trick question. all of them.

honoured, humbled and completely unqualified.

“Did you know that George Washington’s teeth weren’t wooden? They were hippo!” Payton said of the president’s dentures. “I’m also a big Alexander Hamilton fan. If you ask me to sing the whole——”

“Please don’t,” her mother said.

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There is no one I trust more to write about 18th-century fashion than myself: nytimes.com/2024/05/12/sty…

Two months before the Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency is facing a growing crisis, with increasing pressure particularly from the United States, which is one of the agency’s chief funders. Story with Michael S. Schmidt & tariq panja: nytimes.com/2024/05/12/wor…

We need more bookstores because bookstores are the best: nytimes.com/2024/05/10/boo…

Once held in contempt, New York is embracing the Knicks again. It’s love and mayhem!!
Read about the former fans back in the fold, and the amazing woman from Colombia in her mid 90s tuning in for the first time — for every minute of every game!!! nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyr…

A beautiful story here on friendship and competition by Talya Minsberg: nytimes.com/2024/05/08/wel…

I wrote a book that comes out today. It’s called THE LAST OF HIS KIND. It’s a biography of Clayton Kershaw. Thank you to those who have preordered copies and shown interest. It’s been the most engrossing, rewarding work of my career. I hope you enjoy it. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-mc…

“Ben Simmons is playing no games” is top-tier copy

Ser-Od Bat-Ochir 14th in 2:19:26. With 3 main contenders to knock him out of Paris quota today all having missed their marks it looks like he may have survived the last day of Paris qualification in 80th place in 80-deep quota.

Chelsea Piers has some of the best figure skating coaches anywhere. But they are very unhappy and scared about their futures nytimes.com/2024/05/03/nyr….

The Secret History of SGA to OKC

To understand how the Thunder pulled off one of the greatest trades in NBA history, you have to start at the very beginning—before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was even born.

Free link to one of my favorite The Wall Street Journal stories: wsj.com/articles/thund…

Our restaurant critic Pete Wells picked his top 100 restaurants in New York City. Here are four of his favorites. nyti.ms/4b4iSpK

In light of today's $138.7 million settlement, re-upping this story from 2018, when I covered the sentencing hearing: nytimes.com/2018/01/24/spo…

It’s not only women’s hoops. Today in Montreal marked the largest crowd ever for a women’s pro hockey game, 21,105.
But can NY catch the fever? nytimes.com/2024/04/19/nyr…

Threatening to sue reporters for defamation. These are the people who are supposed to be in charge of clean sport.

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Nearly Half of China’s Swimming Team Tested Positive for a Banned Drug Before Being Secretly Cleared to Win Gold at The Tokyo Olympics 💉 🏊‍♀️ 🥇

In-depth investigation with ⁦Michael S. Schmidt⁩ into how China was allowed to explain away positives nytimes.com/2024/04/20/wor…

enjoyed this. nytimes.com/2024/04/19/art…

A piece of the Knicks' success this season is having players who are genuine friends. It's an idea supported by research: when employees have friends at work, the whole organization benefits. Even if leadership (Tom Thibodeau) doesn't quite believe it. nytimes.com/2024/04/19/bus…