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Books, Current Events, History, Nonfiction, Story

Above It All: How the Court Got So Supreme

by Longreads September 6, 2018October 19, 2022

Secrecy and speechifying, collegiality and hierarchy, exceptionalism and opulence on the Supreme Court.

Arts & Culture, Culture, Current Events, Story

Listening for a Way Out

by Niya Marie August 9, 2018October 19, 2022

Growing up, Niya Marie sought refuge in Whitney Houston’s ethereal notes; as an adult, Marie found recognition in her silences.

Team Plagiarizes Golden State Warriors. Team Is Undefeated.

by Matt Giles March 2, 2017October 19, 2022

Perennial junior college basketball power South Plains college finished the 2015-16 season with a 21-9 record—too uneven for head coach Steve Green. As Scott Cacciola details in this exhaustively thorough piece about SPC, which is undefeated and about to begin its path to ‘Hutch’ (shorthand for Hutchinson, Kansas, where the juco national title game is held every […]

Blog Post, Nonfiction, Sports

The NBA’s Great Positionless Shift

by Matt Giles September 1, 2017October 19, 2022

Royce White’s skillset was tailor-made for the current NBA. Why he isn’t playing in the league is a shame.

Books, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story

The Targeting and Killing of a Helmandi Combatant

by Nick McDonell October 1, 2018October 19, 2022

I interviewed everyone present in the tactical operations center during a routine airstrike in Helmand Province. Without exception they believe themselves to be doing the right thing.

The (Still) Awesome Life of Dick Vitale

by Matt Giles April 3, 2017October 19, 2022

It’s impossible to escape Dick Vitale, the original ESPN personality and longtime mensch of college basketball, but at age 77, and after watching countless friends retire from the broadcast booth, The Ringer’s Bryan Curtis tries to answer the question of what continues to push Vitale?