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WHOSE HOOP DREAMS?

They Want Her To Be The Next Yao Ming, But What Does She Want?

NBA shooting coach David Nurse calls Han Xu a Kristaps Porzingis-like player, someone capable of combining height with outside shooting to change how the women's game is played. The coach of the Chinese National Team says she has the talent to be the best player in the world.

GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT

Your Content, My Life

gen.medium.com Profiles Criminal Justice 1d

Eight years after my release from an Italian prison, I'm still someone else's story.

'RICH' FOR A REASON

The King Maker: Why Rich Paul Will Own The NBA Summer

si.com Sports Long Reads Profiles 1d

The most polarizing figure in the NBA is not any owner, player, exec or even LeBron James— it's Rich Paul, the King's agent and friend, who unleashed havoc on the league this past season, but here's the thing: He and LeBron have bigger plans.

OPULENCE THROUGH OPIOIDS

How Sackler Became The Most Toxic Name In Philanthropy

townandcountrymag.com Money Health Drugs Long Reads Profiles 3w

Joss Sackler's husband and his family are accused of making billions off the opioid crisis. Does she get to be a rebel without a cause?

Lil Nas X: Inside the Rise of a Hip-Hop Cowboy

Rolling Stone 3w

Lil Nas X made the biggest hit of 2019 for $30. Now he just wants to keep on riding

FOREVER MOTHER OF DRAGONS

Daenerys Tells All!

The New Yorker Game Of Thrones Fame Profiles 3w

Emilia Clarke on the final episode of "Game of Thrones," meeting Beyoncé and the fate of Daenerys Targaryen.

OUTRUNNING THE SEEMINGLY INEVITABLE

Breast Cancer Stalked Every Woman In Her Family. She Was Determined It Wouldn't Get Her

Los Angeles Times Health Profiles Long Reads 26 Apr

Alejandra Campoverdi said she decided to become "the CEO of her own body."

FROM IL CAPITANO TO M'BAKU

Winston Duke's American Dream

Vulture Profiles Entertainment Movies Fame 26 Apr

From "Black Panther" to "Us," everything the 32-year-old actor touches seems to blow up. It's not a new feeling.

What About Bob Vila?

Popular Mechanics 24 Apr

You recognize the plaid shirts, the soothing voice. The constant calm and encouragement. Bob Vila taught and entertained homeowners for decades. But what is the first true reality-TV star up to now? Building the future of Bob Vila.

LAST DECADE (ALMOST) TONIGHT

This Interview With John Oliver From 2011 Will Make You... Want To Watch 'The Smurfs'?

TV Fame Funny Profiles Video 23 Apr

Put yourself in a real turn-of-the-decade headspace for this one. The Romney campaign. Heatles-era LeBron James. Everyone wearing those TOMS shoes. Got it? Okay, cool. Now press play.

HE'S A PINBALL WARLOCK (LIKE THE SONG)

Maniacal Pinball Collector Shows Off His Haul Of 1,700 Machines

Toys Human Nature Profiles Design Craft Curious Video 22 Apr

Michael Schiess started slow with just a handful of games in his living room. Soon, however, things really started getting rolling down the playfield and now he is the purveyor of the Pacific Pinball Museum Annex in Alameda, California.

NO HINTS ABOUT CLEGANEBOWL THOUGH

Fear The Mountain: 'Game Of Thrones'' Imposing Monster Speaks

The Daily Beast TV Game Of Thrones Profiles 22 Apr

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson — the half-dead, feared knight Ser Gregor Clegane on "Game of Thrones" and the reigning World's Strongest Man — is surprisingly soft-spoken.

POP BOTTLES

Michelin Restaurants And Fabulous Wines: Inside The Secret Team Dinners That Built The Spurs' Dynasty

espn.com Profiles Sports Food Booze Human Nature 18 Apr

As absurd as it seems, one of the greatest basketball coaches in history might be more revered in the culinary world.

89 YEARS > 7 SECONDS OR LESS

The Greta Show: How An 89-Year-Old Phoenix Fan Became Queen Of NBA Twitter

azcentral.com Sports Profiles Internet 17 Apr

Hundreds of thousands of people watched Greta Rogers spit scorn at the Phoenix City Council and Suns owner Robert Sarver, whose legacy in Phoenix will forever include her most famous line: "He's so tight, he squeaks when he walks."

LIFE AFTER BALL

How To Lose Everything And Get Some Of It Back

Deadspin Sports Booze Drugs Profiles Long Reads 9 Apr

It's 1993 and an addict is tending bar, probably the worst possible job for an addict besides, maybe, professional basketball player in the 1970s.

THE FINAL, FINAL FRONTIER

Claire Denis Made A Movie About Space, But She Swears It's Not Sci-Fi

Vulture Movies Profiles Culture Space 9 Apr

"I never think what I'm doing is something artistic," Claire Denis says. "Cinema is something very carnal, very concrete. It's not difficult and it only requires very little technique."

STRINGING ALONG

How A Professional Yo-Yoer Racks Up World Champ Titles

Toys Profiles Video Curious Satisfying 8 Apr

Listening to Gentry Stein talk about his passion for yo-yos is might make your head spin. But watching him do the thing is oddly blissful.

'I'M ENJOYING MY AGE'

Alan Cumming Is Your Daddy

GQ Profiles Entertainment Culture 2 Apr

For years, the Scottish actor has been one of our most exciting entertainers. In Jeremy O. Harris's off-Broadway hit, he happily stepped into a new archetype.