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The 2024 MLB Preseason Power Rankings
MLB Opening Day is almost here, and it’s time to break down the sport’s unpredictable pecking order. Can anyone compete with the top two teams? Who will be this season’s Rangers/Diamondbacks-esque surprise? And how will the wild-card race shake out?
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Evaluating Every NFL Team’s Biggest Draft Needs After Free Agency
The dust has (mostly) settled on free agency, leaving teams’ priorities as clear as ever with the draft just a month out
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2024 NBA Draft Big Board: Ranking the Top 58 Players
Which players have boosted their stock the most during the NCAA tournament? We break down the best players in this class, from lottery picks to sleepers.
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10 Takeaways From NFL Owners Meetings
The league is changing tackling technique, kickoff formations, and even how much time you spend with your family on Christmas. Here’s what you need to know about the future of football.
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Five Dream First-Round Matchups for the 2024 NBA Playoffs
Stylistic clashes. Narrative bouts. Burgeoning rivalries and familiar foes. As the standings twist and turn, here are the series we’re hoping for.
Takeaways From Owners Meetings and How J.J. McCarthy Can Affect the Draft
Nora, Steven, and Austin recap the latest news from the owners meetings and discuss the ceilings and floors of the 2024 QB class
Sweet 16 Prospects to Watch, Kentucky’s Loss, and the Search for the Top Prospect
KOC and J. Kyle Mann discuss the players to keep an eye on, including Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan, Dalton Knecht, and more!
‘Manchester by the Sea’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey
Bill, Chris, and Sean are fundamentally unsound after rewatching the 2016 drama
Three Pro Comps for the Top WR Prospects (and One Tight End)
The guys also chat about the new kickoff rules
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What Really Happened to Markelle Fultz
You’ve heard the Fultz story a thousand times. A mysterious hitch in his jump shot. A no. 1 pick who couldn’t live up to the promise. An eventual trade to the Magic. But for the first time, Fultz explains exactly what happened to him with the Sixers and how he’s found peace—and a place for himself in the NBA—on his own terms.
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Kendrick Lamar Vs. Drake Is a Decade Too Late
The biggest question about Kendrick’s Drake diss on "Like That" isn’t so much "Why?" as "Why now?"
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Would the ‘3 Body Problem’ Deadly Nanofiber Web Actually Work?
The Netflix adaptation features a climactic showdown between a ship and cutting-edge nanotechnology. You couldn’t do that in the real world … right?
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Five Big Questions About MLB’s Investigation Into Shohei Ohtani and His Interpreter
The newest Dodgers star and his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, are at the center of an investigation into sports gambling debts and what Ohtani’s attorneys are calling "massive theft." What do we know? Why has the story changed so much? And what could come next?
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‘The Three-Body Problem’ Is Brilliant. ‘3 Body Problem’ Is Better.
Netflix’s new sci-fi series from the makers of ‘Game of Thrones’ doesn’t just honor Liu Cixin’s remarkable books—it improves on them
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Giancarlo Esposito Shifts Into the Driver’s Seat
The master of TV villainy embraces a new role as a leading man in AMC’s upcoming ‘Parish.’ Along the way, he’s been growing as a leader and as a father. "If you have a very intense personality, sometimes you can push people away," he says. "I’m learning that from my daughters."
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The Oral History of “I’m the Juggernaut, Bitch!”
As ‘X-Men ’97’ hits Disney+, it’s time to look back on a different time of the internet, when two friends from Chicago made a dub of the original ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ and created something deeply funny, crass, and unforgettable
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Ian Eagle
Eagle was raised in the wings of a nightclub stage by a comedian and a singer. How the child of show business became the voice of the Final Four.
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The Dangerous Dilemma Facing America’s Biggest Auto Companies
Although the media is focused on the battle between gas-powered cars and EVs right now, a bigger issue is looming: where those cars are being produced
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You’ve Never Seen Someone Play Like Caleb Williams
For some teams, that may be a turnoff, but it’s not very often that you get the chance to draft transcendence
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The Winners and Losers of the NCAA Tournament’s Second Round
Round 2 of March Madness featured power conference domination, a stunning Kim Mulkey press conference, and a pity party for non-Duke fans. Here are the winners and losers from the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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The ‘3 Body Problem’ Exit Survey
Time to discuss Sophons, wallfacers, and whether the creators of ‘Game of Thrones’ have made another hit
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Everything You Need to Watch on Streaming
It’s time to brush up on your quantum physics with ‘3 Body Problem’ and your Japanese history with ‘Shogun.’ But if you need a break, we’ve also got some less … academic options in our top 10.
