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Laura Wagner
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Death To The NCAA
NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes
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Laura Wagner
June 28, 2021
Sports Highlight Of The Day
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This British Guy Woggle-Hopping
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Laura Wagner
June 24, 2021
The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock
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Tennis
Novak Djokovic’s Breakaway Tennis Players Association Is Taking Shape
31
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Laura Wagner
June 24, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Here Is A List Of Weenies Who Work At The New York Times
177
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Laura Wagner
June 4, 2021
Tennis
Naomi Osaka Has Work To Do
179
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Laura Wagner
June 1, 2021
Journalismism
The AP Reaches New Level Of Sleaziness With FanDuel Deal
128
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Laura Wagner
May 25, 2021
Journalismism
It’s Never About Fairness
175
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Laura Wagner
May 21, 2021
NBA
Wizards Complete U-Turn
78
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Laura Wagner
May 16, 2021
Soccer
Spotify Guy Really Wants People To Know He’s Serious About Buying Arsenal
57
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Laura Wagner
May 16, 2021
Media Meltdowns
The Reckoning At The Appeal Was A Long Time Coming
79
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Laura Wagner
May 12, 2021
Senators Week
Senate Committees, Ranked
90
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Laura Wagner
May 5, 2021
Crabfector
You Can Crab
250
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Laura Wagner
April 30, 2021
Soccer
The Sublime Joy Of Bringing Billionaires To Heel
83
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Laura Wagner
April 23, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Chill Out About Masks
309
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Laura Wagner
April 20, 2021
College Basketball
At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up
199
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Laura Wagner
April 6, 2021
Life Lessons
Food-Scented Candles Are An Abomination
147
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Laura Wagner
March 31, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Incoming TNR Editor Lays Out Boring Vision For Magazine In “Depressing” Meeting With Staff
159
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Laura Wagner
March 26, 2021
Capital
How A “Deeply Progressive” Coffee Chain Is Trying To Crush Its Workers’ Union
188
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Laura Wagner
March 25, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Daily News EIC Accidentally Makes Strong Case For Union
77
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Laura Wagner
March 16, 2021
Media Meltdowns
HuffPost Staffers Grill Jonah Peretti Over Layoffs, Diversity
120
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Laura Wagner
March 15, 2021
Journalismism
ESPN Details How Billionaire’s Son Overcame Family’s Wealth And Connections To Become NFL Head Coach
205
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Laura Wagner
March 10, 2021
Media Meltdowns
Jonah Peretti Lays Off 47 HuffPost Staffers In Latest “Bloodbath”
186
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Laura Wagner
March 9, 2021
NBA
Joel Embiid And Ben Simmons Get Out Of Meaningless Obligation
52
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Laura Wagner
March 7, 2021
NFL
Please Revel In The Chaos Of This Beat Writer’s Screenshot
120
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Laura Wagner
March 5, 2021
This Is So Stupid
The Bucks’ Hand Sanitizer Cam Is Very Interactive
84
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Laura Wagner
March 3, 2021
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