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    The Case Against Instant Replay — All Instant ReplayThe technology was supposed to make sports simpler. Instead, it’s become something else to argue about.
    By Will Leitch
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    Roger Goodell Is the Prototypical Trump EnablerThe NFL commissioner, an empty suit staring into the middle distance, just keeps making everything worse for everyone.
    By Will Leitch
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    The NBA Has Never Had More Soap Opera and Rivalry – and It’s FantasticWith the championship matchup all but decided, player beefs keep basketball thrilling.
    By Will Leitch
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    Snapchat Is Turning Its Map Into an Interactive Egg HuntThe game is only available this weekend.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Baseball’s Very Tepid Offseason Is Finally OverWhy was there so much less free-agent activity this year? Moneyball.
    By Will Leitch
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    How Do You Watch the Olympics in the Shadow of Nuclear Apocalypse?If you thought Putin’s 2014 Games were scary, wait until you put an Olympic Games less than 50 miles from the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
    By Will Leitch
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    Is This the End of the NFL?Just a few years ago, it was an unassailable empire. Now, suddenly, it’s the fall of Rome.
    By Will Leitch
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    Tabagotchi Makes Productivity CuterThe most frustrating ’90s game is reformed as a productivity tool.
    By Kari Sonde
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    It Seems Like Sports Can’t Sink Lower Than Mayweather-McGregor. But Just Wait.When you have nothing to sell, sell the racism, sell the hate.
    By Will Leitch
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    Injury Was Inevitable for Noah SyndergaardBaseball asks the impossible of pitchers like him.
    By Will Leitch
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    21 Smartphone Games Perfect for Your CommuteMake that subway ride just fly by.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    Did Nintendo Solve a Problem Plaguing the Gaming Industry?The Switch might be a failure — but its modular controller system won’t be.
    By Brian Feldman
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    Spot What’s Wrong: Donald Trump Jr. Tweet Compares Syrian Refugees to SkittlesHint: It’s mathematically incorrect, grammatically incorrect, and offensive on multiple levels.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Can a Game Convince You to Finally Finish The Power Broker?Robert Moses is back! In card-game form.
    By Jake Swearingen
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    By Staying Silent, Roger Goodell and the NFL Have Come Out on TopHow the league’s arch-villain beat back a very loud chorus of critics.
    By Will Leitch
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    New York Sports Fans Have Learned to Love the Fire Sale and Embrace LosingFor one season, anyway.
    By Will Leitch
  17. There Are Some Very Unsettling Things Happening on Pokémon Go So FarIncluding robberies, dead bodies, and the loss of jobs.
    By Adam Banicki and Cait Munro
  18. Pokémon Is Back As an Augmented-Reality Game for People With Zero ShameBe prepared to do some awkward stuff in public if you wanna catch ‘em all.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
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    ESPN’s Eight-Hour O.J. Documentary Is a MasterpieceO.J.: Made in America is going to blow your mind.
    By Will Leitch
  20. These Massive Dice Have 120 SidesConsider this the next time you bet with some shady six-sider.
    By Eva Hill and Cait Munro
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    The Mets and Cubs Are League Favorites. Could This Possibly Be Real?It’s opening day and the Mets and Cubs are league favorites, hard as that is to believe.
    By Will Leitch
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    In the Future of Sports Fandom, State Lines Mean NothingThe St. Louis Rams are decamping for Los Angeles. Who cares?
    By Will Leitch
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    What the Jets, Knicks, and Mets Have to Teach Us About FandomWith their newfound prudence, they’re teaching us what’s so great about being just okay.
    By Will Leitch
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    Michele Roberts, the Hero of Progressive Sports“My past is littered with the bones of men who were foolish enough to think I was someone they could sleep on.”
    By Will Leitch
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    Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the GameThe former Bear Stearns CEO might not have been so cocky if he hadn’t succeeded at bridge.
    By Jessica Pressler
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    Experience Your Own Miracle on the HudsonA new iPhone app allows players to simulate Captain Sullenberger’s heroic moves.
    By Chris Rovzar