At NYU, explaining an unraveling world through basketball: A professor thought he had created a class that could explore society’s fissures through a single sport. Then the pandemic struck, and basketball became more relevant than ever.
NYT
The cheating scandal that ripped the poker world apart: Mike Postle was on an epic winning streak at a California casino. Veronica Brill thought he had to be playing dirty. Let the chips fall where they may.
Wired
Why sport is at the heart of Englishness: Robert Colls’ This Sporting Life explores a nation’s passion, from foxhunting to football.
FT
College athletes should get paid. The pandemic proved it. Football was always about the money. Now the players deserve some.
Joe Nocera
Notre Dame’s game at Wake Forest on Saturday has been postponed after positive COVID-19 tests landed 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine.
Wine buying secrets from concierges and rare bottle specialists
Wine Enthusiast
Despite a changed television landscape, the Emmys had a familiar feel
Economist
With a clutch of awards for “Succession” and “Watchmen”, HBO reigned supreme.
LAT: ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ TV’s little engine that could, pulls off feel-good Emmy sweep
Another day not at the office: Will working from home be 2020's most radical change? During the lockdown, millions started WFH – and most of us don’t want to go back. In just a few months the landscape of work, family, and city life has altered dramatically - but are all the changes positive?
Andrew Anthony
