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A “Seven-Inning” Sportswriter’s Dispatch From Chicago
Getty Images/Ringer illustration In 1968, Jerry Izenberg, a sports columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger, was sent to the Democratic Convention...
Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’
A new book explores how the north London side, its fans and stars such as Paul Davis, Ian Wright and...
Black Arsenal: how the London club earned its place in Black British culture
Artist Eddie Otchere, ex-Arsenal star Ian Wright and the Voice’s sports editor Rodney Hinds reflect on the team’s role in...
The Spoiler-Filled Book Reader Debriefing About ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2
Getty Images/HBO/Ringer illustration Two of The Ringer’s ‘Fire & Blood’ scholars review what went right and wrong in Season 2,...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Finale Breakdown: Has ‘House of the Dragon’ Spoiled Itself?
HBO/Ringer Illustration In the final Season 2 edition of our weekly ‘HotD’ deep dives, we investigate Daemon’s vision, free will...
‘House of the Dragon’ Episode 7 Mailbag: Which Came First, the Dragon or the Egg?
HBO/Ringer illustration Spoiler-free answers to questions raised by the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel’s penultimate installment of Season 2, including insights...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2 Power Rankings: The Red Sowing
Getty Images/Ringer illustration Team Black strikes back in a dragon-heavy penultimate episode. Where does the hierarchy of characters stand before...
The Glass-Half-Full View of the Disney ‘Star Wars’ Era
Disney/Ringer illustration ‘The Acolyte’ extended a ‘Star Wars’ streaming slump. But Disney’s dozen years of ownership have been pretty productive...
Rhaenyra Targaryen Has a Soft-Power Problem
HBO/Getty Images/Ringer illustration Viserys’s daughter should have inherited the Iron Throne. That doesn’t mean she has the political savvy to...
‘The Acolyte’ Episode 7 Recap: The Jedi Blame Game
Disney+/Getty Images/Ringer illustration We have to go back … to Brendok. In the penultimate episode of ‘The Acolyte,’ we finally...
Brad Pitt’s Formula 1, and the Derek Blasberg Affair
Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images Plus, a yacht season check-in and talking the NY Times book list This week, Juliet...
Can England Bore Its Way to Euros Glory? History Says: Why Not?
Getty Images/Ringer illustration Jude Bellingham. Harry Kane. Phil Foden. Somehow with all this talent, England look lifeless at the 2024...
The USMNT Has No Good Options After a Disastrous Copa América
Getty Images/Ringer illustration With a rare opportunity to play some of the world’s best teams in meaningful competition, and in...
Connor McDavid Was Supposed to Have a Hero’s Finish in Game 7. Instead, the Panthers Did.
Getty Images/Ringer illustration Florida won its first Stanley Cup on Monday night, closing the loop on a decade of improvement...
