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Across the table, over the internet

A surprising amount of racing and video games. Dispatches Vol. 13 (June 2025)

Jul 7 •

More ornithopters, please.

Dispatches including really, really tall friends, art x racing, Ecuadorian World Cup qualification, undefeated Tigers, WNBA gentrification and a…

Jun 6 •

A basketball, poetry & journalism experiment

A duplex made from two books and a press conference.

May 13 •

Treble watch 2025

🏆🏆❓: American college basketball 🤝 European club football

Mar 27 •

Ilona Maher is no imposter (and other Of the Years)

The best championship stories from 2024.

Mar 15 •

'I got to see Messi score a header.': Dispatches, Vol. 9 (November & December 2024)

From Game 3 in Miami. From the return of the golden goal. From a surprising female coaching first. From the changing Thanksgiving basketball menu. From…

Jan 6 •

Banda-monium. Marta's mom. Cignetti's wink.

Plus more from the weekend's championship-caliber action.

Nov 26, 2024 •

Have a championship caliber weekend

Will Orlando finish the best NWSL season with a double? What story are the Hoosiers in? Are two SoCal games a preview of the Final Four in Tampa?

Nov 23, 2024 •

31 ideas, blue October, Series of the Year?: Dispatches, Vol. 8 (October 2024)

From my Inktober notebook. From an entry into baseball lore. From the best series of the year. From you. From the past ten months.

Nov 12, 2024 •

'Living and dying with the shots you think you should take.': Dispatches, Vol. 7 (August & September 2024)

From Steph Curry's special 2:49. From the office of the CEO of Gymnastics. From four stands in Paris. From the results of the White Sox Win Donation…

Oct 6, 2024 •

Dispatches, Vol. 4 (April 2024)

From the baseline of an Elite Eight game. From the baddest 21 seconds. And trophies in ⚽🏒🤸🏼‍♀️🏌🏼‍♂️🏀➗

May 11, 2024 •

'I should've picked UConn.': 2024 March Madness Bracket Recap

👍🏼Duquesne, GCU & NC State. 😔Iowa State & Purdue. 😐Kansas. 🏆🏆UConn.

Apr 15, 2024 •

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