Sinner - Alcaraz book presentation with Giri Nathan in Milan, Tennis court at Villa Necchi in Milano, Sinners everywhere and Siner too

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The details are incredible, both the technical and the human.

wrote a thing—it's fun you should read it

loved talking to Nathaniel Butler, a photographer who has been shooting the NBA for over four decades, about how he sees basketball defector.com/nathaniel-bu...

it took the Knicks took two head coaches, two regular seasons, and one postseason to finally follow through the logic of the KAT trade (run cool offense through this talented player) but at least it's happening and is amazing

Jasmine Paolini's season on the brink via @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/jasmine-paol...

Ciao Italia

ITALY: I’m doing some book events this month May 12 in Rome May 16 at Turin Intl Book Fair May 19 in Milan

they are cooked if he is

The WNBA is back, and so is @defector.com's TEN MINUTE QUARTERS at Littlefield in Brooklyn on Monday May 18. We’ll have giveaways, games, goofs, and as always a lineup of hilarious comics. Go to defector.com/wnbashow for tickets, use code LETSGOLIBS for 10% off

cavs bigs direly need summer internships with ja morant fighting foot locker employees

CHANGEOVER is about Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, the state of men's tennis, and the comically fast transition from the Big 3 era to the Sincaraz era Wrote a fresh chapter for this paperback edition, out May 12 New cover is the fellas, mid-classic

@girinathan.bsky.social Really summing up my feelings about both the inherent corniness of most pro athletes, and what all y'all get up to online. defector.com/jaylen-brown...

absolutely love everything about this writing from @girinathan.bsky.social.

“Signs is defined by its seeping sense of unease, like cold water working its way through shoes and into socks and skin.” — @girinathan.bsky.social revisits M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film

Hailey Baptiste 🥒 @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/hailey-bapti...

my baby has three nouns. one is "nana" (banana) one is "bar" (bear) and one is "ba ball" (her favorite sport, she loves the way they dribble up and down the court)

by suckers i mean stan chera defector.com/the-nuggets-...

Good piece from @girinathan.bsky.social defector.com/how-much-goo...

they got rudy gobert drive-and-kicking like prime lbj... nuggets going out like stan chera

why didn't they post like this in the Emmanuel Mudiay era. cowards

interesting inhaler technology featured

Somehow a professional sports front office is poaching from @defector.com's business team, so I need to hire a new Director of Revenue. Apply here: apply.workable.com/defector-med...

the unexpected intersection of climate change and tennis court surface! spoke to two geoscientists doing fascinating work defector.com/how-much-goo...

loved both the original story here (a defector subscriber close-reading a pair of blogs with their 7th grade class) and giri's email about sportswriting as mana for the emergent fanatic. reading and discussing things with others is beautiful. try it with defector for $1: defector.com/products

Please defector.com/dont-make-th...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Nothing But Respect is rolling out the Broke Jumper Tip Line. We want any info on the basketball games, preferences, or associations of any celebrity or public person or elected official! Call (347) 380-6426

The Block turns 10 years old later this spring. For my debut contribution @defector.com, I spoke to the guy who called it (Mike Breen) and the guy who let it happen (Monty McCutchen) to reflect on one of the NBA's flashbulb moments: defector.com/the-block-as...

wrote about Arthur Fils, who on clay reminds me a bit of Domimic Thiem - quick, brawny RPM monster

now that it’s already started it’s the spiritually correct time to post the defector nba playoff preview defector.com/hark-follow-...

The killing that won't let go: defector.com/the-killing-...

fans of teams in the 9/10 play-in game tend to speak in euthanasia tones

heartening to see allbirds pivot to a less evil purpose

the $1 Defector spring sale is brought to you by the terrifying Villeneuvan beauty of molten salt solar farms defector.com/achieve-info...

thoughts on a windy, shanky match and goats trading places defector.com/jannik-sinne...

my TV is going straight from MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) to Sincaraz clay-court final. this machine will never be more blessed

Monegasque? Monesgasque! www.thesecondserve.com/home-court-a...

Do you know these men? defector.com/do-you-know-...

my main thought on the helen dewitt thing is that someone needs to tell her that the dataviz stuff she has been talking about now for....over a decade? is way less expensive to do than she appears to think it is and i think that would be great and relaxing for her to know

Finalmente! Great Sinner Alcaraz book out April 22 @ilpost.it #Altrecose #sinnaraz www.ilpost.it/2026/04/08/a...

guy who plays sunn o))) off his iphone speaker on the subway

Italian translation out next month ♥️🤍💚

nationwide obsession with arbitrary protein not accompanied by any serious exertion reminds me of the guy in high school one town over who just did steroids and didn't work out

I love learning often about basketball with the help of Google Gemini!

ideal CHANGEOVER reader outcome - went to go see some clay-court tennis 💪

Powerage. @girinathan.bsky.social www.thesecondserve.com/talia-gibson...

Long car ride, flipping through an old Town & Country of my dad’s, and I spot 2 friends of the show in their “New Creative Class” feature! @girinathan.bsky.social & @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social Who knew Good Game with Sarah Spain and Town & Country were so culturally aligned. Off to by a Rollie.

“Sometimes I compile a wish list at the start of the tennis season. I forgot to do it this year, but if I had, at the top would have been a Daniil Medvedev resurgence.” Preview of what will presumably be a chapter in @girinathan.bsky.social’s next book www.thesecondserve.com/peak-dannil-...