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The Complex Shedeur Sanders Conversation

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

By Nora Princiotti • 5 min read

‘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

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

Special Project

Grading Every Team’s 2025 NFL Draft Haul

Danny Kelly

Special Project

Grading Every Team’s 2025 NFL Draft Haul

Dame Goes Down, Jokic-Curry Beauties, Ant’s L.A. Takedown, and Shedeur

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

NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft Reactions

The Bill Simmons Podcast

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

Dame Goes Down, Jokic-Curry Beauties, Ant’s L.A. Takedown, and Shedeur

NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft Reactions

The Bill Simmons Podcast

• 2 hr 28 min

NFL Draft Recap: Favorite Picks and Class Breakdowns

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

NFL Draft Recap

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

The McShay Show

• 2 hr 20 min

Spotlight

Special Project

The Ringer’s 2025 NFL Draft Grades

Danny Kelly

The Shedeur Sanders Free Fall

Shedeur’s Slide Finally Ends

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

Shedeur’s Slide Finally Ends

Steven Ruiz

Sanders NFL Draft Takes, and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

A Deluge of Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft Takes. Plus: Kara Voght on the Embattled White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Sanders NFL Draft Takes, and the WH Correspondents’ Dinner

The Press Box • 1 hr 4 min

A Deluge of Shedeur Sanders NFL Draft Takes. Plus: Kara Voght on the Embattled White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

Sanders NFL Draft Takes, and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Sanders NFL Draft Takes, and the WH Correspondents’ Dinner

The Press Box

The Truth of Shedeur’s Slide Is in the Tape

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

The Truth of Shedeur’s Slide Is in the Tape

Diante Lee

Shedeur Free Fall, Saints Pluck Shough, the All-In Bears, and Chad Powers

Shedeur Free Fall, Saints Pluck Shough, the All-In Bears, and Chad Powers on Talk Tuah

Shedeur’s Free Fall, and the Saints Pluck Shough

The Ringer NFL Draft Show

Shedeur Free Fall, Saints Pluck Shough, the All-In Bears, and Chad Powers on Talk Tuah

Shedeur Free Fall, Saints Pluck Shough, the All-In Bears, and Chad Powers

Shedeur’s Free Fall, and the Saints Pluck Shough

The Ringer NFL Draft Show

The Trouble With Ja

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

Gordon’s Dunk and Memphis’s Offseason

Gordon’s 0.1-Second Miracle Dunk Saves Denver. Plus, a Steph Classic and Offseason War Rooms for the Grizzlies and Heat.

Gordon’s Miracle Dunk Saves Denver

Group Chat

KAT Gets Knicks a Game 3 Win, the Grizzlies’ Fall and Uncertain Future

KAT Leads Knicks to Game 3 Win. Plus, Grizzlies Fall and Face an Uncertain Future.

KAT and the Knicks Win, and the Grizzlies Fall

Real Ones

‘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

House of R

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

House of R

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

The Watch

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

The Watch

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

The Ringer’s NBA Draft Show • 1 hr

Special Project

Khaman Maluach: A Postmodern Rim-Protecting Titan

Special Project

Khaman Maluach: A Postmodern Rim-Protecting Titan

Special Project

Liam McNeeley: A Sizable Forward With Room to Improve

Special Project

Liam McNeeley: A Sizable Forward With Room to Improve

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

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 Deep Dive

House of R • April 29

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

‘The Last of Us’ S2E3 Deep Dive

House of R • April 29

The Latest in TV

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The 10 Best Shows on Streaming Right Now

Special Project

The 10 Best Shows on Streaming Right Now

‘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’ Season 2, Episode 3 Reactions

The Midnight Boys

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

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

The Midnight Boys

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

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

The Prestige TV Podcast

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

The Prestige TV Podcast

Prestige TV

The Latest in Movies

21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

Revisiting ‘Collateral’

By Manuela Lazic and 1 more • 14 min read

21st-Century Cinema in Review: ‘Collateral’

