Bubble

Mark J. Terrill/Associated PressThe Los Angeles Lakers are only three wins away from their first NBA title since 2010, though it may not feel much different from the day the team arrived at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in July.Being locked inside the NBA's Bubble in Orlando, Florida…

When the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat starts on Wednesday night in the N.B.A. “bubble,” Doris Burke—a television analyst and sideline reporter for ESPN—will be calling the game on radio, the first woman to ever do so for the N.B.A. Finals. Burke, who played basketball at…

Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat of the Tampa Bay Lightning.From the pandemic-shortened season to the qualifying round to #BubbleLife, the 2020 NHL playoffs have been unlike anything we've ever seen. In that spirit, here's something else you don't see very often: NHL playoff all-star teams by country. The Big Six…

A remade manThis story takes place a long time ago and most video games don't age like fine wine. The rare, great ones do but most don't. The ones that are merely good have a shelf life before they turn. Playing an open-world shooter from 2002 leaves about the same…

How to Save a Planet is a bit different to other climate-themed podcasts There is no shortage of climate-themed podcasts “howling about the terrible state of things”, said Fiona Sturges in the FT. How to Save a Planet – an impressive new series from Gimlet and Spotify – is a…

This week’s three must-read books include Caitlin Moran’s “older, wiser follow-up” to How to Be a Woman, Charlie Gilmour’s “clear-eyed” memoir of nurturing and self-discovery, and an “engaging” tale of social mores from Nick Hornby.The Week Bookshop To order these titles or any other book in print, see theweekbookshop.co.ukBook of the week…

Few people wield as much power in combat sports as Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza, especially now that Bellator MMA is now under his umbrella as well. With a robust lineup of boxing talent as part of Showtime Championship Boxing and Bellator MMA, Espinoza is ultimately looking to grow both…

WARRIORS.kiwiSunday's match against Manly will be Todd Payten's last game in charge of the Warriors.Freedom outside the NRL bubble is just days away but Kodi Nikorima says that and the emotion of some teammates and coaching staff moving on won't be a distraction leading into the Warriors last game of…

In our Sleeping With… series, we speak to people from different career paths, backgrounds, and stages of life to find out how they make sleep magic happen.Love Island was about to start production on season two of the show—usually shot on an actual island—when COVID-19 hit. At first, everything was…

Two closing parentheses, a “less than” sign, a “greater than” sign, then two opening parentheses: ))((. Anyone who has seen Miranda July’s 2005 feature debut, Me and You and Everyone We Know, will recognize this code at once. In the film, a soulful five-year-old boy, Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), improvises it…