Our normal return date for training camp is quickly approaching and we are still far from back to “normal.” Our main concern is player safety, both in regard to preventing the virus' transmission as well as preventing injuries after…
THE DAY AFTER Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus, triggering the suspension of the NBA season, the Utah Jazz center tried to get in touch with his co-star, Donovan Mitchell. Gobert had just learned that Mitchell was the only other…
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson says he has no hatred toward the Jewish community after posting anti-Semitic messages on social media that he attributed to Adolf Hitler and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Monday night. On…
The New Yorker
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David Roth
– Jul 6, 2020, 10:43 AM
It has become clear, in these last decades of decadence, decline, towering institutional violence, and rampant bad taste, that American life is stuck somewhere inside the Paul Verhoeven cinematic universe. In the bloody, satirical sci-fi films that…
Silver Screen and Roll
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Harrison Faigen
– Jul 6, 2020, 6:54 PM
Depending on one's personal perspective, Magic Johnson either has the best or worst account on NBA Twitter, with almost no in-between. As someone whose name is escaping me once said, Magic tweets like someone who thinks they're the only one with a…