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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 

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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. 

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