Totally Petty | Defector
Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter.On the way to Independence Day weekend,...
Sports
Liberty continue slide, lose at home to Storm
Jul 6, 2025; Brooklyn, New York, USA; Seattle Storm forward Ezi Magbegor (13) shoots the ball while being defended by...
Bobby Jenks Made The Most Of A Short Time
Bring in the big fella, manager Ozzie Guillen pantomimed on his way to the mound in Game 1 of the...
Blue Jays place 2B Andres Gimenez (ankle) on 10-day IL
Jul 1, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Andre Gimenez (0) forces out New York Yankees second...
A Comet From Another Solar System Is On Its Way
Solar systems mostly keep to themselves. What's ours is ours and what's not is not. Stars are simply too far...
Tigers All-Star 2B Gleyber Torres (neck) OK after exiting vs. Guardians
Jul 5, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Detroit Tigers third base coach Joey Cora (56) motions to the dugout for medical...
Like A Bat In The Supermarket
It is probably enough to note that this week's episode of The Distraction, which was recorded last week, is A...
Al Horford Could Be the NBA’s Most Important Free Agent This Summer
Caitlin Clark got hurt. It couldn’t have come at a worse time—for the NBA.Imagine a summer in which your top...
Hanif Kureishi Writes Himself Anew In ‘Shattered’
That Joan Didion line, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," is ubiquitous because like so much of her...
Heavy-home slate for Real Salt Lake begins against St. Louis City
Jun 28, 2025; Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Real Salt Lake midfielder Nelson Palacio (13) kicks the ball during the second...
Your Guide To The 2025 Tour de France
Bonjour et bienvenue! The 2025 Tour de France begins Saturday in Lille. If you want to about read the rhythms...
Nats place RHP Trevor Williams (elbow) on injured list
Jun 24, 2025; San Diego, California, USA; Washington Nationals starting pitcher Trevor Williams (32) throws a pitch during the first...
A Mall I Loved Is Going Pitch Black
The vote looked like a funeral. Residents showed up to the council meeting dressed in black, carrying prop tombstones. One...
President Trump: UFC card coming to White House in ’26
President Donald Trump speaks during the American 250 kickoff event on July 3, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrouds. The...
How Team Tactics Shape The Tour de France, And Vice Versa
In yesterday's story, How To Watch Cycling, I wrote offhand that the Tour de France was "poker on two wheels."...
