Louisa Thomas
@louisahthomas
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@newyorker staff writer. Author of 3 books, including Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams. Co-editor of Losers.
Joined March 2009
Nikola Jokić just won the MVP for the 3x. I profiled him for @NewYorker earlier this year
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He doesn’t run very fast or jump very high, and seems to prefer the company of horses. But he has mastered the game’s new geometry like nobody else.
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this week's sporting scene is about football's sometimes vestigial, sometimes vital organ, the punter (link below)
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In 2014, I said to myself that the right time to profile Mo'ne Davis would be in a decade. And here, @emmabaccellieri , with her unerring sense of a good story, has done it.
Mo'ne Davis spent years saying that she was done with baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did in Little League. She did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:
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After years of disarray, the New England Patriots seem to have found that elusive balance of confidence and calm, accountability and community which characterizes excellent teams, @louisahthomas writes.
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The team lately seems to have found that elusive balance of confidence and calm, accountability and community. Where did it come from?
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has consistently been one of the best players in the N.B.A. for years, but there’s something startling about his dominance so far this season, @louisahthomas writes.
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The Milwaukee Bucks star has been tearing up the league so far this season.
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wrote about Old Testament-y Durant, NBA narratives, gambling, etc. linked below
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wrote about Old Testament-y Durant, NBA narratives, gambling, etc.
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Even as the league drastically evolves, the narratives around it are still orbiting its aging icons.
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just noting that Chauncy Billups was hired over Becky Hammon, who has won 3 championships in the four years since, while Billups was... (checks FBI's notes)
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Give this cameraman a raise and all the awards. Absolutely nailed a magical moment and answer from Vladdy Jr. Vladdy Sr.’s little boy was born ready!
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Friday night’s game between the Dodgers and the Brewers will be remembered for a long time—in large part owing to Shohei Ohtani’s inimitable, Bunyanesque feats, @louisahthomas writes.
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Haters may complain about payroll disparities, but you can’t love baseball and not stand in awe watching perhaps the greatest player who has ever lived.
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Wrote about the incomparable Shohei
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Haters may complain about payroll disparities, but you can’t love baseball and not stand in awe watching perhaps the greatest player who has ever lived.
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“There’s no such thing as a perfect throw.” Cal Raleigh:
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As interest in the W.N.B.A. has exploded, the league’s owners are reaping the benefits—but players aren’t. Some athletes are now taking a stand for the future of women’s basketball, @louisahthomas writes.
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The W.N.B.A. star Napheesa Collier’s blistering critique of the league has brought it to a turning point.
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A cult in Arizona convinced a boy that he was chess’s savior. Though he failed in his ambition, he helped ignite an explosion of interest in the game—and found himself transformed in the process.
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As the face of Chess.com, Rensch helped change the culture of the game—and found himself transformed in the process.
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Quarterbacks manage such a distinctively American mix of violence and spectacle, @louisahthomas writes. There is “no one who is exposed to such risk of public failure week after week.”
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The position is a uniquely American institution—a calling, connected to foundational myths about leadership and manhood. Why does it matter so much?
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wrote about the terrific new book by @SethWickersham and the essential quality of the quarterback
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The position is a uniquely American institution—a calling, connected to foundational myths about leadership and manhood. Why does it matter so much?
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I wrote about the extraordinary Coco Gauff
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The tennis star has been fixing her flawed serve at the U.S. Open, subjecting herself to the exquisite torture of public scrutiny.
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