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By Jake Kring-Schreifels Play Filed under: Video ‘The Restart’: How Bradley Beal Became a Superstar and Why He Opted Out of the NBA’s Bubble Plus, a look at the players in Orlando who will be the biggest targets of tampering By Kevin O'Connor Filed under: Movies ‘Point Break’ Is the Silliest Classic Ever Made By Manuela Lazic Filed under: Media Alt-Weeklies Face Total Annihilation. But They’re Thriving in the Chaos. By Rob Harvilla Filed under: MLB A New MLB Rule Is Eliminating One of the Game’s Beautiful Quirks By Ben Lindbergh Filed under: NBA Resetting the NBA’s Essential Questions Heading Into Bubble Basketball By Rob Mahoney Filed under: NBA Can Paul George Reward Kawhi and the Clippers’ Faith? By Jonathan Tjarks Filed under: TV ‘Total Madness’ Recap: ‘The Challenge’ Got Its Mojo Back By Andrew Gruttadaro Filed under: Movies Ranking the Best Seven Action Scenes In ‘Point Break’ By Miles Surrey Filed under: Movies Tom Hanks’s Charisma Can’t Be Torpedoed, Even in a Film Like ‘Greyhound’ By Ben Lindbergh Podcast Network Sports. Pop Culture. Podcasts. All Podcasts The NBA’s Risky Restart and Quibi’s Struggles, With Shams Charania and Matthew Belloni How the Orlando bubble could impact the 2021 salary cap By Bill Simmons Jul 8, 2020, 12:11am EDT ‘Swingers’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan Bill, Sean, and Chris revisit the 1996 classic ‘Swingers’ By Bill Simmons , Sean Fennessey , and 1 more Jul 9, 2020, 12:21am EDT The Things You Forgot About the NBA, With Kevin O’Connor. Plus ‘High Town’ Creator Rebecca Cutter: From Pilot to Production. Plus, Ryen answers a listener-submitted ‘Life Advice’ question By Ryen Russillo Jul 9, 2020, 3:05pm EDT MLS’s Weird Return, Rangnick to Milan, Managerial Sartorial Choices, and More in the Mailbag Plus, Musa and Ryan take a question on how the NWSL compares to leagues in Europe, and explore whether the next NWSL CBA may allow USWNT players to play in Europe By Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn Jul 9, 2020, 11:16am EDT #AskDave, Vol. 2 Dave is joined by Chris Ying to answer questions sent in by listeners By The Dave Chang Show Jul 9, 2020, 9:14am EDT All Podcasts The Latest Sports Pop Culture Tech Filed under: NBA The Wizards’ Sidekick Has Become the Star. But Can the Former Star Become the Sidekick? Bradley Beal will sit out the NBA’s restart, but a big question for him and the Wizards looms next season: Now that Beal has become the centerpiece in Washington, D.C., can John Wall play off Beal as well as Beal once played off Wall? By Kevin O'Connor July 7 Filed under: Movies Andy Samberg Isn’t Reinventing Himself in ‘Palm Springs.’ He Didn’t Need To. In the new film set to debut on Hulu, the former ‘SNL’ star shows off why he’s become a great leading man without changing what he does By Rob Harvilla July 8 Filed under: NFL Cam Newton Isn’t the NFL’s Only Injury Returnee Ready to Shake Up 2020 Players who missed nearly all of 2019 could come back to make or break their team’s season. From Ben Roethlisberger to Bradley Chubb, these are the stars to keep an eye on as training camp approaches. By Danny Kelly July 8 Filed under: MLB The 2020 Season Won’t Be the Distraction MLB Hopes The regular season hasn’t yet begun, but after a weekend of botched testing plans, it’s already clear that coronavirus anxiety will permeate every part of the upcoming campaign By Zach Kram July 8 Filed under: TV ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Is Back. Will Viewers Crack the Cases Once Again? A reboot of the creepy, quirky, sometimes campy true-crime classic is now on Netflix. Does it stand up in the age of citizen sleuthing? By Claire McNear July 8 Filed under: NBA The NBA Bubble Is Up and Running, but the Food Situation … Isn’t Ideal Nuggets players posted pictures of their first bubble meals this week, and the photos left a lot to be desired. Plus, players begin to choose the social justice messages they’ll wear on the backs of their jerseys. By Staff July 9 Filed under: Music All of Haim’s Walking Music Videos, Ranked The Los Angeles sisters have become known for their struts. But which video best shows off their walking skills? By Rodger Sherman July 8 Filed under: NBA What NBA Players Are Expecting Ahead of the Season’s Restart As teams prepare to travel to Orlando later this week, players are expressing excitement, frustration, and concern over what they’ll be walking into By Paolo Uggetti July 7 Filed under: NFL The Ripple Effects of Patrick Mahomes’s Massive 10-Year Extension The Chiefs QB is now locked in under the richest contract in sports history. But how will this deal affect short-term negotiations for Dak Prescott and Deshaun Watson—and the long-term market at the position? By Robert Mays July 7 Filed under: Music Nights Forgotten: The Suddenly Unfamiliar Feelings of a Live Album Japandroids’ ‘Massey Fucking Hall’ is a force of nature. It’s also a reminder of a different world. By Justin Sayles July 7 Filed under: Movies The Making and Disappearance of Don DeLillo’s Red Sox–Inspired ‘Game 6’ The novelist’s only screenplay turned the 1986 World Series into a backdrop for an unusual comedy about anxiety, failure, and fandom—but a rough release doomed it to obscurity By Ross Scarano July 6 Filed under: Soccer Extra Substitutions Hint at a Larger Evolution in Soccer Allowing for five substitutes instead of three is a subtle innovation to help European teams play through condensed schedules amid the pandemic. It’s an idea that offers interesting possibilities in the longer term. By Musa Okwonga July 7 Filed under: MLB How MLB’s Unprecedented 2020 Schedule Will Affect the Standings The new slate, released Monday night, creates imbalance across teams and divisions. Here’s what it might mean. By Zach Kram July 7 Filed under: TV We’re Going to Run Out of TV In the early months of the pandemic, television was in a rare position to maintain a modicum of normalcy. But as the shutdown drags on, and as sets remain closed, a drought is upon us. By Alison Herman July 7 Play Filed under: Video ‘Slow News Day’: Patrick Mahomes Signs the Richest Deal in History With Mina Kimes and Nick Wright Reacting to Patrick Mahomes signing a 10-year extension worth $503 million By Kevin Clark July 6 Filed under: Movies The 25 Best Movies of 2020 (So Far) In a year in which cinema has been seemingly shut down, there has still been plenty of great work to see—if you know where to look By Sean Fennessey and Adam Nayman June 30 Video ‘The Restart’: How Bradley Beal Became a ...