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Anthony Edwards and the Mindless Quest to Find the “Next Jordan”
Are we really doing this again? Have we not learned our lesson? Yes, Edwards might look and fly like Mike, but we should know better than to compare him to the GOAT.
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Winners and Losers of the NCAA Tournament’s First Round
The first two days of March Madness included legendary performances from Oakland’s Jack Gohlke and Iowa State’s Audi Crooks, a host of upset wins by mid-majors, and another flop from John Calipari and Kentucky. Here are the winners and losers of the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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Are There Too Many Player Podcasts?
Wos also talks about the Nuggets’ surge since the All-Star break, Anthony Edwards’s big dunk, and an amazing jersey swap
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Unpacking the Mind-Bending Virtual Reality Game in ‘3 Body Problem’
The world inside that headset is hilarious, deranged, and actually full of answers
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The Caitlin Clark Phenomenon
All eyes are on college basketball’s biggest star as March Madness tips off. Is the Iowa Hawkeyes legend having a moment or leading a movement?
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Are the Lakers Fated for the Play-In?
Last night’s loss to Sacramento had major implications for the Western Conference standings. Did it doom the Lakers? Check out The Ringer’s Odds Machine for updated playoff projections.
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Is This the Best Movie of 2024 So Far?
Radu Jude’s ‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’ won’t take the box office by storm, but it still stands out for its incisive dark comedy, subtle acting, and extraordinary choreography
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The ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Trailers Show Greens Vs. Blacks—and a Forthcoming War
The ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff will premiere its second season on June 16. And while the new episodes will feature plenty of Alicent and Rhaenyra, they’ll also showcase a wider Westeros world.
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‘X-Men ’97’ Bridges the X-Men’s Past and Future
The Disney+ sequel to 1990s favorite ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ blends the familiar and modern in a tasty appetizer to the X-Men’s MCU main course
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Breaking Down Wemby’s DPOY Case and the NBA’s Most (and Least) Consistent Stars
Plus, are the Lakers and Warriors just destined to meet in the 9 vs. 10 play-in game? That and more in this week’s Kram Session.
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‘3 Body Problem’ Is Too Unapologetically Weird to Fail
What happens in ‘3 Body Problem’—or why the books it’s based on became so popular to begin with—doesn’t make sense. All that matters is that the ‘Game of Thrones’ guys are doing astrophysics and aliens on TV.
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What Happens to Harlem When It’s White?
A century after the Renaissance, Harlem as we once knew it is dying a slow, strange death
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Sydney Sweeney Is More Than Meets the Eye
It’s always been reductive to diminish Sweeney to the most salacious elements of her TV roles, but the actress is making interesting career choices as she ventures more into film, including her latest horror project, ‘Immaculate’
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The 2023-24 NBA Rookie Rankings: Wemby Stays on Top, Memphis Finds Another Gem
Plus, updates on Brandin Podziemski, Amen Thompson, and the arrival of Vasilije Micic
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Marvin Harrison Jr. Vs. Malik Nabers: Who’s WR1 in This Draft?
Two pass catchers stand out above the rest of the class. Ben Solak goes to their college tape to break down their strengths, weaknesses, and who he’s taking if he’s on the clock.
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Alperen Sengun’s Injury Hasn’t Grounded the Houston Rockets
Losing your star center usually spells doom for your season. But the Rockets are finding some silver linings—and maybe some other future stars—without Sengun in the middle.
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The Top 70 Players in the NFL Draft
Is Spencer Rattler a sleeper quarterback prospect? And which running backs are worthy of Day 2 picks? Our Big Board has the answers.
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Predicting the Breakout Heroes of the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tournament
Nine potential Davids who could slay Goliath and solidify their place as March Madness legends
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MLB’s Opening Series Is a Matchup Between Two Extraordinary Teams
The Dodgers have pop; the Padres have shortstops. Both could make major league history this season.