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NBA

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

The NBA’s All-In Obsession Is a Trap

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

The NBA’s All-In Obsession Is a Trap

Howard Beck

Five Burning NBA Questions: Giannis Watch, LeBron, and Trade Season

Giannis Watch and the NBA’s Biggest Questions

Michael Pina • 12 min read

Five Burning NBA Questions: Giannis Watch, LeBron, and Trade Season

Giannis Watch and the NBA’s Biggest Questions

Michael Pina

Fake NBA League Pass Awards at the Quarter Mark

Fake NBA League Pass Awards

Tyler Parker • 14 min read

Fake NBA League Pass Awards at the Quarter Mark

Fake NBA League Pass Awards

Tyler Parker

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

Will OKC Clog the Trade Market?

Kirk Goldsberry • 7 min read

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

Will OKC Clog the Trade Market?

Kirk Goldsberry

The Latest

Video Games

The Best Video Games of 2025

By Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • 14 min read

The Best Video Games of 2025

Ben Lindbergh and 1 more • 14 min read

NFL

This Colts Season Needs a Hero. They’re Turning to a Grandpa.

The Colts Need a Hero. Enter … Philip Rivers?

By Anthony Dabbundo • 7 min read

This Colts Season Needs a Hero. They’re Turning to a Grandpa.

The Colts Need a Hero. Enter … Philip Rivers?

Anthony Dabbundo • 7 min read

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 • 7 min read

NFL

Week 14 QB Notebook: The Chiefs Are Breaking Patrick Mahomes

Week 14 QB Notebook: Poor Patrick Mahomes

By Steven Ruiz • 12 min read

Week 14 QB Notebook: The Chiefs Are Breaking Patrick Mahomes

Week 14 QB Notebook: Poor Patrick Mahomes

Steven Ruiz • 12 min read

Special Project

Week 15 NFL Power Rankings: The Rams Are Back on Track … and on Top

Week 15 NFL Power Rankings

Diante Lee

Special Project

Week 15 NFL Power Rankings: The Rams Are Back on Track … and on Top

Week 15 NFL Power Rankings

Diante Lee

Movies

The Potential Ripple Effects of the Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal

How Netflix–Warner Bros. Could Change Hollywood

By A.A. Dowd • 10 min read

Movies

The Potential Ripple Effects of the Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal

How Netflix–Warner Bros. Could Change Hollywood

By A.A. Dowd • 10 min read

Noteworthy Reads

The Best TV Episodes of the Century

Special Project

The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century

The Century’s Best TV Episodes

The Ringer Staff

The Favorite TV Episodes of the People Behind Our Favorite TV Episodes

The Favorite TV Episodes of TV Creators

By Katie Baker • 7 min read

The Best Non-TV “Episodes” Since 2018

By The Ringer Staff • 10 min read

How YouTube Actually Won the Streaming Wars

The Elephant in the Tube

By Justin Charity • 8 min read

How “Forks” Became One of the Best Episodes of ‘The Bear’—and of the Century

“Forks” Is the Best Episode of ‘The Bear’

The Rebirth of Richie Jerimovich

By Jake Kring-Schreifels • 14 min read

Plot Isn’t as Important to Great TV as You Think

The Case Against Plot

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

The Making of “Connor’s Wedding,” the Culmination of ‘Succession’

The Making of “Connor’s Wedding”

By Alan Siegel • 12 min read

Special Project

The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century

The Century’s Best TV Episodes

The Ringer Staff

The Favorite TV Episodes of the People Behind Our Favorite TV Episodes

The Favorite TV Episodes of TV Creators

By Katie Baker • 7 min read

The Best Non-TV “Episodes” Since 2018

By The Ringer Staff • 10 min read

How YouTube Actually Won the Streaming Wars

The Elephant in the Tube

By Justin Charity • 8 min read

How “Forks” Became One of the Best Episodes of ‘The Bear’—and of the Century

“Forks” Is the Best Episode of ‘The Bear’

The Rebirth of Richie Jerimovich

By Jake Kring-Schreifels • 14 min read

Plot Isn’t as Important to Great TV as You Think

The Case Against Plot

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

The Making of “Connor’s Wedding,” the Culmination of ‘Succession’

The Making of “Connor’s Wedding”

By Alan Siegel • 12 min read

Special Project

The 100 Best TV Episodes of the Century

The Century’s Best TV Episodes

The Ringer Staff

The Favorite TV Episodes of the People Behind Our Favorite TV Episodes

The Favorite TV Episodes of TV Creators

By Katie Baker • 7 min read

The Best Non-TV “Episodes” Since 2018

By The Ringer Staff • 10 min read

How YouTube Actually Won the Streaming Wars

The Elephant in the Tube

By Justin Charity • 8 min read

How “Forks” Became One of the Best Episodes of ‘The Bear’—and of the Century

“Forks” Is the Best Episode of ‘The Bear’

The Rebirth of Richie Jerimovich

By Jake Kring-Schreifels • 14 min read

Plot Isn’t as Important to Great TV as You Think

The Case Against Plot

By Brian Phillips • 7 min read

The Making of “Connor’s Wedding,” the Culmination of ‘Succession’

The Making of “Connor’s Wedding”

