Katie Baker

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Senior Staff Writer at The Ringer

Senior staff writer at @ringer. Tom Thomson aficionado and blueberry skeptic.

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Articles

Let’s Have a Debate About ‘Wicked’

Nov 20, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker |Jodi Walker |Miles Surrey |Nora Princiotti

Disney/Ringer illustration After a deeply emotional and disturbingly long press run, the much-anticipated movie musical Wicked is finally premiering in theaters.
Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady, Martha Stewart, Shawn Mendes, and More | Jam Session

Nov 4, 2024 | theringer.com | Juliet Litman |Katie Baker

Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl Lagerfeld Juliet returns with Ringer colleague Katie Baker to discuss this week’s celebrity pop culture, starting with Gisele Bündchen’s baby announcement and Tom Brady’s reaction (1:41), Martha Stewart’s “scalding review” of Netflix’s new Martha documentary (14:06), with some comments from Martha on Ryan Reynolds.
What in the World Is Joe Mazzulla Talking About With His Hoops-Hockey Takes?

Oct 31, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker |Howard Beck

Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration On Tuesday, during a segment on the Boston sports radio program Zolak and Bertrand, Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was asked to ponder hypothetical revisions to the NBA rule book. “How would the game change,” host Marc Bertrand asked, “if the corner 3 was taken away, and the arc went to the sidelines?” Mazzulla’s response was eager and immediate, as if he’d been waiting a lifetime for this very question. Well—sort of.
13 Questions About the 2024-25 NHL Season, One Week In

Oct 17, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker

Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration “Enough about last year. Enough about last year!” said Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid earlier this month, politely but firmly interrupting a reporter who was in the middle of a question about Edmonton’s crushing Game 7 loss in the Stanley Cup final last season. “It’s about this year,” McDavid said. “We’ve talked a lot about last year. Lotta questions about it … I’ve answered all of them.” He did have a point.
Why Not the New York Mets?

Oct 11, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker

Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration Of all the little quirks and enormous moments that have defined the past few months for the New York Mets—the comeback at-bats and the lucky pumpkin; the McDonaldland mascots on the 7 train and that oddball, end-of-September doubleheader—one of the more classic details is that the team has a closer who is absolutely terrified to celebrate.
10 Takeaways From ‘Starting 5,’ Netflix’s Sweaty, Nosy New NBA Docuseries

Oct 9, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker

Getty Images/Ringer illustration I don’t mean to brag, but I just might be the perfect viewer for Starting 5, a new Netflix docuseries that follows a handful of NBA players through the 2023-24 season. I say this because I know enough about pro basketball to have been thrilled right off the bat by the list of players featured on the program—LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards, and Domantas Sabonis (and I even remember watching that last dude’s dad in action!).
10 Takeaways From ‘Starting 5,’ Netflix’s Sweaty, Nosy New NBA Docuseries

Oct 9, 2024 | flipboard.com | Katie Baker

Lebron James1 hour agoLeBron James Had Profane Load Management Complaints for Lakers Coaches in New Clipkansascity.com - By Stephen Douglas • 1hLeBron James is one of the subjects of the new Netflix docuseries Starting 5, along with Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, Domantas Sabonis and Jayson …Luka Dončić18 hours agoGM Survey Shows High Praise For Mavericks, Luka DoncicSports Illustrated - Keenan Womack • 18hGeneral Managers of all 30 NBA teams answered 50 questions ahead of the 2024-25 season.
‘Industry’ Season 3 Was a Celebration of Both the Vulnerable and the Damned

Sep 30, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker

HBO/Ringer illustration It’s hard to know how to even begin to account for everything that goes down and piles up and spirals out of control in “Infinite Largesse,” the Season 3 finale of HBO’s haute-workplace drama Industry. So I guess I’ll just start with the episode’s bitter end. Three people (and a birthday cake) sit miserably at a table: one crying, one shouting, one holding a gun.
Meet Me in the Loo: A Journey Through the Many Bathroom Scenes of ‘Industry’

Sep 16, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker

When Konrad Kay, the cocreator of HBO’s high-finance drama Industry, says that “the cubicle has a weirdly spiritual dimension in our show,” he somehow isn’t referring to the typical squarish workstations where office drones peck away at their computers.
The Vibrancy, Tragedy, and Legacy of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau

Sep 4, 2024 | theringer.com | Katie Baker

Getty Images/Ringer illustration To the people in his life who knew him the longest or the best, he went by John. That’s how his tightly knit family and his very closest buds addressed him; his nieces called him Uncle John. But to everyone else, he was Johnny—or one of many silly variations. JohnnyGaudreau! was a classic, usually said as all one word, with the emphasis inherent and the name so fun to exclaim, especially if you were watching one of a long list of absurd Gaudreau goals.