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The oral history of Party Down, our NFL offseason power rankings, the NBA Odds Machine, and a look into why one particular part of the world—the Balkan Peninsula—is producing so many NBA players.

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The Oral History of ‘Party Down’

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Thanks to naturalistic writing and a spectacularly talented cast—Adam Scott, Lizzy Caplan, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, and Ryan Hansen made up the first crew of cater waiters—Party Down was one of the most realistically funny workplace comedies of the last 20 years. Yet during its original run, barely anyone watched the show. It didn’t truly find an audience until the rise of streaming. And now, more than a decade after its cancellation, the cult classic is back for a third season ...

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The Balkans Basketball Boom

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How did such a small region in Europe produce so many NBA players—including two-time MVP Nikola Jokic and potential future MVP Luka Doncic? Jordan Ritter Conn went there to peel back the layers to the rise and sustained success of the Balkan “basketball school” ...

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NFL Offseason Power Rankings

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The Kansas City Chiefs’ title defense has already begun. The Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills are preparing their best counterpunches as they make critical contract extension decisions ahead of free agency, and the two best teams in the NFC—the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers—have to replace multiple assistant coaches. The rest of the league is either desperate for an offseason splash or eager to rebuild. It’s time for The Ringer’s first NFL power rankings of the 2023 offseason ...

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The NBA Odds Machine

Welcome to the NBA Odds Machine, our daily predictions hub for the 2022-23 championship, the no. 1 overall pick, seeds in each conference, and more. The calculations are based on team strength as measured by point differential—a historically strong predictor of future success—with adjustments for individual wrinkles like injuries and schedules. Check back every day until a champion is crowned!

Enter The Ringer's NBA Odds Machine.

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Why AI Could Be the Story of the Decade

"I am convinced that AI is going to be one of the most important stories of the decade. We are looking at something almost like the discovery of an alien intelligence. Except, because these technologies are trained on us, they aren’t extraterrestrial at all. If anything, they’re intra-terrestrial. We’ve taken the entire history of human culture—all of our texts, all of our images, maybe all of our music and art too—and fed it to a machine that we’ve built. Now, it’s talking back to us. Isn’t that fascinating? Isn’t it kind of scary?" — Derek Thompson, host.

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