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The Creator Of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong
“Garfield was at war with his own game and the industry that was erupting around it almost as soon as ‘Magic’ released.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we are featuring stories from Robert Sanchez, Amos Barshad, Mark Dent, Zoya Teirstein, and Caity Weaver.
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Ride Sounds
“Going deaf changed my relationship with cycling, even after I regained my hearing.”
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Bonefishing Off Bimini With Bobby Knight
“In 2015, I spent an intense, hilarious, and occasionally challenging week in the Bahamas with the legendary Hoosiers basketball coach, who more than lived up to his reputation.”
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How ‘Sex and the City’ Sent Me Down a Fake Baseball Rabbit Hole
“Lots of shows and movies include snippets of fake sports broadcasts as background noise. Yet this one had sounded conspicuously real. Instead of simply rattling off a score, the broadcast had included just the right level of specificity, all the textured banality of a random at bat. There seemed to be a whole booth involved […]
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The Man Who Broke Bowling
“For nearly every other bowling mortal, the idea of a comeback would have been an exercise in self-delusion. But Belmonte, 39, has never conformed to expectations.”
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The Dark Heart of Modern Chess
“Chess has never been more popular, but its ugly side has also never been more exposed.”
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This Is the Hometown of San Francisco’s Drug Dealers
“A housing boom in one area of Honduras, rooted in migration to the U.S., is being fueled by drug sales in San Francisco.”
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How Chess.com Became ‘the Wild West of the Streaming World’
“While much of the e-sports industry struggles after billions in investments, Chess.com has gone in the opposite direction.”
