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The original goal was to pick a winning bidder by Opening Day, which is 33 days away. Now that Justin Ishbia has abandoned his bid to buy them to increase his stake in the #WhiteSox, the #MNTwins are hustling to regroup. "Everything is on the table." www.nytimes.com/athletic/615...

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Dr. Ellen Hendriksen's first book, How to Be Yourself, was an excellent look at dealing with social anxiety; her second, How to Be Enough, tackles perfectionism in its many forms. My review: bit.ly/3D1oGop

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Aaron Boone said Chase Hampton underwent Tommy John surgery today. Brutal blow for the Yankees’ No. 2 pitching prospect.

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BREAKING: ESPN and MLB are no longer national TV partners after this season. They "mutually agreed" to opt out of the final 3 years of their deal, per a letter obtained by The Athletic. www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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Klawchat today at 1 pm ET: bit.ly/3EOD2ce

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Chancellor Crystal Hines Martin of Hinds County, Mississippi has issued a prior restraint order so ludicrously unconstitutional it’s only consistent with deliberate misconduct or abject ignorance of the relevant law. Disgraceful and lawless. /1

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of course it’s Philly

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Mike Leigh's SECRETS AND LIES was one of my favorite films of the 1990s; he reunited with one of its stars, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, for last year's HARD TRUTHS, another tremendous work of character-driven storytelling. My review: bit.ly/4b5Q6Ga

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a functioning opposition party would have this disabled veteran on every talk show and podcast for weeks

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Sofia Samatar's debut novel A Stranger in Olondria (2013) came highly recommended by N.K. Jemisin, and more than lived up to the praise of its lyrical prose and deep character development. My review: bit.ly/4k1mtd8

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my scouting notebook from this past weekend's Shriners College Classic, featuring potential first-rounders Cam Cannarella, Max Belyeu, Nolan Schubart, Brendan Summerhill, and more, is now up for subscribers to @theathletic.bsky.social: nyti.ms/3X7QcY3

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The Oscars to the Catholic Church when Conclave wins Best Picture and Sugarcane wins Best Documentary

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the weekly link roundups resume with stories on RFK Jr's embrace of antivaccine lies, the gutting of the NIH/NSF, MI5 protecting a serial abuser, a profile of Rep. Sarah McBride, outbreaks of measles/pertussis/Ebola, a death from chiropractic 'treatment,' Tesla, & more: bit.ly/3EJjZAg

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-0.6/-0.9 WAR last year. How can he be your starting 1b if you’re trying to contend?

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Texas is ostensibly the home team here and they’ve spelled Max Belyeu’s name wrong in both games so far, in different ways (Belyeo, Belyue)

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Giants put Luciano in the OF five years after the rest of the free world said he needed to move there

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An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies Gift link to share far & wide www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

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