Century

25 for 25 Industry in Memoriam: Remembering the Publications Lost in the 21st Century

The Publications Lost in the 21st Century

The Press Box • March 31 • 1 hr 56 min

Nick Wright on the Future of Sports Debate

25 for 25: Nick Wright on the Future of Sports Debate

The Press Box • Feb. 18 • 1 hr 22 min

Nick Wright on the Future of Sports Debate

25 for 25: Nick Wright on the Future of Sports Debate

The Press Box • Feb. 18 • 1 hr 22 min

Trump Presses the Press, Luka Doncic and the Fans, and ‘25 for 25’

Trump Presses the Press, Luka Doncic and the Fans, and Introducing ‘25 for 25’

Trump and the Press and Luka Doncic and Fans

The Press Box • Feb. 13 • 1 hr 10 min

Trump Presses the Press, Luka Doncic and the Fans, and ‘25 for 25’

Trump Presses the Press, Luka Doncic and the Fans, and Introducing ‘25 for 25’

Trump and the Press and Luka Doncic and Fans

The Press Box • Feb. 13 • 1 hr 10 min

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‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Reactions

The Midnight Boys • April 28

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 Reactions

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 3 Reactions

The Midnight Boys • April 28

‘The Rehearsal’ Season 2, Episode 2 Precap: The Height of Absurdist Comedy

‘The Rehearsal’ S2E2 Precap: The Height of Absurdist Comedy

‘The Rehearsal’ S2E2 Precap

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‘The Rehearsal’ Season 2, Episode 2 Precap: The Height of Absurdist Comedy

‘The Rehearsal’ S2E2 Precap: The Height of Absurdist Comedy

‘The Rehearsal’ S2E2 Precap

The Prestige TV Podcast • April 28

‘Andor’ Season 2, Episodes 1-3 Deep Dive

House of R • April 25

‘Andor’ Season 2, Episodes 1-3 Deep Dive

House of R • April 25

Brittany’s Breaking Point! Plus, “Snoozefest” at Summerfest and ‘RHOA’ Recap.

The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show • April 25

Brittany’s Breaking Point! Plus, “Snoozefest” at Summerfest and ‘RHOA’ Recap.

The Morally Corrupt Bravo Show • April 25

‘The Last of Us’ S2E2 Recap and Composer Gustavo Santaolalla!

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: The Most Important Episode of the Show Yet. Plus, Composer Gustavo Santaolalla.

‘The Last of Us’ S2E2 Recap

The Prestige TV Podcast • April 25

‘The Last of Us’ S2E2 Recap and Composer Gustavo Santaolalla!

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: The Most Important Episode of the Show Yet. Plus, Composer Gustavo Santaolalla.

‘The Last of Us’ S2E2 Recap

The Prestige TV Podcast • April 25

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 4: One Birkin Too Far

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 4

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‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 4: One Birkin Too Far

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 4

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TV News Grab Bag, an ‘Andor’ Syllabus, and ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’

The Watch • April 24

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