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Apr 26, 2017
This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s May 8 NBA Playoffs Issue. Subscribe today! The digital clock above the door in Pat Riley’s presidential suite counts down the minutes to tip-off.
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Pat Riley’s end game
This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s May 8 NBA Playoffs Issue. Subscribe today! The digital clock above the door in Pat Riley’s presidential suite counts down the minutes to tip-off.
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Apr 26, 2017
Richard Skelhorn assumed, at some point, he’d easily be able to get his hands on an NES Classic. The 34-year-old finance director from Hay River, Canada, was excited about Nintendo’s miniaturized revival of its first industry-defining home console.
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Nintendo’s Baffling Stock Issues Are the Worst Kind of Nostalgia
Richard Skelhorn assumed, at some point, he’d easily be able to get his hands on an NES Classic. The 34-year-old finance director from Hay River, Canada, was excited about Nintendo’s miniaturized revival of its first industry-defining home console.
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Apr 26, 2017
Last May, at the height of the Democratic presidential campaign, two weeks before the California primary, Bernie Sanders flew to San Bernardino, Calif., for a meeting with leading AIDS groups.
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The C.E.O. of H.I.V.
Last May, at the height of the Democratic presidential campaign, two weeks before the California primary, Bernie Sanders flew to San Bernardino, Calif., for a meeting with leading AIDS groups.
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Apr 26, 2017
After a disappointing start to their season, the Portland Trail Blazers caught fire after the All-Star Break.
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The Blazers Are The Real-Life Version Of NBA Jam
After a disappointing start to their season, the Portland Trail Blazers caught fire after the All-Star Break.
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Apr 26, 2017
In the early 1990s, Bill Bradley, the New Jersey senator and former New York Knick, argued several times in front of Congress that legalizing sports betting would dehumanize athletes and lead to the rampant corruption of children. This was no cynical political crusade; Bradley was a true believer.
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Could Legalized Gambling Save Us From the Insufferability of Fantasy Sports?
In the early 1990s, Bill Bradley, the New Jersey senator and former New York Knick, argued several times in front of Congress that legalizing sports betting would dehumanize athletes and lead to the rampant corruption of children. This was no cynical political crusade; Bradley was a true believer.
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Apr 26, 2017
The cab driver wanted to make sure I hadn’t misspoken. “Adidas?” he asked, in a voice that said, Are you sure? The implied alternative being Puma, the other international sportswear company headquartered in the Bavarian village of Herzogenaurach, population about 24,000.
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The Nazi Sibling Rivalry That Divided a Town and Created Modern Sportswear
The cab driver wanted to make sure I hadn’t misspoken. “Adidas?” he asked, in a voice that said, Are you sure? The implied alternative being Puma, the other international sportswear company headquartered in the Bavarian village of Herzogenaurach, population about 24,000.
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Apr 26, 2017
At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts: Days to Reach the Next 100 Million Users. “It’s the only graph in the company that we celebrate when it declines,” Mr.
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Why Instagram Is Becoming Facebook’s Next Facebook
At a recent all-hands meeting with employees, Kevin Systrom, a founder and chief executive of Instagram, showed off one of his favorite charts: Days to Reach the Next 100 Million Users. “It’s the only graph in the company that we celebrate when it declines,” Mr.
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Apr 26, 2017
Sitting six floors up, looking down on London’s rooftops, and the city workers leaving the high rises nearby, I sip a coffee and smoke a joint of Moroccan hash, bought over the counter five minutes ago.
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Inside the UK’s Secret Cannabis Coffee Shops
Sitting six floors up, looking down on London’s rooftops, and the city workers leaving the high rises nearby, I sip a coffee and smoke a joint of Moroccan hash, bought over the counter five minutes ago.
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Apr 26, 2017
Algorithms, concerts, noise: Understanding the new dimensions of sound. ► The science of acoustics has made major progress in recent years. Two examples: the stunning new concert halls in Paris and Hamburg.
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The science of listening
Algorithms, concerts, noise: Understanding the new dimensions of sound. ► The science of acoustics has made major progress in recent years. Two examples: the stunning new concert halls in Paris and Hamburg.
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Apr 26, 2017
Will you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
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How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All
Will you pay more for those shoes before 7 p.m.? Would the price tag be different if you lived in the suburbs? Standard prices and simple discounts are giving way to far more exotic strategies, designed to extract every last dollar from the consumer.
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