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NFL

Week 15 QB Notebook: One Philip Rivers Start Was Enough

Week 15 QB Notebook: Philip Rivers’s Return

Week 15 QB Notebook: One Philip Rivers Start Was Enough

Week 15 QB Notebook: Philip Rivers’s Return

Steven Ruiz

The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 15

Steven Ruiz • 15 min read

The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 15

Steven Ruiz

Three Numbers That Explain the MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and Seahawks-Rams Stake

The MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and Seahawks-Rams

The MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and More

The Ringer NFL Show

• 30 min

Three Numbers That Explain the MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and Seahawks-Rams Stake

The MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and Seahawks-Rams

The MVP Race, the Micah Parsons Injury, and More

The Ringer NFL Show

Oh No Mahomes, Burrow’s Funk, Old Man Rivers, Denver’s Hot Streak, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, Old Man Rivers, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, and Joe Burrow’s Funk

The Bill Simmons Podcast

Oh No Mahomes, Burrow’s Funk, Old Man Rivers, Denver’s Hot Streak, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, Old Man Rivers, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, and Joe Burrow’s Funk

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Latest

Pop Culture

The Year “6 7” Ate Parents’ Minds

By Katie Baker • 12 min read

The Year “6 7” Ate Parents’ Minds

Katie Baker • 12 min read

NFL

The Chiefs’ Era of Inevitability Is Over. What Comes Next?

What Comes Next for the Chiefs?

By Nora Princiotti • 10 min read

The Chiefs’ Era of Inevitability Is Over. What Comes Next?

What Comes Next for the Chiefs?

Nora Princiotti • 10 min read

Movies

James Cameron Doesn’t Care About a “Cultural Footprint”

“I’m Going to Deliver This, and I’m Going to Die”

Into the Depths With James Cameron

By Alan Siegel • 10 min read

James Cameron Doesn’t Care About a “Cultural Footprint”

“I’m Going to Deliver This, and I’m Going to Die”

Into the Depths With James Cameron

Alan Siegel • 10 min read

Movies

Rob Reiner’s Death Was a Tragedy. His Life Was the Opposite.

Nothing Can Take Away From Rob Reiner’s Genius

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

Rob Reiner’s Death Was a Tragedy. His Life Was the Opposite.

Nothing Can Take Away From Rob Reiner’s Genius

Brian Phillips • 7 min read

Special Project

Week 16 NFL Power Rankings: Denver’s on the Rise

Week 16 NFL Power Rankings

Diante Lee

Special Project

Week 16 NFL Power Rankings: Denver’s on the Rise

Week 16 NFL Power Rankings

Diante Lee

Special Project

The 10 Most Intriguing Players Between Now and the NBA Trade Deadline

The Most Intriguing NBA Trade Options

The Ringer Staff

Special Project

The 10 Most Intriguing Players Between Now and the NBA Trade Deadline

The Most Intriguing NBA Trade Options

The Ringer Staff

Noteworthy Reads

The Best of 2025

Movies

The Best Shots of 2025

By Adam Nayman • Dec. 15 • 10 min read

Movies

The Best Shots of 2025

By Adam Nayman • Dec. 15 • 10 min read

The Best TV Shows of 2025

By Miles Surrey and 2 more • Dec. 9 • 9 min read

The Best TV Shows of 2025

By Miles Surrey and 2 more • Dec. 9 • 9 min read

Movies

The Best Movies of 2025

By Adam Nayman • Dec. 8 • 10 min read

Movies

The Best Movies of 2025

By Adam Nayman • Dec. 8 • 10 min read

Music

The 25 Best Albums of 2025

By Justin Sayles and 1 more • Dec. 11 • 26 min read

Music

The 25 Best Albums of 2025

By Justin Sayles and 1 more • Dec. 11 • 26 min read

Video Games

The Best Video Games of 2025

By Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • Dec. 10 • 14 min read

Video Games

The Best Video Games of 2025

By Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • Dec. 10 • 14 min read

The Top 10 TV Shows of 2025

The Watch • Dec. 16

The Top 10 TV Shows of 2025

The Watch • Dec. 16

Movies

The Top Five Movies of 2025

The Big Picture • Dec. 5

Movies

The Top Five Movies of 2025

The Big Picture • Dec. 5

Movies

‘Hamnet’ and the 10 Best Performances of 2025. Plus: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent.’

