The Hidden Game: Uncovering the Business of SportsThe trends that characterise the world of sports — and how business can get in on the game
Five Fits With: Back-to-Back Super Bowl Winner Marquez Valdes-ScantlingThe wide receiver talks football, fashion—and buying an entirely new wardrobe for this column.
Women Pro Athletes Are Joining OnlyFans — but It’s Not All Spicy BusinessPro trail runner, Sabrina Stanley, and cliff diver Ellie Smart are getting honest about their reasons for joining OnlyFans.
2025 NFL Draft: Biggest Winners, Losers of the First RoundFrom the team’s with the best picks, or the one’s that made us scratch our heads, NBC News breaks down the first round of the NFL draft.
How Hamilton Helped Idris, Pitt Bring ‘F1’ Movie to LifeWith real race cars and Lewis Hamilton advising, Damson Idris talks the realism of filming June’s “F1” movie.
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Born in the wrong generationIt’s a bright cloudless day and you’re meeting your beautiful submissive girlfriend for a breakfast date. You’re meeting her at the soda fountain. You’re meeting her at the ice cream parlour. You’re meeting her at the drugstore to share a malted milk.
Canada’s Border Is There for a ReasonOnly a decade ago, U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments on Canada would have read as a deliberate parody of bad Middle East punditry. In his demands for the country’s annexation, Trump has repeatedly called Canada’s border with the United States an “artificial line.
Why China Can’t Win a Trade WarDoes China have some not-so-secret weapons that will help it outlast the U.S. in the trade war? It might seem so. Chinese leaders remind youth that they should learn to endure hardships—“eat bitterness,” as the Chinese say—unlike overweight and lazy Americans.
She’s Young, Trump-Friendly, and Has a White House Press PassThe waitress was pouring tap water. But Natalie Winters was quick to ask for bottled. We were sitting in the back corner of Butterworth’s, a Capitol Hill bistro that has become a destination for friends and supporters of President Trump. Stephen K. Bannon, Ms.
Suspended Falling: A Reading List on WalkingSeven million years ago, maybe more, great apes started walking. We don’t know exactly why, although theories emphasize various evolutionary advantages: energy efficiency, resource transportation, movement versatility, and the ability to scan above the tall savanna grass.
How Metabolism Can Shape Cells’ DestiniesA growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — plays a vital, overlooked role in the first steps of life. Introduction Each of us starts life as a single cell.
What Trump really wants from CanadaMachias Seal Island is a tiny dot on maps of North America. But the uninhabited, fogbound rock is significant for its location in an area known as the "Grey Zone" – the site of a rare international dispute between Canada and the United States.
My Idiot Brother Just Gave My Toddler the Most Disgusting Toy. This Isn’t Funny.Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. My daughter “Peyton” just turned two, and my idiot brother thought it would be funny to get her a plush poop emoji toy that makes fart noises when squeezed as a gift.
Torpedo Bats and the Physics of the Sweet SpotIn any sport, having the best gear can make all the difference. Swimmers want a suit with the minimum possible drag. Specialized running shoes trim off seconds in track and field events. Super grippy gloves in football created a whole genre of circus catches. Well, in baseball we have the bat.