Giri Nathan

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Yosuke Watanuki Is Here To Drink Soda And Cause Upsets

1 month ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

The Yosuke Watanuki tennis experience is a heady mix: non-stop smiles, mid-match soda, dizzyingly good winners. There won't be a better storyline out of the men's draw at Indian Wells. He's the lowest-ranked man to reach the tournament's round of 16 since 2004. Ahead of Sunday night's third-round match, I thought that the world No. 379 Watanuki, a qualifier, would beat No. 17 Frances Tiafoe. It wasn't quite as spicy a prediction as it might appear.
Draymond Green Pivots From Slander To Depraved Podcast Promo

1 month ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

Time for a brief advice column. Let's say you have learned that a colleague missed a work event to attend a funeral for a loved one. It's perfectly appropriate to say the following, as one Golden State Warriors player did at a postgame press conference Thursday night:"I send my well wishes to him and his family. It's inevitable, we all experience death in one way or another, and we'll all experience it in the same way one day.
Doug Gottlieb Is Immersed In The Grim Men's Lifestyle

1 month ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

National radio host and beleaguered basketball coach Doug Gottlieb is living a life full of grim men's evenings, based on two well-written profiles published recently. The 49-year-old Gottlieb was hired in May 2024 to coach the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's men's basketball team, despite no prior college coaching experience. He also continued his daily show at Fox Sports Radio, a delicate arrangement governed by a six-page "conflict management plan" with the school.
With Everyone Watching Women's Sports, The WTA Tries Another Rebrand

1 month ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

In many ways, the Women’s Tennis Association should be ideally positioned to benefit from the recent surge in enthusiasm around women’s sports. One hitch here is that many people who enjoy women’s tennis do not actually know what the WTA is. Tennis is a fractured sport operated by a number of governing bodies, split into many tiers of tournament, and broadcast across many different channels.
Diana Taurasi Retires After Winning Everything There Is To Win

1 month ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

After having triumphed at every level of competition, from college to the WNBA to international play, Diana Taurasi is ending one of the best basketball careers ever. The 42-year-old announced her retirement on Tuesday through a sitdown interview with Time magazine. Taurasi's success can be measured in any number of ways. The record books tell a story of individual offensive genius: WNBA all-time leader in points scored and threes made, five WNBA scoring titles, one MVP.
Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis

1 month ago | bookshop.org | Giri Nathan

Celebrate Black History Month with 20% off these select books. Shop here!A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's TennisThis title will be released onAugust 19, 2025Add to WishlistBookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the worldDescriptionAn award-winning tennis writer tells the story of the end of one epic era in the sport, and the birth of another. For more than two decades, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer collectively dominated men’s tennis.
Victor Wembanyama Is Done For The Season Due To A Blood Clot In His Shoulder

2 months ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

Victor Wembanyama will not play for the rest of the regular season due to a deep vein thrombosis in his left shoulder, the Spurs announced Thursday. The team believes that the blood clot is an "isolated condition," per Shams Charania of ESPN. Wembanyama was on court as recently as Sunday's All-Star Game, where he tried pretty hard, at least within the context of that game. The team said that the condition was discovered upon his return to San Antonio.
WADA's Doping Ban Settlement With Jannik Sinner Creates More Questions Than Answers

2 months ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

The most puzzling part of the Jannik Sinner's doping saga might be its conclusion. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced over the weekend that it had reached a settlement with the top-ranked player in men's tennis. WADA would no longer be moving forward with its appeal of a previous "no fault or negligence" ruling reached by a tennis-specific anti-doping authority, which, had it been successful, could have carried a ban of one to two years.
JD Vance Would Throw His Own Kids Under A Bus If Donald Trump Were Driving It | Defector

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Giri Nathan

4 hours agoUnfortunately, MAGA Indian Americans Should Have Seen This ComingThe racist posts from Musk’s DOGE staffer show a widening gap in the GOP between its base and its wealthy technocratic elite. 3 hours agoDOGE’s ‘Genius’ Coders Launch Website So Full Of Holes, Anyone Can Write To ItIf you want to write something on the U.S. government’s official DOGE website, apparently you can just… do that.
JD Vance Would Throw His Own Kids Under A Bus If Donald Trump Were Driving It

2 months ago | defector.com | Giri Nathan

Although an American politician will have plenty of occasions to denounce racism, it's rare that said politician would be put in a position to denounce racism toward Indians, specifically. Rarer still is the scenario in which such a politician has an Indian wife and kids himself. Vice President JD Vance found himself in those narrow circumstances earlier this month.