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Giri Nathan
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Tennis
Beware The Fearsome Tennis Child Mirra Andreeva
28
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Giri Nathan
January 19, 2024
This Is So Stupid
Deandre Ayton Could Have Scooted On His Butt
124
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Giri Nathan
January 18, 2024
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Tennis
Iga Swiatek Survived Danielle Collins’s Haymakers
24
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Giri Nathan
January 18, 2024
Tennis
Sumit Nagal Broke A Huge Serve, Is No Longer Broke
47
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 17, 2024
NBA
Isaiah Hartenstein Is New York’s Big Dog Now
49
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 11, 2024
NBA
Ja Morant Is Done For The Season, And So Are The Grizzlies
104
Comments
Giri Nathan
January 9, 2024
This Is So Stupid
The Jalen Williams-Jaylin Williams Power Rankings: A New Contender Rises
22
Comments
Giri Nathan
and
Patrick Redford
December 28, 2023
Year In Review
Presenting The 2023 Shams Charania Award For Excellence In Divulging Of Information Through Syntax Comprehended By Many
237
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 28, 2023
NBA
Report: Zion Williamson’s Contract Is Not Guaranteed For The Last Three Years
74
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 21, 2023
NBA
Ja Morant Returns, Lifts Grizzlies From Muck
40
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 20, 2023
Tennis
Simona Halep Says This Doping Ban Could Be The End Of Her Career
87
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 18, 2023
NBA
Draymond Green Delivers Spinning Backfist, Innovates In The Ejection Space
309
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 13, 2023
NBA
Zion Williamson Shows Signs Of Life After Nationwide Concern For His Conditioning
58
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 12, 2023
Media Meltdowns
Adam Silver Can’t Resist Praising Henry Kissinger On ‘The Pat McAfee Show’
194
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Giri Nathan
December 6, 2023
NBA
The Minor Stakes Of The NBA In-Season Tournament Have Led To Good, Silly Fun
37
Comments
Patrick Redford
and
Giri Nathan
December 6, 2023
NBA
The Pistons Complete Their No-Win November
56
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 1, 2023
Tennis
Some Italy Updates
63
Comments
Giri Nathan
December 1, 2023
NBA
It’s Nothing But Bad News For Devin Booker Haters
55
Comments
Giri Nathan
November 27, 2023
NBA
How Many Different Ways Can James Dolan Tell Us He’s Sick Of This?
96
Comments
Giri Nathan
November 21, 2023
NBA
Enjoy The Visual Tableau Of Chet Holmgren Unsuccessfully Posting Up Chris Paul
38
Comments
Giri Nathan
November 17, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Uncoil Your Neck, Turn Down The Cicadas, And Come Chat About ‘Y/N’ With Us
37
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Patrick Redford
,
Maitreyi Anantharaman
,
Giri Nathan
,
Alex Sujong Laughlin
, and
Kelsey McKinney
November 15, 2023
NBA
Draymond Green Was Looking For Any Reason To Put Rudy Gobert In A Chokehold
187
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Giri Nathan
November 15, 2023
Podcasts
A Stumble Of Keriths, With Kerith Burke
15
Comments
Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
November 14, 2023
Tennis
Iga Swiatek Is Back Where She Started
10
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Giri Nathan
November 8, 2023
Podcasts
Names For Revolutionaries, With Edward Onaci
4
Comments
Giri Nathan
and
Samer Kalaf
November 7, 2023
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