‘Hamnet,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ and the Best Performances of 2025

‘Hamnet’ and the Best Performances of 2025

The Big Picture • Dec. 12

Movies

‘Hamnet’ and the 10 Best Performances of 2025. Plus: Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent.’

‘Hamnet,’ ‘The Secret Agent,’ and the Best Performances of 2025

‘Hamnet’ and the Best Performances of 2025

The Big Picture • Dec. 12

Music

Our Favorite Music of 2025

Dissect • Dec. 9

Music

Our Favorite Music of 2025

Dissect • Dec. 9

Music

Best Albums of the Year With Chris Ryan

Bandsplain • Dec. 11

Music

Best Albums of the Year With Chris Ryan

Bandsplain • Dec. 11

Videos

All Videos

1:12:00

Rachel Sennott Isn’t Afraid of Flopping

Good Hang With Amy Poehler • Dec. 16

1:12:00

Rachel Sennott Isn’t Afraid of Flopping

Good Hang With Amy Poehler • Dec. 16

Remembering the Hilarious, Humane Work of Rob Reiner

Movies

Rob Reiner’s Death Was a Tragedy. His Life Was the Opposite.

Nothing Can Take Away From Rob Reiner’s Genius

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

Movies

‘Stand by Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 22 min

Movies

‘The Princess Bride’ With Juliet Litman and David Shoemaker

‘The Princess Bride’

The Rewatchables • 47 min

Movies

‘When Harry Met Sally’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

‘When Harry Met Sally’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 37 min

Movies

‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 29 min

Movies

‘A Few Good Men’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Amanda Dobbins

‘A Few Good Men’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 3 min

Movies

‘The American President’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Van Lathan

‘The American President’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 28 min

Movies

Rob Reiner’s Death Was a Tragedy. His Life Was the Opposite.

Nothing Can Take Away From Rob Reiner’s Genius

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

Movies

‘Stand by Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 22 min

Movies

‘The Princess Bride’ With Juliet Litman and David Shoemaker

‘The Princess Bride’

The Rewatchables • 47 min

Movies

‘When Harry Met Sally’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

‘When Harry Met Sally’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 37 min

Movies

‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 29 min

Movies

‘A Few Good Men’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Amanda Dobbins

‘A Few Good Men’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 3 min

Movies

‘The American President’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Van Lathan

‘The American President’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 28 min

Movies

Rob Reiner’s Death Was a Tragedy. His Life Was the Opposite.

Nothing Can Take Away From Rob Reiner’s Genius

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

Movies

‘Stand by Me’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 22 min

Movies

‘The Princess Bride’ With Juliet Litman and David Shoemaker

‘The Princess Bride’

The Rewatchables • 47 min

Movies

‘When Harry Met Sally’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins

‘When Harry Met Sally’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 37 min

Movies

‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 29 min

Movies

‘A Few Good Men’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan and Amanda Dobbins

‘A Few Good Men’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 3 min

Movies

‘The American President’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Van Lathan

‘The American President’

The Rewatchables • 1 hr 28 min

NFL Week 15 in Review

NFL

The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 15

By Steven Ruiz • Dec. 15 • 15 min read

NFL

The Chiefs’ Era of Inevitability Is Over. What Comes Next?

What Comes Next for the Chiefs?

By Nora Princiotti • Dec. 16 • 10 min read

Week 15 QB Notebook: One Philip Rivers Start Was Enough

Week 15 QB Notebook: Philip Rivers’s Return

Steven Ruiz • Dec. 16 • 11 min read

Oh No Mahomes, Burrow’s Funk, Old Man Rivers, Denver’s Hot Streak, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, Old Man Rivers, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, and Joe Burrow’s Funk

The Bill Simmons Podcast

• Dec. 14

NFL

The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 15

By Steven Ruiz • Dec. 15 • 15 min read

The Chiefs’ Era of Inevitability Is Over. What Comes Next?

What Comes Next for the Chiefs?

Nora Princiotti

Week 15 QB Notebook: One Philip Rivers Start Was Enough

Week 15 QB Notebook: Philip Rivers’s Return

Steven Ruiz

Oh No Mahomes, Burrow’s Funk, Old Man Rivers, Denver’s Hot Streak, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, Old Man Rivers, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Oh No Mahomes, and Joe Burrow’s Funk

The Bill Simmons Podcast

NBA Trade Season Is Upon Us

Special Project

The 10 Most Intriguing Players Between Now and the NBA Trade Deadline

The Most Intriguing NBA Trade Options

The Ringer Staff

Special Project

The 10 Most Intriguing Players Between Now and the NBA Trade Deadline

The Most Intriguing NBA Trade Options

NBA

Will the Thunder’s Dominance Clog Up the NBA Trade Market?

