The Dodger superstar’s interpreter was fired for illegal betting, raising questions about baseball’s gambling connections and Ohtani’s involvement.| Intelligencer
Sports execs’ latest brilliant idea: Get rid of the Cinderella teams that make the tournament so great.| Intelligencer
A French Open final for the ages promises many more delights ahead.| Intelligencer
The podcaster’s obsession with Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson’s relationship is exasperating critics, but he’s not mad about the publicity.| Intelligencer
A landmark settlement aims for reform but will merely push big money into the shadows.| Intelligencer
What makes him so special as a baseball player is exactly why it’s unlikely he’ll be able to keep doing it for much longer.| Intelligencer
Lately, Democrats are rushing to promote more legalized gambling in their campaigns with no apparent regard for manufacturing a generation of addicts.| Intelligencer
Nobody saw that one coming!| Intelligencer
Some of the numbers are good, but the feelings are bad.| Intelligencer
Amid Democratic warring over Schumer’s decision not to block it, the GOP stopgap bill was passed by the Senate 54-46.| Intelligencer
How do you get magazines and newspapers to suddenly start using a brand-new symbol?| Intelligencer
Joe Biden was the anti-frailty president.| Intelligencer
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.| Intelligencer
He’s a multi-billionaire now, but back in the ’80s, Sir James Dyson was just a guy with a good idea and a vacuum he couldn’t sell.| The Vindicated
A thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.| Intelligencer
The company is putting chatbots everywhere so you don’t go anywhere.| Intelligencer
The new bot-generated content is ominous for digital publishers. But the search giant might have a reason to pull back.| Intelligencer
The former president’s stunning reversal on the Chinese-owned app.| Intelligencer
The liberal campaign against involuntary care went too far.| Intelligencer
Four of its well-known instructors are leaving amid “contract negotiations,” while its C-suite is dumping stock and debts pile up.| Intelligencer
Backed by Reid Hoffman, the centrist polling firm Blueprint picks a big fight in the Democratic Party: It needs to move right to win.| Intelligencer
The president’s mental decline was like a dark family secret for many elite supporters.| Intelligencer
The company is still trying to make good on a vision of a personal assistant offered in 2011.| Intelligencer
What do we make of a boy like Thomas?| New York Magazine
The fight to save America’s iconic tree has become a civil war.| Intelligencer
Major League Baseball desperately wants this all to go away, but it must answer a series of uncomfortable questions.| Intelligencer
How the most promising leftist of her generation lost her political identity.| Intelligencer
The 25-year-old Air Force servicemember shouted “Free Palestine” as he burned to death in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.| Intelligencer
All-purpose chatbots have an impossible job.| Intelligencer
Bonkers spending on food, travel, and salaries couldn’t save a 2013-era idea in a 2024 world.| Intelligencer
If the mainstream media will not host a diversity of opinion, then the nonmainstream needs to pick up the slack. That’s what I’ll be doing next.| New York Magazine
The media company borrowed a lot of money to grow. Now the bill is coming due.| Intelligencer
A lack of transparency into donations has led to friction and mistrust among activists.| Intelligencer
It’s the latest academic craze, and in practice it veers far from principles of liberal democracy.| Intelligencer
The media bet its future on Facebook. Did it learn from that mistake?| Intelligencer