3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1976+ words) “The work was hard then,” he tells me. “The work is hard now.” Like both Ellison and Toni Morrison before him, Whitehead was pressed into renown as a kind of race whisperer. It is not a perch, the novelist says,…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (669+ words) Inefficiency, in and of itself, at this stage of play isn’t all that meaningful. Actually, the inefficiency is kind of the point. The featured portion of the player pool consists of young men just weeks removed from fulfilling a childhood…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (589+ words) With the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade all but officially in our rearview mirror and the 2026 NBA draft complete, it’s time to look ahead at a fascinating offseason. Here are seven questions worth keeping an eye on over the next couple of…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1424+ words) The Knicks are NBA champions (!!!) and the last time that happened, I was negative-10 years old. At this rate, the next Knicks championship ought to be penciled in for 2079, at which point I’ll be turning 96. This opportunity might, mathematically speaking,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (271+ words) What would happen if, for one night, all the rules and norms that govern society went out the window? Star Trek asked the question back in 1967. The Purge updated the premise for modern times in 2013. But Saturday night in New…...