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Tiger Woods Didn't Diversify Golf. But LeBron James Might.

Can LeBron James and Drake do for golf what Tiger Woods couldn’t? The basketball superstar and rapper are among the investors pumping $3 billion...

08.03.2024 2

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi Soccer Saga Is Turning Sour

When Cristiano Ronaldo joined the Saudi Professional Football League early in 2023, soccer fans and commentators everywhere lamented that the...

02.03.2024 10

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Wendy's Is Crossing a Line by Testing Surge Pricing for Burgers

As consumers, we’ve long since adjusted to surge pricing across a wide range of services, from ride-hailing, golf courses and cinemas, gyms to...

28.02.2024 5

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The Total De-Hamasification of Gaza Would Be a Bad Idea

When the outlook for the days ahead seems so dire, it can be hard to focus on a “day-after plan.” Nonetheless, the Biden administration is working...

21.02.2024 6

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An $18 Big Mac Meal Is Bad for America

The first meal I had as an American citizen was a Big Mac. This was in September 2013, and it cost less than $5 at a McDonald’s near the downtown...

18.02.2024 40

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The Rent Is Too High for Too Many Young New Yorkers

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a sweet assortment of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here . Jimmy McMillan’s mantra about New York City...

16.02.2024 6

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Tyla Shows There’s More to African Music Than Afrobeats

Africans often complain, rightly, that the size of their continent is greatly underestimated by most of the rest of the world. You wouldn’t know...

05.02.2024 4

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A Eulogy for Long-Form Sports Journalism

For a writer who made his bones on foreign policy, my most memorable assignments have been about the sports I love. In a previous job, I was able to...

02.02.2024 6

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Dev Patel Is More Bachchan Than Keanu in New Flick

I can’t remember the last time that the trailer of a movie — one that doesn’t involve dinosaurs, Marvel heroes, or events in a galaxy far, far...

30.01.2024 8

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Second Shot at Disrupting Food Delivery

There’s more than one way to disrupt delivery. A year ago, serial entrepreneur Marc Lore announced that Wonder, his food startup valued at $3.5...

29.01.2024 5

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What If Jon Stewart Comes Back and Everybody Just Shrugs?

I can picture Jon Stewart’s response to the commentary attending his impending return to The Daily Show for the election season: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯...

28.01.2024 6

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Awards Shows Like the Oscars Are Doomed

When Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announce the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards live on ABC Tuesday, network executives will be keeping their...

23.01.2024 10

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Messi Is Turning MLS Into a League of Old Men

When Lionel Messi announced he was joining Inter Miami last summer, the administrators of US soccer hoped his glamor and skills would attract more...

19.01.2024 5

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Not Even Taylor Swift Can Bring Back CDs

Vinyl snobs, unclench: Reports of the compact disc’s resurrection are greatly exaggerated. Contrary to claims that CDs are making a comeback on the...

14.01.2024 4

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The Houthis Are Now Iran’s Most Potent Proxy

The IRIS Alborz, pride of the Iranian navy, isn’t much of a warship. Commissioned in 1971, the frigate is both long in tooth and lacking in teeth:...

04.01.2024 2

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Pro Pickleball’s Woes Won’t Dent the Sport

In the great national divide over pickleball, one side is enjoying a serving of schadenfreude over the news that the sport’s professional league is...

19.12.2023 7

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Restaurant Loyalty Program Makes Diners Feel Seen

Restauranteurs across the US are struggling to square the circle of food inflation and rising labor costs with growing consumer complaints about...

14.12.2023 6

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Casting Denzel Washington as Hannibal Is Cringeworthy

“I carry 23 great wounds, all got in battle; 75 men have I killed with my own hands, in battle. I scatter, I burn my enemies’ tents. I take away...

13.12.2023 8

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New Dietary Guidelines for Americans? Nobody Cares

News that the US government’s next set of dietary guidelines for 2025-30 may include warnings against ultra-processed foods should be greeted with...

02.12.2023 7

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Sorry, Messi: Emma Hayes Is a Bigger Deal for US Soccer

She doesn’t formally start as head coach until next summer, but Emma Hayes is already putting her imprint on the US women’s national team. She was...

28.11.2023 2

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American Cricket’s (World) Cup Runneth Over

One of the planet’s biggest sporting events came to a climactic conclusion last Sunday, with Australia upsetting the odds to beat hosts India in the...

22.11.2023 8

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Megan Rapinoe’s Second Act Will Be Bigger Than Her First

The tearing of an Achilles tendon, just three minutes into her final professional game, denied Megan Rapinoe the storybook career finale she deserved....

19.11.2023 10

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Turkey Is Key to Solving the Gaza Crisis

The brevity of the State Department’s readout on Antony Blinken’s meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Monday can’t hide the...

09.11.2023 3

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No, Gazans Can’t Rise Up Against Hamas

“They could have risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d’état.” Israeli President Isaac...

07.11.2023 3

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Indian Single Malts Could Turn the Table on Scotch

When I was growing up in India in the 1970s and 80s, the idea that the country would one day compete with Scotland’s finest export was unthinkable....

04.11.2023 30

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Iran Doesn’t Want Hezbollah Fighting Israel

What’s holding up Hezbollah? From the moment Israel began to retaliate against Hamas for the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, the world has been expecting...

01.11.2023 9

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A Palestinian Restaurant Tests New York’s Tolerance

One of my favorite restaurants in New York City is about to open a branch two blocks from my home. This should be doubly exciting for me since my...

28.10.2023 3

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Who Needs Scorsese? The Osage Can Tell Their Own Stories

Only a director of Martin Scorsese’s status could eschew exploitation and abuse privilege in the same movie. His Killers of the Flower Moon, ...

24.10.2023 2

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History — and Hollywood — Won't Spare Benjamin Netanyahu

I can’t think of the last time a Hollywood release was as on the nose as Golda, the new biopic of the iconic Israeli prime minister. Its...

18.10.2023 5

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The Tragedy of Gaza Is About to Deepen

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a dark foreboding of Bloomberg Opinion’s opinions. Sign up here . This newsletter prides itself on levity as well...

13.10.2023 2

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Hollywood Can’t Fight TikTok But Can Use It

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22.09.2023 10

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Saudi Merger Will Undo Golf’s LGBTQ+ Progress

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16.09.2023 10

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Vivek Should Know Nikki Is an Indian Name — And American, Too

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13.09.2023 2

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India By Any Other Name Would Still Be India

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07.09.2023 2

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