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The NBA season is one week away, and there's one game I can't stop thinking about. On Nov. 2, Kawhi Leonard's Toronto Raptors will travel to Los Angeles to play the Clippers, his former team and the subject of the NBA's harshest-ever punishment over the cap shenanigans they did to sign him back in 2019. The spectacle of Leonard, back in L. A. in a Raptors uniform, will be so weird, and I'm curious to see how the basketball media will cover it. Speaking of basketball media, that's the true subject of this week's episode of Only If You Get Caught. If you've read Defector's coverage of the story, you're probably familiar with the many media angles to the scandal: how investigative podcaster Pablo Torre broke the story, how ESPN helped Clips owner Steve Ballmer run cover, and how the Worldwide Leader duffed its big scoop about a supposedly light punishment for the team. This is the most interesting part of this story, so we pulled in Torre himself to talk it though and reflect on the role of the media in the whole saga.

I'm notably terrible at sports games because I'm notably terrible at team sports, but maybe because I spend too much time with Luke, I keep trying them. So I've been intrigued by Outlier Games' Kitman since its announcement earlier this year, because it looks like a sports game where I don't have to know that much about sports. Kitman, which currently has a demo on Steam, can be played solo or multiplayer. It casts you as a soccer team's kitman, responsible for making sure all the players have functioning gear, cleaning the locker room, and keeping the club stocked in boot studs, laundry detergent, and energy drinks. There's some actual sports management stuff too: Early in the demo, you get access to the team manager's office, where you can decide tactics and swap players and team formation. Your day looks different depending if it's a home or away game. Away games require you only to make sure every player has their shirt, shorts, socks, and boots, and you can add items that boost the team's stats by giving players in certain positions better gear or additional items. Home games are the most involved: After getting everyone ready, players will demand things of you during the game

The Winnipeg Jets are off to a hot start, and it's raising an interesting question: are they finding success without Connor Hellebuyck, or is it simply a matter of everyone else stepping up? Losing a goaltender like Hellebuyck, a former Vezina The Winnipeg Jets are off to a hot start, and it's raising an interesting question: are they finding success without Connor Hellebuyck, or is it simply a matter of everyone else stepping up?

Many children play sports growing up — for me, it was no different. In high school, I was the starting varsity goalkeeper for my school’s field hockey team, alongside participating in club field hockey and throwing events for my school’s track and field team. In middle school, I was a soccer goalie, and before that, dance was my main sport, although I never danced competitively. In elementary school, I truly made my rounds in sports — from gymnastics to karate, swimming, a brief stint in soccer and various other non-athletic activities.

Wemby is ahead of SGA and Nikola Jokić as a new season begins ... so what about everyone else? There was a time not so long ago in NBA history when teams believed that they could simply assemble two or three of the top 20 players in the NBA and waltz their way to an NBA championship. Not anymore. Just consider how the last handful of NBA champions have fared in our annual ranking of the top 100 players in the league:

Jordan Lyall was sitting on his couch on a recent Saturday, trying to keep up with approximately 1 bajillion college football games across nearly that many streaming services, when he had an idea. Lyall pulled out his phone and began composing a message for Claude, the AI app from Anthropic. I want to build an Apple TV app that shows what’s on across all the streaming services. Right now. Mostly interested in live sports, but I can see it growing to all content. I know Apple TV tries to work with apps but it doesn’t always work. I’d like to see just what sports are live now. And would be great to link or deep link into the app. Is this possible? Can we get the data? Does something like this exist? Would Apple approve it?

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