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The War over the WNBA. Plus. . .
Tyler Cowen makes the conservative case for a liberal immigration policy. Suzy Weiss on face tattoos. Aaron MacLean investigates whether the tank has a…
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Will the Culture Wars Kill the WNBA?
Caitlin Clark has done for the WNBA what Larry Bird and Magic Johnson did for the NBA. The league is doing its best to squander it.
Joe Nocera
Sophie Cunningham’s Common Sense
When the basketball player said, ‘Young girls in sport shouldn’t have to go against biological men,’ the mainstream media shrugged. How far we’ve come.
Kat Rosenfield
Coleman Hughes: The Case Against Sports Betting
Sports gambling scandals used to be a rarity. But thanks to the new era of frictionless betting they’re becoming commonplace, harming the integrity of…
Coleman Hughes
Tom Brady’s Midlife Crisis
Plus: The real problem with ‘The Odyssey,’ and the parasite discount at Whole Foods.
Suzy Weiss
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How Wikipedia Turned a World Cup Controversy Into an Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory
The referee of the Argentina-Egypt match isn’t Jewish. But when his Wikipedia page was changed to say that he is, an even bigger set of lies about…
Ashley Rindsberg
All the Details on Taylor Swift’s Gaudy Wedding
Plus: Paris Hilton’s quest for rich-kid justice, death doulas, and why Americans don’t care about the World Cup.
Suzy Weiss
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America Is Becoming a Soccer Country
With Trump’s lobbying to reverse a star player’s red card, America is shedding its soft, disinterested approach to the beautiful game.
Josh Kaplan
TGIF: We’ve Got the Gayest Parliament
Socialism is in, learning math is out, rent is frozen, France is melting, the Empire State Building climbers get engaged, and more!
Nellie Bowles
I’m a Female Athlete. The Supreme Court Finally Gave Us the Protection We Need.
When Lia Thomas, a biological male, joined Penn’s women’s swim team, my coaches told me to accept it. The Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender athletes…
Paula Scanlan
The Supreme Court Stands Up for Girls in Sports
Tuesday’s ruling is a victory for fairness, reality, and the girls whom Title IX was meant to protect.
Ilya Shapiro
Dave Portnoy: How I Built Barstool Sports. Plus. . .
Mayim Bialik says she’s politically homeless. Senator Tim Sheehy warns America not to feed the beast that wants to kill us. Carolyn Bessette’s wedding…
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