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  1. sports
    Move Over, Kyrie, It’s Ben Simmons Drama TimeAfter Simmons was suspended for a game, his teammate Joel Embiid said, “At the end of the day, our job is not to babysit somebody.”
    By Nia Prater
  2. games
    The NBA Would Like You to Stop Talking About Kyrie IrvingThe league is now a culture-war lightning rod, even as its on-court product dazzles.
    By Will Leitch
  3. fraud
    18 Former NBA Players Charged in $3.9 Million Health-Care ScamSebastian Telfair, Glen “Big Baby” Davis, and Tony Allen were among those charged with conspiracy to commit health-care fraud.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. covid vaccine
    What NBA Players Owe Each OtherThe emphasis on individual choice among vaccine skeptics points to a larger problem with the NBA’s politics.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. sports
    De Blasio Weighs In on the Kyrie Irving Vaccine SagaThe Nets guard’s plea for people to respect his privacy appears to be going ignored.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. games
    Kyrie Irving and the Downside of Player EmpowermentAnti-vaxxers are testing the NBA’s unique egalitarian approach to its stars.
    By Will Leitch
  7. games
    This Was the Biggest Challenge of Kevin Durant’s CareerMaybe he can quiet some of the haters after almost single-handedly defeating the Bucks in Game Five.
    By Will Leitch
  8. games
    Fans’ Bad Behavior Isn’t New. The Outrage Over It Is.Players have been complaining about how they’re treated by fans for years, and now they’re finally being heard.
    By Will Leitch
  9. games
    The Extremely Welcome, Slightly Jarring Return of Sports CrowdsWith screaming fanatics back in the mix, games are no longer a pale imitation of themselves.
    By Will Leitch
  10. games
    The Dynamic NBA’s Future So BrightAs the playoffs begin, the league looks to be on solid ground — despite the political haters.
    By Will Leitch
  11. games
    Kevin Durant Needs to Win It AllIt’s the only way his big move to Brooklyn will truly pay off.
    By Will Leitch
  12. games
    The Knicks’ Revolutionary CompetenceIn what feels like a miracle, the perpetually embarrassing squad is showing signs of life.
    By Will Leitch
  13. games
    Sports Have Been a Shadow of Themselves Without FansThe wisdom of bringing spectators back right now is debatable. But there’s no arguing how much they’ve been missed.
    By Will Leitch
  14. games
    How Sports Leagues Are Gearing Up for Another Weird SeasonEveryone is hoping for vaccine-enabled normalcy in 2021, but some sports are better positioned than others to wait things out.
    By Will Leitch
  15. games
    Why Are Pandemic Sports Ratings So Terrible?Some theories on why viewers have unexpectedly turned away in droves.
    By Will Leitch
  16. games
    LeBron James Is Now at the Center of EverythingStill dominant on the court, he has fully embraced his role as sports’ moral conscience as he vies for another title.
    By Will Leitch
  17. games
    Sports Pulled Off a Miracle in 2020. Now What About 2021?The pandemic isn’t going anywhere, but leagues can’t afford another season with no fans.
    By Will Leitch
  18. games
    If Athletes Want to Force Real Change, They Need to Stop PlayingSocial-justice momentum in the NBA and NFL is already stalling. Radical action is needed.
    By Will Leitch
  19. labor
    NBA Playoffs to Resume, New Social Justice Initiatives AnnouncedGames will resume on Saturday, team arenas will be converted into polling locations this fall, and a new social justice coalition has been formed.
    By Sarah Jones and Chas Danner
  20. jacob blake
    How the Police Radicalized the ‘NBA Bubble’Our policing culture is so brutal that NBA stars were driven to break their labor contract and buck expectations that success would buy their silence.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. jacob blake
    The NBA Strike Is Jarring. That’s the Point.A work stoppage was a completely reasonable — and courageous — reaction to the chaos going on outside basketball’s bubble.
    By Will Leitch
  22. games
    The U.S. Government Could Learn a Lot From the NBASports are one of the few American institutions getting the pandemic right.
    By Will Leitch
  23. games
    The Washington Football Team Is Finally Changing Its Name. Who’s Next?The worst moniker in sports is no more. It may soon have company.
    By Will Leitch
  24. coronavirus
    When (and How) Sports Are Returning Amid the COVID-19 PandemicIn the next few weeks, the MLB, NBA, and NHL will start playing again — but they’ll look wildly different.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  25. coronavirus
    The NBA Will Reportedly Return on July 31Only 22 teams will be invited to continue the NBA season. The Knicks aren’t one of them.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. games
    Sports Have Never Felt More Meaningless Than Right NowTheir return won’t do anything to make our troubled moment feel any more normal.