Will OKC Clog the Trade Market?

By Kirk Goldsberry • 7 min read

Will the Thunder’s Dominance Clog Up the NBA Trade Market?

Will OKC Clog the Trade Market?

Kirk Goldsberry

NBA

Should You Go All In for Giannis? History Screams No.

The NBA’s All-In Obsession Is a Trap

By Howard Beck • 11 min read

Should You Go All In for Giannis? History Screams No.

The NBA’s All-In Obsession Is a Trap

Howard Beck

1:26:00

NBA

Welcome to Trade Season: Six Big Questions as the Rumor Mill Heats Up. Plus, Wemby Snuffs Out the Thunder.

Welcome to Trade Season: Six Questions, and Wemby Snuffs Out OKC

Six Big Questions for Trade Season

Group Chat

Welcome to Trade Season: Six Big Questions as the Rumor Mill Heats Up. Plus, Wemby Snuffs Out the Thunder.

Welcome to Trade Season: Six Questions, and Wemby Snuffs Out OKC

Six Big Questions for Trade Season

Group Chat

Special Project

The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century

The Century’s Best TV Episodes

The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century

The Century’s Best TV Episodes

The Ringer Staff

Spotlight

The ‘Pluribus’ Syllabus
‘Pluribus’ Episode 7 Recap: It’s a Jungle Out There
‘Pluribus’ Episode 7 Recap: It’s a Jungle Out There
‘Pluribus’ Episode 7 Recap: “The Gap”
By Daniel Chin • Dec. 12 • 7 min read
The ‘Pluribus’ Syllabus
‘Pluribus’ Episode 7 Recap: It’s a Jungle Out There
‘Pluribus’ Episode 7 Recap: It’s a Jungle Out There
‘Pluribus’ Episode 7 Recap: “The Gap”
By Daniel Chin • Dec. 12 • 7 min read

Movies

‘Wake Up Dead Man’: The ‘Knives Out’ Franchise Finds Religion

The ‘Knives Out’ Franchise Finds Religion

‘Wake Up Dead Man’: The ‘Knives Out’ Franchise Finds Religion

The ‘Knives Out’ Franchise Finds Religion

Adam Nayman

Shorts

Is High Fidelity Jack Black’s all time best performance?

Dec. 16
62s

Don’t cry, sexy.

Dec. 16
53s

Who wins the AFC?

Dec. 16
93s

How should Patriots fans feel after the loss to the Bills? #patriots #nfl #bills

Dec. 16
91s

Podcasts

Explore All Podcasts

Button Mash

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Premiere Reactions (Plus Justin Theroux!)

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Premiere Reactions

The Press Box

Trump’s Chief of Staff Speaks, Reporting on Rob Reiner’s Killing, and a Jolabokaflod Book Exchange

Susie Wiles, Reporting on Rob Reiner’s Killing, and Jolabokaflod

Susie Wiles, Rob Reiner, and Jolabokaflod

The Town With Matthew Belloni

The Town

Why Iger Gave OpenAI the Keys to Disney’s Vault

Why Disney Gave OpenAI Vault Access

Bachelor Party

2025 Reality TV MVPs

Off The Pike with Brian Barrett

Off The Pike

A Tough Couple of Losses for the Celts, With Bobby Manning. Plus, Some Leftover Thoughts on Pats-Bills.

A Tough Stretch for the Celts, With Bobby Manning. Plus, Pats-Bills.

Celts Losses and Pats-Bills Thoughts

Explore All Podcasts

Special Project

The Ringer’s NBA Rankings

Welcome to our ranking of the top 100 players in the NBA. Where did your favorite end up one month into the season?

Music

Bob Dylan’s Unpredictable Predictability

Bob Dylan is entering his fifth straight year of playing the same set list devoid of his hits and largely derived from his 2020 album. How did the most predictable show in live music become the strangest tour in recent memory?

Steven Hyden

Music

Bob Dylan’s Unpredictable Predictability

Steven Hyden

Special Project

The Ringer’s NFL Rankings

We’ve got you covered all season long with team power rankings, QB rankings, and fantasy football rankings. See where your favorite squads and players fall.