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Nikolaj Ehlers Rewrote The Hurricanes' Old Script
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (838+ words) The Carolina Hurricanes have long known what they've been missing: a dynamite top-line presence (or two) who could force a breakthrough with sheer skill when the team's fundamentally sound play wasn't doing enough to give them an advantage late in…...
Shocker: Jaxson Dart Is A Trump Guy
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (665+ words) It will comfort New York Giants fans not at all to learn that quarterback Jaxson Dart did not chitter like a raccoon, or bark like a walrus, or vocalize in the manner of any other wild creature, when reached on…...
The Cavs Created The Conditions For A Josh Hart Game
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (673+ words) Defector The Cavs Created The Conditions For A Josh Hart Game 1: 14 PM EDT on May 22, 2026 What is Josh Hart? If you had never watched his tenure with the New York Knicks and had to reconstruct the player from box scores,…...
How The U. S. Military Rots American Masculinity
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (339+ words) 12: 02 PM EDT on May 22, 2026 There were foundational ideas laid out during the Revolutionary War, and you can trace our current iteration of the soldier archetype to many of those ideas. Things have become a lot darker since then. There's a…...
What If The Canadiens Are Just This Good?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (257+ words) It took only 33 seconds to safely write off the Montreal Canadiens as just another quaint overachiever, the kind of humorously game yet clinically overmatched entrant that has filled out nearly every conference final field since the National Hockey League decided…...
Foolish Humans! Gulls Are Not So Gullible After All
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (213+ words) 11: 35 AM EDT on May 22, 2026 Bobby is a device called a "looming eyes buoy," which scientists invented to exploit the idea that a conspicuous pair of eyes is likely to deter birds by triggering a collision-risk signal in their brains. The…...
Oh No! Outfielders Have Forgotten How To Play Defense!
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (194+ words) 10: 13 AM EDT on May 22, 2026 Now, Carroll is extremely fast. You would imagine most players wouldn't ever try to go to third on that play, and you can think of the home run as a reward for his hustle. Also, in…...
The Tampa Bay Rays Are Still Flourishing, And Still Invisible
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1003+ words) Defector The Tampa Bay Rays Are Still Flourishing, And Still Invisible 9: 49 AM EDT on May 22, 2026 ESPN will still on occasion tear itself away from the subjects and sports leagues with which it shares bed space, and so it was with…...
You Don't Know Alysa Liu's Power Until You See It In Person
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1497+ words) Defector You Don't Know Alysa Liu's Power Until You See It In Person 9: 05 AM EDT on May 22, 2026 ANAHEIM, California'There is no fandom quite like the fandom of teenage girls. It is powerful and pure, untainted by the burdensome knowledge of…...
The Dallas Wings Can Find A Bucket Anywhere
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (684+ words) It's great how little you have to think about Paige Bueckers. This isn't the same as not caring about her. The scads of cheers she gets during player intros, even on the road, are proof that she's cared about very…...