This week in the magazine, Ben McGrath writes about the professional-basketball coach Nancy Lieberman. Here McGrath looks back on Lieberman’s trailblazing career.
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The Sporting Scene
The Legend of Playoff Jimmy
For years now, just in time for the N.B.A. post-season, sure as the daffodils, Jimmy Butler has transformed into the world’s greatest basketball player—or something close to it.
By Louisa Thomas
The Sporting Scene
Does the “Hot Hand” Exist in Hockey?
Nearly every hockey fan and player will tell you that, when the playoffs arrive, you have to go with the goalie who’s on a roll. Are they right?
By Louisa Thomas
Fault Lines
Could “Mind the Game” Change the Way Sports Are Covered?
The podcast, co-hosted by J. J. Redick and LeBron James, combines analytical commentary with an insider’s perspective—and bypasses traditional media.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Cultural Comment
“Challengers” Is Essentially a Well-Shot Commercial
Because the film has so little to say, viewers are free to simply focus on the vibes—which happen to be the area where Luca Guadagnino, its director, has most distinguished himself.
By Tyler Foggatt