opinion
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
Although not feasible now with cases spiking, epidemiologists believe the NBA team—and its owner, Joe Lacob—has provided a sound model for when live events are ready to resume.
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT
The 31-year-old journeyman went unrecruited out of high school and has had to defy expectations at every turn. Now, he’s reached his first NBA Finals.
opinion
CRYING FOUL
Bodycam footage reveals that it was the white police officer who shoved the Black NBA executive—twice—for the crime of trying to celebrate his team’s championship.
ON THE INSIDE
The ESPN docuseries presents viewers with two very different, competing versions of His Airness.
opinion
ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS, BABY
The NBA has approved a plan for the league to return July 31, with teams living and playing games in an Orlando complex. Billionaires’ preferential treatment truly knows no bounds.
BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS
These are strange times we’re living in.
opinion
IGNORANCE IS BLISS
The NFL legend—and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback—opened up to Howard Stern this week about race (“I never saw race”) and his “pal” Trump. It wasn’t pretty.
RANGE LIFE
The new Nintendo Switch title “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” is the soothing, low-stakes video game that’s helping many people get through the COVID-19 pandemic.
opinion
GIVING BACK
The NBA’s reigning MVP donated $100,000 to help pay for arena workers’ salaries during the coronavirus pandemic. Too bad many of the league’s ultrarich owners can’t follow suit.
opinion
A KERNEL OF TRUTH
The president said the quiet part loud, as is his wont.