    By Will Leitch
  27. games
    Outraged by Crowded Pool Parties? Just Wait Until Sports Come Back.Fans will show up in droves even if they’re not allowed inside stadiums.
    By Will Leitch
  28. pivot
    The Brilliance of Disney Hosting Professional SportsKara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss why the company is so well-positioned to get the NBA and others moving again.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  29. games
    It’s Probably Not Safe for Sports to Come Back. That May Not Matter.Both executives and fans have shown before that they’ll put entertainment over player safety.
    By Will Leitch
  30. games
    The Big Questions Sports Leagues Have to Answer Before They ReopenA big one: What happens if a player tests positive for coronavirus in the middle of the season?
    By Will Leitch
  31. games
    When Your Favorite Sport Might Be Coming BackSlowly but surely, the big American leagues are planning their returns.
    By Will Leitch
  32. games
    How Desperate Are Sports Leagues Right Now? This Desperate.You know it’s bad when we’ve reached the “playing in a biodome” phase of discussion.
    By Will Leitch
  33. games
    How Screwed Is Your Favorite Sport’s Season?A survey of the damage coronavirus has wrought among the NFL (fine so far), NBA (up in the air), and other major leagues.
    By Will Leitch
  34. coronavirus
    Most U.S. Sports Leagues Have Suspended Their Seasons Due to CoronavirusThe NHL, MLB, MLS, and NBA are all either suspending or canceling play due to the coronavirus pandemic.
    By Chas Danner
  35. games
    Sports Are Usually a Great Escape. Not This Time.Their meaninglessness — the reason they’re so important in moments of crisis — is precisely why they have to be shut down.
    By Will Leitch
  36. coronavirus
    The Night the Coronavirus Broke Through to the American ConsciousnessThe NBA’s suspension, a celebrity patient, and Trump’s speech packed with misinformation may have just changed the way Americans think about COVID-19.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. book excerpt
    The Night Stephen Curry Burned Down the GardenThe greatest shooter on the planet was on a hot streak, and basketball would never be the same.
    By Ben Cohen
  38. games
    The American Sports World Is Dragging Its Feet on CoronavirusAs the rest of society reckons with sweeping changes brought on by the disease, the NBA and other leagues are doing very little.
    By Will Leitch
  39. sports
    The Most Famous High School Basketball Team in the WorldThe children of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade play for the same L.A. prep school — and they’re not the only future first-round picks.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  40. aviation
    How Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter May Have CrashedLow visibility due to clouds and fog and rugged, rising terrain have killed many helicopter pilots in similar conditions over the years.
    By Jeff Wise
  41. games
    The End of an Era in College BasketballNCAA basketball used to be a place where fans could see future NBA stars. No longer.
    By Will Leitch
  42. games
    The Ugly Efficiency of Modern SportsTeams are smarter than ever, but it hasn’t made sports more fun to watch. Is there a way out?
    By Will Leitch
  43. social science
    Taking the Right Lessons From Dion Waiters’s Weed Panic AttackThe Twitter jokes were fine, but there’s something serious going on here too.
    By Jesse Singal
  44. games
    LeBron Turns Out to Be Just Another EmployeeThe NBA star’s response to the China controversy demonstrates his limits.
    By Will Leitch
  45. geopolitics
    LeBron James Was Disappointing on China. Expect More of the Same.James’s answer on Daryl Morey’s tweet was not the statement we might have hoped for. But it is the kind of statement we should start to expect.
    By Max Read
  46. nba
    The NBA Is Making Its China Problem WorseBy throwing out protesting fans and shutting down questions from reporters, the league is making sure the issue doesn’t go away.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. the top line
    Can the NBA Split Chinese Consumers From the Chinese Government?We are about to learn whether American firms have more power in our economic relationship with China than we realized.
    By Josh Barro
  48. the cost of doing business
    Marco Rubio ‘Disgusted’ by NBA Deference to China. He Should Feel Right at Home.The senator regularly decries autocrats abroad while declining to fight them at home.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  49. games
    The NBA’s China Posture Is Indefensible. It’s Also Inevitable.Because the league’s players are all in business there, a backlash to the backlash isn’t going to happen, either.
    By Will Leitch
  50. global politics
    The NBA–Hong Kong Controversy Suggests History Isn’t Ending How We’d PlannedEconomic integration was supposed to bring democracy to China. Instead, it’s brought Chinese state censorship to corporate America.
    By Eric Levitz
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