By Alan Siegel • 12 min read

Videos

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1:42:00

An NBA Power Poll, the Surprise Celtics, the Queen Conundrum, and Fake Trades Galore With Rob Mahoney

NBA Power Poll, the Surprise Celtics, Derik Queen, and Fake Trades Galore

NBA Power Poll, the Surprise Celtics, and More

The Bill Simmons Podcast • Dec. 9

1:42:00

An NBA Power Poll, the Surprise Celtics, the Queen Conundrum, and Fake Trades Galore With Rob Mahoney

NBA Power Poll, the Surprise Celtics, Derik Queen, and Fake Trades Galore

NBA Power Poll, the Surprise Celtics, and More

The Bill Simmons Podcast • Dec. 9

The Best of 2025

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 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

Movies

The Top Five Movies of 2025

The Big Picture • Dec. 5

Movies

The Top Five Movies of 2025

The Big Picture • Dec. 5

Music

Our Favorite Music of 2025

Dissect • Dec. 9

Music

Our Favorite Music of 2025

Dissect • Dec. 9

NFL

Get Ready for the 2026 Quarterback Carousel

Get Ready for the 2026 QB Carousel

Get Ready for the 2026 Quarterback Carousel

Get Ready for the 2026 QB Carousel

Diante Lee

Unpacking the Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal

Movies

The Potential Ripple Effects of the Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal

How Netflix–Warner Bros. Could Change Hollywood

By A.A. Dowd • 10 min read

The Potential Ripple Effects of the Netflix–Warner Bros. Deal

How Netflix–Warner Bros. Could Change Hollywood

A.A. Dowd

The Streaming Wars Are Over

By Alan Sepinwall • 8 min read

The Streaming Wars Are Over

Alan Sepinwall

1:57:00

Movies

The Truth About the Netflix-Warners Deal. Plus, Golden Globes and Jafar Panahi.

The Netflix-Warners Deal, the Golden Globes, and Jafar Panahi

The Netflix-Warners Deal, and Jafar Panahi Joins

The Big Picture

The Truth About the Netflix-Warners Deal. Plus, Golden Globes and Jafar Panahi.

The Netflix-Warners Deal, the Golden Globes, and Jafar Panahi

The Netflix-Warners Deal, and Jafar Panahi Joins

The Big Picture

Movies

The Ellison Empire Strikes Back: Paramount Goes Hostile

Paramount Goes Hostile

The Town With Matthew Belloni • 34 min

The Ellison Empire Strikes Back: Paramount Goes Hostile

Paramount Goes Hostile

The Town With Matthew Belloni

The Town

What’s Going On With Giannis?

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

NBA

Five Burning NBA Questions: Giannis Watch, LeBron, and Trade Season

Giannis Watch and the NBA’s Biggest Questions

By Michael Pina • 12 min read

Five Burning NBA Questions: Giannis Watch, LeBron, and Trade Season

Giannis Watch and the NBA’s Biggest Questions

Michael Pina

NBA

What’s Smoke and What’s Fire in the Latest Giannis Trade Drama

What’s Smoke and What’s Fire With Giannis

By Danny Chau • 6 min read

What’s Smoke and What’s Fire in the Latest Giannis Trade Drama

What’s Smoke and What’s Fire With Giannis

Danny Chau

National Affairs

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is the Mess That Never Ends

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair: An FAQ

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is the Mess That Never Ends

The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair: An FAQ

Brian Phillips

Spotlight

The ‘Pluribus’ Syllabus
Six Questions After Six Episodes of ‘Pluribus’
Six Questions After Six Episodes of ‘Pluribus’
By Daniel Chin • Dec. 8 • 13 min read
The ‘Pluribus’ Syllabus
Six Questions After Six Episodes of ‘Pluribus’
Six Questions After Six Episodes of ‘Pluribus’
By Daniel Chin • Dec. 8 • 13 min read

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?

Soccer

Six Instant Reactions to the 2026 World Cup Draw

Six Takeaways From the 2026 World Cup Draw

Six Instant Reactions to the 2026 World Cup Draw

Six Takeaways From the 2026 World Cup Draw

The Ringer Staff

Podcasts

Explore All Podcasts

The Ringer WNBA Show

A’ja Wilson: Athlete of the Year. Plus, Iowa State’s Audi Crooks.

A’ja Wilson Is AotY, and Audi Crooks Joins

Plain English With Derek Thompson

Plain English

Plain English BEST OF: The Antisocial Century

The Town With Matthew Belloni

The Town

The Ellison Empire Strikes Back: Paramount Goes Hostile

Paramount Goes Hostile

New York, New York with John Jastremski

New York, New York

Sean Fennessey on Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers, and the Knicks Head to Vegas

Edwin Diaz Signs With the Dodgers

The Ringer’s Philly Special

Philly Special

Eagles Film Review. Plus, Phillies Re-Sign Kyle Schwarber!

Eagles Film Review, and Kyle Schwarber Re-Signed

Explore All Podcasts

Shorts

“He’s fascinating.” Bill believes Derik Queen is quickly becoming a one-of-one player in the NBA.

Dec. 10
82s

Please accept our sports metaphors, @officialjld🏀

Dec. 10
43s

Did The Selection Show Lead #ND On? | Ringer Tailgate

Dec. 10
100s

Is 1976 the greatest Best Picture lineup of all time?

Dec. 10
36s

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.