Nav Vaswani
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Happy to be taking part in the @tohockeywlove x @ThePHWA mentorship program this season. My mentee, @MichaelPagani, is writing two feature stories for @theScore, and the first one is live! It's a fantastic look at the rise of Logan Stankoven: https://t.co/STSfqVw5yH
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NEW: The Hockey Diversity Alliance has launched a powerful campaign spotlighting racist abuse. Talked with Matt Dumba and Nazem Kadri about #TapeOutHate, its core message, and the "monster" that is social media
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I went to Memphis for Penny Hardaway. Didn't get Penny Hardaway. So I wrote about how special and unmistakable the bond between Penny and his city is instead (featuring Cam Payne and Precious Achiuwa, among others). https://t.co/wCpSzKWU41
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Episode 4 of 'When Goalies Were Weird' drops Monday with none other than Ed 'The Eagle' Belfour Catch up on Ep 1: Dominik Hasek, Ep 2: Patrick Roy and Ep 3: Ron Hextall here: https://t.co/f41o9TneYr
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In a record year of no-hitters, we caught up with the second most responsible parties involved: the catchers https://t.co/c0kQdnR3Nj
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My opus on baseball in Buffalo: a snapshot in time about a minor-league town that briefly became a major-league city. About where the games were played, what it was like to play in Buffalo, and what it meant to watch in Rust Belt city reinventing itself https://t.co/N48k89SiON
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"But the numbers will never tell the true story of the Negro Leagues. They just won't. For me, it is about context. I don't want the legend of these athletes to ever die." @Travis_Sawchik @theScore
https://t.co/yN6EmDj1BN
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thescore.com
We traveled east along Lake Erie, on a search for hidden gems. Negro League players followed this same route in the 1930s and 1940s, moving along U.S. Route 20 in buses and caravans of cars until...
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Just minutes after the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, Baraa al-Gharabli, 5, was killed in Gaza. He was one of at least 68 children killed during the conflict. Nearly all were Palestinian. These are the children who died. https://t.co/cUGR9yLvSd
nytimes.com
At least 69 children were killed in the Israel-Hamas war this month. This is who they were.
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We know defensive opportunities are down, overall, in MLB due to the increase in strikeouts -- but they are not down equally. Some positions on the field are losing more chances than others, and quite a few more (mini thread)
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“It may be tedious to say the obvious thing: none of us angry men should have a semi-automatic in our hands, and it’s long past time to prohibit these weapons. But horror and pain can become tedious too. Tedium plus horror: the definition of hell.”
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Born in Glenwood Springs and raised outside Eagle, I grew up on the western slope of Colorado, where guns were from the...
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“Shoutout to COVID-19 for being such terrible and abnormal unprecedented times that even the mentally well are challenged. I kind of love that for all of us.”
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“I am happy for you, that you were born white. It would have been extremely difficult for you had it been otherwise.”
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That sports writer’s daughter, now 83, reads and responds to it for the first time.
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for @theScore's 'story behind' series, i got to script this video about the extraordinary life & career of serena williams. shouts to @JustEsBaraheni for the narration, and our incredible production team for bringing it to life https://t.co/7RXtge1GWi
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Latest for @theScore: Kurtis Gabriel "fell into" being an ally 2 years ago and hasn't looked back. Why is he so passionate about human rights issues? More importantly, how does "getting comfortable" move the needle?
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All caveats about corporate philanthropy being what they are, a thread of resources with #BellLetsTalk for visibility:
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"He made people cry" It's seven years since Edgar Davids left #BarnetFC after 15 months as player-manager. To say his reign was eventful would be a huge understatement. The inside story of that whirlwind spell: https://t.co/kAZw403tjv
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i wrote about the rockets choosing future picks over ben simmons, and how the sixers missing out on harden puts the spotlight back on simmons' flaws: https://t.co/vQcKLzgwfH
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There will never be another Maradona. Here's a short story of his life and career, and what he leaves behind:
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