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November 17, 2023
 
Happy Friday! Here are some things you might have missed on our site this week. 

Picks Against the Spread

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Welcome to Week 11, when a Super Bowl rematch starring two brothers and potentially a pop star is on deck. Need help deciding which team to bet on this week? We've got you covered. 

Week 11 picks

NBA

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Two giants have taken over the NBA with their 8-foot and 7-foot-6 wingspans. Despite a long list of Rookie of the Year contenders, Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren seem to be impacting the game the most.

Best quote: “The NBA has never seen anything like their unprecedented combination of skills, raising exciting but intimidating new developmental questions.” —Seerat Sohi

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Television

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The weirdest new comedy on cable just dropped. Nathan Fielder returns to television screens in The Curse alongside Emma Stone as a married couple on a do-gooder quest to flip homes for their HGTV show. 

Best quote: “All in all, it makes for a wildly, delightfully uncomfortable dressing down of a certain breed of moneyed class anxiety.” —Claire McNear

Full review here

NFL

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On this football flashback Friday, we travel to 2018 to unpack the 54-51 Rams-Chiefs game, which designated both teams the future of their sport. Who could forget the 105 points scored in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum? 

Best quote: “Five years later, Mahomes and Kelce and Hill and McVay and Goff are all still defining figures in the NFL’s offensive landscape.” —Ben Solak 

Full story here

Pod Spot

The AI revolution is here. New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose joins Derek for a conversation on how ChatGPT is changing the job market. 

Full episode here

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