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Kevin Draper
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Reporter at the New York Times

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Billy is one of the best two or three English-language writers on La Liga, and has many other fine soccer blogs. You should read who you want to read and not read who you don’t want to read, but if you choose not to read him you’ll be missing out. Read more

I had a friend who was sent to the Bahamas for like three days, and then never was able to leave the hotel conference center and go to the beach. Read more

The union is going well! We’re in negotiations with the company over our contract. It’s taking longer than I expected, but everything I’ve read/been told is that the first contract is the most burdensome because there is no framework there, while subsequent contracts at least have a baseline to refer to. Read more

What stories would you have liked to see follow-ups on? Read more

You should pitch us on specific stories. Send a short (2 paragraph max) email to [email protected] pitching whatever the story is. And remember that just like any job application, the focus should be on why it’s a good story for us, not why it’s good for you. Sure, you might want to get paid to write about why you Read more

lol I can’t even imagine what I would have to do in the comments section to get reprimanded. Read more

I used to love Price is Right and all of the old people game shows that would show up on daytime TV, but then 4 years of college + 3 years of not having a TV, combined with Netflix and what have you means that I can’t sit through regular-ass TV anymore unless it’s a sporting event. Read more

There’s no way “Wigglytuff” is a real Pokemon. Read more

We’re hiring for two Adequate Man writers (apply! tell your friends!), which will certainly be a change whenever they come aboard. And we’ll continue to tinker, trying some new things out and what not, but unless something very big happens, there won’t be any changes as big as Gawker going all-politics or the Read more

This is the only correct answer. They don’t even broadcast that shit! Read more

You can bail, man. If you’re only around for like 3 days then you’re pretty obligated to spend all that time with relatives. But once we hit the one week mark, you’re allowed to do whatever regular shit you do like watch something on TV or go to a bar or a movie. Read more

What gives you the highly incorrect notion that our traffic is “cratering”? Read more

At the risk of encouraging a flood of dick pics...zero percent, I think? Read more

Curry hasn’t missed more than 4 games since 2011-12. His ankle issues are solved. Read more

If you can some how get college football/NFL season tickets for a not insane price, that’s worth it. But for any other sport, especially baseball, it’s just too many damn games. Going to the game begins to feel like an obligation rather than something enjoyable. And I realize the irony in writing this, but your life Read more