Revisiting ‘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

The Big Picture

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

The Big Picture

‘The Accountant 2’: More Guns, Fewer W2s

By Adam Nayman • 5 min read

‘The Accountant 2’: More Guns, Fewer W2s

Adam Nayman

The Pirates’ Unique Blend of Bad

Behind the Camera, Movies Are Still #SoWhite

By Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • 18 min read

Behind the Camera, Movies Are Still #SoWhite

Ben Lindbergh and 1 more

The Latest in MLB

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

The Pirates’ Unique Blend of Bad

Alex Kirshner

MLB

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” Athletics

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” A’s

By Dan Moore • 32 min read

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” Athletics

The Faustian Bargain of the “Sacramento” A’s

Dan Moore

MLB

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

New York, New York with John Jastremski • 1 hr 32 min

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

New York, New York with John Jastremski

New York, New York

The Latest in Music

The Reanimation of Tunde Adebimpe

The Reanimation of TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe

By Eric Ducker • 13 min read

The Reanimation of TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe

The Reanimation of Tunde Adebimpe

Eric Ducker

A Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

The Definitive Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Dissect

The Definitive Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

A Breakdown of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Show

Dissect

Suede: Part 2 With Miranda Sawyer

Bandsplain • 2 hr 35 min

Suede: Part 2 With Miranda Sawyer

Bandsplain

‘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’

Every Single Album

Special Project

The NBA Top 100: End of the Season Rankings

Which of our top 100 players are the most important in the playoffs?

Shorts

Shedeur Sanders Finally Drafted in the Fifth Round | The McShay Show

April 27
57s

The truth is out there 😤

April 28
49s

The State of Movies in 2025 #shorts #movies #podcast

April 27
81s

David Cronenberg on What His Next Film Might Be… #shorts #movies #podcast

April 26
72s

All the Latest Stories

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

The Genius of Jokic

By Michael Pina • 16 min read

The Genius of Jokic

Michael Pina • 16 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

Can the Knicks Mount Another Playoff Run?

These New York Knicks Are Different. So Are the Expectations.

By Howard Beck • 5 min read

These New York Knicks Are Different. So Are the Expectations.

Can the Knicks Mount Another Playoff Run?

Howard Beck • 5 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

‘The Accountant 2’: More Guns, Fewer W2s

By Adam Nayman • 5 min read

‘The Accountant 2’: More Guns, Fewer W2s

Adam Nayman • 5 min read

The Rockets Aren’t Afraid of the Moment

The Houston Rockets Aren’t Afraid of the Moment—or the Warriors

By Logan Murdock • 6 min read

The Houston Rockets Aren’t Afraid of the Moment—or the Warriors

The Rockets Aren’t Afraid of the Moment

Logan Murdock • 6 min read

Behind the Camera, Movies Are Still #SoWhite

By Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • 18 min read

Behind the Camera, Movies Are Still #SoWhite

Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • 18 min read

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

Tina Fey Joins the Debut Episode of 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

Tina Fey Joins the Debut Episode of 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.

Podcasts

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The Bill Simmons Podcast

Dame Goes Down, Jokic-Curry Beauties, Ant’s L.A. Takedown, and Shedeur

NBA Playoffs and NFL Draft Reactions

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

Is the Shedeur Thing That Complicated? First-Round NFL Draft Reactions With Albert Breer. Plus, the Nuggets Look Cooked.

Shedeur Slips, First-Round NFL Draft Reactions, and the Nuggets Look Cooked

Reactions to the NFL Draft and NBA Playoffs

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

What Americans Get Wrong About ADHD

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

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

Watch the Show So You Can Listen to the Podcast

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

The Midnight Boys • April 28

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

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

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 Prestige TV Podcast • April 28

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

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

The Prestige TV Podcast • April 25 • 31 min

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

‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Episode 4

The Prestige TV Podcast • April 25 • 31 min

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

The Watch • April 24

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